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08/20/2008
Invitation to
the
3rd Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Economic
Sciences I am honored to be selected by the Lindau Meeting Committee as one of the 300 young researchers and economists from all over the world. (I am also told that I am the first Taiwanese student that participated in the meeting!) During the meeting, I listened to lectures by Nobel laureates: Professor Mundell (photo on right), Prof. Nash, Prof. Solow, Prof. Granger, Prof. Scholes, Prof. Fogel, Prof. Kydland, and Prof. Aumann. I also had the opportunities to meet with new friends from Australia, Canada, China, India, Korea, Peru, South Africa, UK, etc. I've most benefited from lots of inspiring conversations with the friends from Bank of China and Bank of England. I know we will be meeting each other again soon! 8/20-8/23, 2008 Lindau, Germany |
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03/14/2008
Invitation to the
2008
Midwest Economics
Association Annual
Meeting My colleague Richard Kang and I will present a paper on "BRIC Fund Attribution Analysis" in the session of Financial Markets. In addition, I will serve as a discussant in the session of Currency Behavior. 2008 MEA Conference 3/14-3/16, 2008 Hyatt Regency Hotel Chicago, IL |
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03/24/2007
Invitation to the
2007 Midwest Economics
Association Annual
Meeting My colleagues Yanli Cui, Cindy Kao, and I will present a paper on "Lunar Calendar Holiday Effects on American Depository Receipts" in the session of Asset Prices. In addition, I will serve as a discussant in the session of Corporate Finance and Performance. (See meeting agenda) 2007 MEA Conference 3/23-3/25, 2007 Hilton Minneapolis Hotel Minneapolis, MN |
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10/12/2006
Invitation to the
2006 FMA Doctoral
Student Seminar
I am excited to be selected from a pool of competitive PhD candidates around the world. I will be presenting my dissertation proposal and receiving valuable feedback from leading scholars! (See list of invitees and meeting agenda) 2006 FMA Annual Meeting October 11 - 14, 2006 Grand America Hotel Salt Lake City, Utah |
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08/05/2006
Complete the PhD preliminary exam in International
Economics!
The exam
includes International Trade Policy and
International Monetary Policy fields. The knowledge
gained will be extremely valuable when I work on my
International Asset Pricing Model, as a part of my
dissertation topic. |
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08/17/2005
Complete the CFA exam!
The pass rate has
been decreasing sharply recently, yet the exam
questions have become more and more challenging. I'm
glad that I've completed all the three levels of the
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam. From now on,
in addition to coaching students to prepare for such
exams, I will continue working on research that will
bring insights to the practitioners and be deemed
meaningful in academia. |
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11/01/04
Pass the PhD preliminary exam in Econometrics!
I've chosen both
Econometrics and International Economics to be my
specialized areas in the PhD study. Hopefully I can
take Int'l Econ prelim next year. |
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5/18/04-07/31/04
Traveled in Asian countries, including Taiwan, Hong
Kong, Singapore, and China. Talked with friends
working for the financial industry in these
countries and updated a better picture of current
Asian securities markets. |
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01/30/04
Pass the FRM exam!
There has been a growing interest in the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) exam in the financial/risk management industry. Currently there are about 4,000 FRMs worldwide, and most of them work for multinational corporations, banks, and fund management companies. The FRM exam is offered once a year in November; curriculum and exam topics include: Quantitative analysis (10%), Market risk (30%), Credit risk (25%), Operational risk (20%), and Legal/Accounting/Ethics (15%). Personally, through
the exam preparation process, I've become more
knowledgeable about risk management and am able to
utilize the knowledge to assist me to manage
portfolios, especially on sector allocation
investment decisions. |
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04/29/03
Performed at the Tuesday at 1 concert
Program:
Schumann
Novelletten op.21 no.1. |
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07/02 My
brother and I went to Sydney for a week.
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04/10/02 I
decided to accept UIC PhD-Business Administration's
admission and offer. It's so thrilling to go back to
school! I will enhance my quantitative and
programming skills while in the PhD program.
picture (right): beautiful view outside the windows of my room |
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01/22/02 I
start to intern at Saliba Asset Management (SAM)
downtown Chicago. SAM has been successfully managing
their assets with stock options. I will take this
internship opportunity to enhance my understanding
of derivatives and markets, and to explore potential
research topics for my future PhD studies.
SAM is located on the 38th floor at 311 S. Wacker Drive. (the crown building in the picture, right next to the Sears Tower!) |
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12/31/01-01/21/02
Traveled in Asian countries. I visited my
Grandmother in Nan-jing, stayed with my family in
Taipei for a week, and also met with my previous
boss in Singapore.
with cousin Yen-po at Nan-jing, China, Jan. 2002 ...
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12/07/01 I
have earned my MBA degree!
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10/08/01
2:15-4:30pm Attended "Interest Rate Swap
Futures" conference at the Chicago Board of
Trade. The program features a review of the interest
rate swap market, relative value, and directions for
new product development..
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9/10/01
12:30-4:30pm Attended "Single Stock
Futures" conference at the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange. This program was hosted by UIC Center for
Financial Research & Services/Dept. of Finance.
Conference covered the mechanics of futures fair
value, overview of FAS-133, views from the exchange,
discussion of the potential for security futures,
and mock trading on the floor of the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange.
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8/21/01
4:00-5:00pm Attended "Internship Programs"
workshop hosted by the Advanced Learning Institute
and served as one of the four panelists at Chicago
The Drake Hotel. The session topic was Live
Student Panel: Interact With Your Target Audience,
focusing on internship recruiting issues.
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6/8-9/01 2001
Attended ICSA 2001 Applied Statistics Symposium. MIT
Professor Andrew Lo gave a plenary session on
"The Statistics of Sharpe Ratios." He
found that the annual Sharpe ratio can be overstated
by as much as 65% due to the presence of serial
correlation in monthly returns. The example
illustrated was the study on twelve hedge funds.
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4/26/01 Attended Business Leaders Breakfast. Mr. Marshall Loeb gave a talk on "Business Survival in Turbulent Economic Times." This event was hosted by Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. Team
University of Illinois: student Melissa Gregory, Mary
Frega,
Jo Ann Lazuka, and student Wendy
Wen-yao Ku.
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