Message-ID: <2761061.1075856516060.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 01:31:00 -0800 (PST) From: vince.kaminski@enron.com To: zimin.lu@enron.com Subject: A Request Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Vince J Kaminski X-To: Zimin Lu X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Vincent_Kaminski_Jun2001_4\Notes Folders\'sent mail X-Origin: Kaminski-V X-FileName: vkamins.nsf Zimin, It seems that the academia is catching up. Do you have a realistic case we can show them? Something generic. Vince ---------------------- Forwarded by Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT on 03/06/2001 09:31 AM --------------------------- ds64@cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu on 03/02/2001 09:39:43 AM To: "Vince J Kaminski" cc: Subject: A Request Vince, I am writing to ask for your help with some research I am doing with John Lehoczky and a PhD student. We trying to apply recent advances in Monte Carlo for American options to value Swing and other options with multiple early exercise decisions that are important in energy markets. I know in general that early exercise shows up in a wide range of energy contracts, both real as welll as financial. Would it be possible for you, either via email or on the phone, to give us some examples of typical terms for such instruments? We would like our examples to look realistic. We also want to make sure we are focusing on the right sorts of optionality. Thanks in advance, Duane ******** Duane Seppi Graduate School of Industrial Administration Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890 tel. (412) 268-2298 fax (412) 268-8896 email ds64+@andrew.cmu.edu