Desi Fodder

• Value at Risk, Derivative Products and the Dummies crash course on options
  I ran two workshops in Dubai and Abu Dhabi last week on derivatives and treasury risk management. Three new related courses in these two areas have now been uploaded as master classes. They are:   Master Class: Calculating Value at Risk – a quick and dirty guide to calculating VaR   Master Class: Derivative products – 10 short and [...] […]
• Welcome home
  Every time I land at Karachi Airport I realize how much I miss this country when I travel and how lucky I am that despite my schedule, I spend a large part of my working life closer to home. As I walk through one of the fastest immigration lines on any airport, pick my luggage [...] […]
• Age
  From the 6th till about 12 pm on the 19th of March 2010, I managed to get a new first down. For a day short of a fortnight, I got by with four hours of sleep for 13 consecutive nights. I don’t recommend it and certainly don’t care to repeat this record anytime soon. [...] […]
• What is happening with the Pakistani Rupee
  Two weeks ago at a client presentation when someone asked an Analyst about his Rupee outlook he mentioned 90 by the end of 30th June and possibly 92-93 by the end of the year. Much as I hated it, there wasn’t any ammunition I could throw at him. At the rate the rupee slid from [...] […]