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Updated Instructor-Led Seminar Schedule for the Asia Pacific, Houston, and Calgary Energy Sectors

Quarter 1 Regional Courses in Singapore, South Africa, and Houston

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  • Has Electricity Deregulation Been Successful... by Jane Goddard
    EnergyPulse, 2/19/04 (www.energypulse.net)
    For the past two years, deregulation of the electric industry has challenged industry leaders as the market experienced periods of boom and bust. A culmination of unfortunate circumstances brought industry uncertainty and instability to investors and consumers. More...

  • The Math Behind The System - What’s the benefit of mechanical trading systems? by Richard L. Weissman
    Working-money.com, issue 12/3/03 (http://working-money.com)
    In contrast to classical technical analysis, which attempts to capitalize on price history patterns subject to interpretation, mechanical technical analysis is objective and the buy and sell signals it generates are indisputable. It is the objectivity of trading signals derived from mathematical technical analysis that makes them the indispensable foundation of the majority of mechanical trading systems. More... (PDF)

  • Innovations in trading strategies
    Quantitative Finance volume 3 issue 4 (http://quant.iop.org)
    Izzy Nelken introduces some of the contributors to the pre-conference summit at ICBI Global Derivatives and Risk Management 2003. Included (pp.6-7) is the article "Developing Successful Mechanical Trading Systems: A Brief Synopsis" by Richard Weissman from The Oxford Princeton Programme. More... (PDF)

  • EnergyAsia interview with FAME and The Oxford Princeton Programme
    Interviewee, Simon Metcalfe
    First published in EnergyAsia, July 2003
    FAME has made a name for itself providing traders from the energy and financial markets trading analysis tools, charting systems and data from information vendors. Increasingly, it is also sought after as a trainer for energy executives around the world. With 300 professionals at its offices in New York, London, Singapore, Toronto, Houston, Oxford and Princeton, FAME is well positioned to serve Asia's fast-growing demand for energy data, analysis tools and training. Simon Metcalfe, its Asia Pacific manager, gives EnergyAsia an update of its activities. More...

  • Quantifying Technical Analysis by Richard Weissman
    Energy Power and Risk Management, May 2002
    The aim of technical analysis is the forecasting of future price trends. Here we give an introductory overview of some of the most popular techniques utilised in the field. The basic precept in all technical analysis is that through the study of past price history, along with the evaluation of volume or number of trades and open interest or the number of contracts outstanding, traders can forecast future price trends and identify low-risk/high-reward trading opportunities. More...

  • Hedging ahead by Dan Rowe
    Energy Power and Risk Management, April 2002
    Futures contracts plus physical commodity equals hedged position. Does it seem unusual that a derivatives instrument could be used to hedge a physical position? It should not sound all that bizarre by now, at least not if you have been following prior instalments of these tutorials. This month we look at the proper way to hedge a physical position using exchange-traded futures and options contracts. More...

  • Going OTC with forwards and swaps by Dan Rowe
    Energy Power and Risk Management, March 2002
    This month’s tutorial article looks at the over-the-counter (OTC) market, focusing on swaps and forwards. The OTC market is an organised, but mostly unregulated market, in which transactions take place directly between counterparties or through a broker. More...

  • In the right direction by Doug Coyne
    Energy Power and Risk Management, February 2002
    In this, the second of a two-part series on advanced options, we look at the concept of directional strategies and consider various methods of employing them. More...

  • Advancing the option idea by Doug Coyne
    Energy Power and Risk Management, January 2002
    In the previous article in this series of tutorials, we introduced the basics of options. Here, in the first of a two-part discussion, we turn our attention to advanced option strategies. More...

  • Derivatives of derivatives by Dan Rowe
    Energy Power and Risk Management, December 2001
    Last month we looked at derivatives – specifically, the simplest of derivatives, futures contracts. Here we expand on the subject of derivatives, this time discussing a subset of futures contracts – options. More...

  • Planning Ahead by Dan Rowe
    Energy Power and Risk Management, November 2001
    Derivative! Ok, I said it. To long-time readers of EPRM the term is nothing new. But in some energy companies the term is still misunderstood or even considered taboo. In this first of a series of tutorials, we cover one of the most basic of derivative instruments: futures contracts. More...

  • On-line Exchanges Evolve by Mary Jackson
    Global Energy Business, July/August 2001
    Entering the new millennium, energy companies are being forced to do business in new ways. Tough environmental legislation, product price sensitivity, mergers and acquisitions, downsizing, supply shortages, and profitability pressures all pose significant challenges to the energy industry as a whole. However, nothing poses more of a challenge than the Internet revolution. More...

  • Weather Derivatives: A Beginner’s Guide by Connie Paoletti
    Energy Power and Risk Management, Weather Risk Special Report, August 2001
    Weather derivatives have had the attention of energy and financial companies since the last visit of the El Niño weather phenomenon in 1997. But while some industry professionals are well versed in this area, others are only just being introduced to it. So an outline of the fundamentals of weather derivatives could prove very useful. More...

  • Achieving Full Competency in Hedging
    Futures Supplement - A Guide to Computerised Trading, June 2001
    We all want to be the leader in our industry and the power of fully competent employees is a vital factor in determining success. It is critical for an employer to recruit and retain the best skills in the marketplace. To do this it is necessary to recognize and meet the different levels of knowledge throughout the workforce. This is particularly true in organizations involved in the trading of commodities where there is in an increasing need for competency in hedging. More...

  • The Energy Business e-Learning Revolution by Steve Welsh
    World Oil and Gas Technologies, June 2001 Vol 2
    The energy industry is emerging from a period of time when downsizing and organisational delayering have removed many skills and experience. The future success of organisations will rest on their ability to reskill and retrain. This comes at a time when many parts of the world are facing a shortage of skilled workers. As this increasing pressure on providing skilled workers grows, the opportunity to spend time away from the office to train in the traditional way is coming under ever increasing pressure. This coupled with deregulation and denationalisation will continue to offer the industry its largest challenges. More...

  • Who Are We?
    The Oxford Princeton Programme was formed in July 2000 by the merging of The College of Petroleum and Energy Studies and Princeton Energy Programme. We are now the world's leading provider of training solutions to the energy industry and beyond. More...

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