1. Brain Teasers
How many degrees (if any) are between the hour hand and the minute hand when the time is 3:15?
A snail is climbing up a 10 ft pole. Each day he climbs 3 ft and each night he sleeps. While sleeping he slides down 1 ft. When will the snail reach the top of the pole?

2. Answers
1/4 of 1/12 of 360° or 7.5°
2/3 of the way through the 5th day

3. Quantitative Finance Society
Kick-Off Meeting
Fall 2012

4. What We Do Portfolios – Hedge Fund Style
Trading Competitions – MIT, Upgrade Capital
Discuss Markets & Specific Industries
Regular meetings: Monday common hour, T200
Guest speakers: Thursday evenings
S&T, Asset Management, Quant, Risk
Networking Opportunities, Alumni

5. The Board E-Board President: Gabriel Wong Vice President: Anant Garg
Head of Portfolios: Jay Bhalodi
Markets Chair: Matt Giacobbe
Secretary: Preston Parnell
Marketing Chair: Lilly Guo
External Relations Chair: Karishma Thakrar
Treasurer: Yvan Scher

6. Market Update: The Macro View
U.S. Macro Condition
Economic Reports
Bond Updates
The FED
Europe/Asia
Commodities/FX Updates

7. Our Portfolios Name Portfolio Manager Value Equity Matt Giacobbe
Global Macro
Krishna Yarra
Derivatives
Jay Bhalodi
Asset Allocation
Gabriel Wong
Multi-Strategy
Anant Garg
Technicals & Algo
Yvan Scher

8. Our Portfolios Positions Portfolio Manager Traders
ThinkorSwim used as a platform to trade
If interested in joining a team, come speak to our PMs and
your resume, a paragraph explaining why you’re interested, and the portfolio(s) you wish to join
Deadline to apply is this Wednesday at 11:59pm
We will conduct interviews next week to pick candidates

9. Membership Benefits S&T Resume Book sent to recruiters
Name appears on website
Access to library QFS tutorials (e.g. trading strategies), Equity Research, QFS Models
Gain consistent knowledge on the markets and on specific industries or desks
Invitation to Alumni Mingle
Social events (poker, etc.)

10. Previous Events Volatility with Professor Brenner (creator of VIX)
Technicals & Algorithmic Trading
Market-Making & Options with Paul Staneski, Head of Derivatives at Credit Suisse
Anatomy of a Trade with Andrew Berger (Goldman Sachs S&T)
Fixed Income Markets with Jeff Qiu (Credit Suisse S&T) and Neil Mehra (Barclays S&T)
Investment Banking with Professor Charles Murphy, previous head of Credit Suisse Investment Banking
Resume Workshop

11. Our Alumni
Investment Banks, Asset Managers, Hedge Funds

12. Questions?