tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post3712344144451151275..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: Weekly Linksambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-13333432407417600472007-10-24T21:36:00.000-06:002007-10-24T21:36:00.000-06:00It's hard to see how quants could successfully exc...It's hard to see how quants could successfully exceed half of total volume--about where they are.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-55551264579123243512007-10-24T11:43:00.000-06:002007-10-24T11:43:00.000-06:00"All this works great, until it doesn't."The guy w...<I>"All this works great, until it doesn't."</I><BR/><BR/>The guy writing the quants article could have saved millions of pixels. <BR/><BR/>The author might have at least mentioned the quants at the ratings agency's cheerfully joining in the mathmatically precise circle jerk. It couldn't have happened without 'em.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how long the precept of "abstinence is safer than the algorithm method" will hold up? I would guess that it wouldn't be too long. The fascination with black boxes runs too deep.Rick Ballardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082425215912372067noreply@blogger.com