Last Week. This Week

Last weekend. Did up some summary for 1 digit SITC data. It is really interesting, that most of the worlds export is CAR ! it made up about 30+% for some countries' export and is at least 10% for all countries. Oh, I summarized by adding up the top few 2 digit SITC data for all countries involved. Again, it is very interesting to note that in newly developed economies in China Korea and Japan, trading in a few goods make up a larger percentage of the total export. Comparatively, export by matured economies are more diversified. Again, i believe it is just a different approach to growth. It should not be seen as a right and wrong thing.

I have so much to do for the coming weeks so I am trying to keep my spirit up and work hard for them. For this weekend, I downloaded Latex and tried my hand at some basic formatting. It is difficult but hopefully I can get something out soon. Studied one chapter for Volatility Movement Models, basics for ARCH. I am trying to improve upon stochastic models to incorporate expectations and bubbles so this class is really helpful. Suppose to finish up an internship report too but I am so out of time, sigh.

Stats

Stats! it is actually interesting.
check out this presentation
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/92?gclid=CLexzpTu8o4CFQdEFQodDk2eDg
and this database chart
http://tools.google.com/gapminder/

Going for guidances for classes this sem. Very tempted for Econometrics, but its so hard.