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January 2008

News French bank Société Générale victim of exceptional fraud!

Société Générale has declared itself a victim of an unscrupulous trader who concealed a massive loss of 4,9 billion dollars as well as a depreciation of assets linked to sub-primes to a total of 2 billion euros....

January 2008

Pedagogy What is CPPI (Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance)?

CPPI or Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance is a dynamic management technique that ensures a minimum guaranteed amount to an investor at the time of maturity

December 2007

Interview Thami Kabbaj: «Traders can still beat the black box»

Former trader in a London-based fund, then trader for his own account on the US market, Thami Kabbaj is currently a qualified economics professor and explains the fundamental role of psychology in the success of (...)

November 2007

Pedagogy Credit Default Swaps (CDS).

Politicians have, in general, a very rough knowledge on financial products, especially credit derivatives. In some cases, this may be a gap. Indeed, the icelandic prime minister is now aware of it...

November 2007

Reading A fractal view of the markets, Benoit Mandelbrot

In an uncompromising book, Benoit Mandelbrot, French graduate from Ecole Polytechnique, denounces the inconsistency of the orthodox theory of finance and presents his fractal vision of the markets

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