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