December 03, 2004

George Costanza, risk management "expert"

Risk management has become so popular that even George Costanza has become an "expert" (Windows Media).

Posted by Jim Garven at 01:18 PM

December 02, 2004

National "do not call" cell phone registry

A national directory of cell phone numbers will be published soon, which will open the door to solicitors calling your cell phone and using up your minutes. Fortunately, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has set up a national "do not call" cell phone registry.

There are two ways to register your cell phone:

1. Online: https://www.donotcall.gov/register/Reg.aspx (the procedure is obvious)
2. Offline: You must call 1-888-382-1222 FROM the cell phone you wish to register.

Posted by Jim Garven at 12:21 PM

December 01, 2004

Plan for the last day of class!

I have reconsidered my plan for tomorrow's class, and I have decide to forgo any coverage of my Optimal Exercise Rules for American and European Options lecture note.  We will finish the comparative statics analysis (specifically with respect to the option vega), we can talk about the final exam, and I can also go over any questions you may have concerning problem set 8.  Also, we need to make sure that we get the teacher evaluation done tomorrow as well.

Posted by Jim Garven at 06:36 PM

Finals Week: Information concerning review session and office Hours for FIN 4366

Tomorrow, I will be obviously giving the final lecture for the course and have you fill out the teacher evaluation form. 

During Finals week, I am planning on holding a review session as well as on- and off-campus office hours:

  • Final Exam Review Session: Tuesday, December 7, 11-12:20, in HCB 408
  • On-campus office hours: Tuesday, December 7, 2-5 p.m., in HSB 351
    • During on-campus office hours, I can also be reached by phone (710-6207), by e-mail (James_Garven@baylor.edu), and AOL Instant Messenger (my screen name is "drgarven").
  • Off-campus office hours: Wednesday, December 8, 10-11:30 a.m. and Thursday, December 9, 10-11:30 a.m.
    • During off-campus office hours, I can be reached e-mail and AOL Instant Messenger.  If you want a callback, email or IM a number and time at which I can reach you.

During Finals week, even if you have a conflict with the times that I have designated above, go ahead and email me, and I will respond as soon as I can (during business hours this will typically be within 30-60 minutes).

Posted by Jim Garven at 11:48 AM

November 30, 2004

George Will's perspective on political bias in academia

Six days after I blogged about political bias in our nation's colleges and universities, George Will published an interesting essay about this topic that I encourage all of you to read, entitled "The Left's last paradise."

Posted by Jim Garven at 08:09 PM