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Frankie does VaR

On perusing an email from Lepus some weeks ago I was struck by the title of one piece of their research "VaR, what is it good for!" Having been involved in working with several banks on market risk implementations a decade ago, I remember the mathematical simplicity and purity of VaR models had at the time, the impact that the original Ri...

01 December 2008 /regulation

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Peek at Peak Oil

Apparently, according to oil-price.net, oil companies won't be building any new refineries as the ~20-year ammortisation means there won't be enough oil to refine in that timescale. No new refinery has been built in the US since 1976. Thats a pretty sobering reality check even for those who believe the peak isn't yet reached.. It sounds like refin...

30 September 2008

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