Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• Protocol Particulars - Microsoft Outlook APIs (MAPI, EWS and Graph)

  8 May, 2023

  A walkthrough of Microsoft's three Outlook APIs — MAPI, Exchange Web Services, and Microsoft Graph — and how they evolved.

• Communication Atter COVID: Asynchronous vs. Synchronous

  8 May, 2023

  Communication in the office needs to be broken down to the fundamentals of communication because of the new reality of how we process information

• Its all ball bearings

  23 Apr, 2023

  Setting up an EC2 instance for the first time and a rant about unnecessary tech jargon.

• You might be sitting on a gold mine

  22 Apr, 2023

  Understanding the value the data your company generates needs be the top priority after Open AI unleashed ChatGPT to the masses

• Boiling Point

  22 Mar, 2023

  In a world where we're flirting with the idea of zipping around in flying cars and engaging in deep conversations with our AI companions, it's astounding tha...

• Going Dark

  18 Mar, 2023

  Look at the hype surrounding dark mode user interfaces

• What does PDF stand for and how do I extract data from it????

  1 Mar, 2023

  The history of the PDF format and approaches for extracting tabular data from PDF documents using Python.

• Analyzing The MarketAxess High Grade Volume Data

  28 Feb, 2023

  In this article, we will analyze the MarketAxess data set, which tracks the volume of high grade bond trading on its electronic platform

• Tradeweb's High Grade Volume Data Reveals the Changing Landscape For The Fixed Income Market

  28 Feb, 2023

  This post will examine the High Grade Volume data set provided by Tradeweb, which monitors the trading volume of high grade bonds on its electronic platform

• Unraveling the Bond Market: Exploring FINRA TRACE Volumes

  28 Feb, 2023

  In the world of finance, trading volumes can reveal important trends and insights into the market

• Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V 2020 Visuals

  6 Mar, 2022

  Visualizing fixed income ETF constituent moves in 2022 using Power BI and Flourish, repurposing 2020 templates for EMB

• (Batsht Crazy Volatility*Higher costs) = Bond ETF discounts

  8 Jul, 2021

  I had an interesting position in March of 2020

• Emergency Alerts via Twitter

  7 Mar, 2021

  Look at ERCOTs tweet on the afternoon of February 14th - Fancy new appliances that I only used once

• A monitor for new filings for The Texas Public Utilities Commission

  6 Mar, 2021

  Looking deeper into the Entrust filings, I might have found a way to identify which retail providers are going to be filing for bankruptcy

• Pure Carnage

  4 Mar, 2021

  Note to the reader - this is not a well written piece about electric companies in Texas filing for bankruptcy nor is it a piece on regulation

• Oooooo....So that's what happens when you create ETFs for an illiquid market like High Yield.

  30 Jul, 2020

  Visualizing the historic HYG price swings from March 2020 using Flourish data visualizations

• About those ETFs and the SMCCF thingy...I had a few questions

  6 Jun, 2020

  All my answers were found at the FAQ page of the SMCCF

• Visualizing Market Share

  2 Apr, 2020

  If you are a participant in the USD credit markets, then here is a question: what percentage of trades are electronic? 20%, 30% or 50%? I have always believe...

• Orange Mocha Frappuccino!

  26 Mar, 2020

  Comedic dialogue imagining Draghi and Powell discussing the Fed's corporate bond buying program

• McVey Throws a Vicious 1-2 about Volumes and Fee Models at the GS Financial Services Conference.

  20 Dec, 2019

  Rick did roll at the Goldman Sachs US Financial Services Conference