About this Blog
Hello.
I am Sandrew and this is my finance blog. Yes, Sandrew is an alias. I hate having to use an alias, but such is the state of my employment agreement that I feel the need to remain annonymous. That said, I feel I owe the reader at least a bit of a bio and an explanation as to why and how I am blogging about finance.
In my professional career, I am a presently financial derivatives valuation specialist for a financial services consultancy in New York. Within the world of derivatives, I am most comfortable speaking to the valuation of equity and credit derivatives (and convertible securities), though I do not think so highly of myself as to consider myself a leading authority thereon. Some caveats: I am not a trader or investment banker. I have fewer than 5 years experience in derivatives valuation. I do not have an advanced degree in mathematics, physics, or one of the other “hard sciences.” In a prior life, I was a specialist in the accounting for financial instruments. I am between 25 and 35 years-old at the time of this writing.
The purpose of this blog is to share my thoughts and opinions on finance with an informed audience and to benefit from their insights, as shared through their comments. To that end, please comment often, particularly if you disagree with me—either my statements of fact or my professed opinions.
I will not be providing investment advice.
This is not a vanity project. I am writing about finance primarily to learn. I prefer a manageable readership over a large one, and a large readership over no readership. To that end, I welcome links and pingbacks from any blog with a similar scope, even (especially) if you disagree with me.
I intend to keep the writing style on this blog professional and dispassionate, though hopefully not dull. I will post infrequently; one or two posts per week. I hope to respond to thoughful comments with greater frequency than I post.
Many thanks for reading,
Sandrew
