Message-ID: <19982846.1075858389329.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 03:40:00 -0800 (PST) From: scott.neal@enron.com To: kmurra1@lsu.edu Subject: Re: update Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Scott Neal X-To: "Kevin B Murray" @ ENRON X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Scott_Neal_Jun2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Neal-S X-FileName: sneal.nsf All is well here. It sounds like you are very busy. I glad you are taking the options course - it will really benefit you. Also, Andrea Richards is the person I contacted with the Associate program to request that your first rotation be in the Trading group - so we should be in good shape on that front. Her phone number is 713 853 6499 for your future reference. Thanks for the email, I look forward to seeing you this summer. Scott "Kevin B Murray" on 03/04/2001 12:20:04 PM To: Scott.Neal@enron.com cc: Subject: update Scott: Greetings from LSU. I sent you an email a few weeks ago, but perhaps you didn't receive it. No big deal. I just wanted to drop you a line and let you know how I'm doing. My last semester is shaping up to be pretty tough. The MBA class in Real Options is, to say the least, tough! I'm preparing for my mid-term right now, and so far we've learned about Binomial trees, Sharpe ratios, the GOPOP model, risk-neutral pricing, Stochastic Processes, Black-Scholes and Monte Carlo, and pricing American, European, and exotic options. What's also great about the class is that our professor constantly uses Enron as an example of how this stuff works in the real world. It's a great class! One of my other classes, Economic Forecasting, is challenging as well, because I'm dealing with a software package, Eviews, for the first time. Enough about the academics, though; I'm working hard and that's what I need to be doing. I've also started reading Reminiscences, and I find myself highlighting lines on every page! I figured I'd start with the less technical books first, considering my workload. I'm going to be in Houston looking for apartments this weekend, 3/9 - 3/11 with my roommate, Ed Brady, who will also be at Enron in July. Let me know how your schedule looks, and maybe we can get together. Hopefully my getting into your fundamentals group or the new trading rotation that you spoke of is still a high probability. As I'm learning more about options and futures in class, you're definitely right--I think trading is where I want to be! Thanks again and I hope to hear from you soon. I hope all is well in Houston. Kevin