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Bermudan swaption

 Suppose a fixed-coupon callable bond was brought to the market by a company.

Interest Rate Derivatives

 An interest rate derivative is a derivative where the underlying asset is the right to pay or receive a (usually notional) amount of »

iphone technology

 iPhone SDK uses the Objective-C language, which is an extension to the C language. Like any other mobile, iPhone too has a different programming platform; Windows Mobile (VB.NET/C#) and Android (Java) use object-oriented languages and are identical in syntax. However, Objective-C takes a totally different approach. Being different it creates a learning barrier especially for beginners dealing with Mac OS for the first time.

Objective-C as implemented by Apple is built entirely around Objects. It is used throughout the iPhone OS’s frameworks. Windows, views, buttons, sliders and controllers exchange information with each other in the form of events and actions in order to make the program run.

How do networks work

When you send e-mail to a friend on the other side of the country, how does the message know to end up on your friend's computer, rather than on one of the millions of other computers in the world? Much of the work to get a message from one computer to another is done by routers, because they're the crucial devices that let messages flow between networks, rather than within networks.

What is ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ERP modules may be able to interface with an organization's own software with varying degrees of effort, and, depending on the software, ERP modules may be alterable via the vendor's proprietary tools as well as proprietary or standard programming languages.

How do the Floor Brokers do it?

When working at the trading floor at Cantor Fitzgerald one of the desk , Interest Rates Swaps (IRS), used to trade using hand movements. Have you ever seen the movie trading places? Well it was similar here. I was amazed at the energy and frantic hand movements when the brokers where trading. When you see pictures of the traders in the pit, here's what you're looking at:

Palms in , or "I'm a buyer"
Palms out,or "I'm a seller"

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