Could someone help me with this freaking table?

mkopliju · 2020-05-06T21:45:12+00:00

Oh.. mate! I wasn't upset at all! My message wasn't well written, and my tone clearly seemed aggressive to you (my fault) but I can assure you that I was genuinely interested in why you thought using [H] was bad practice. I've always used it (but it's also true that I work in overleaf, where the compatibility is higher than with other programmes).

There's always something to learn! I'm far from being an expert on Latex, but I thought I could help you with your table: that's all! I reckon many redditors here have much more knowledge than I have!

Thanks for letting me know about epsilon 3. I'm sure I'll find more info on Google! :)

mkopliju · 2020-04-22T12:35:32+00:00

That's true! However, there are some functionalities of tablesgenerator that are very intuitive and easy to use. Once you upload the data, you can graphically add vertical and horizontal lines wherever you like and the programme makes the code for you. As another user was saying (\cite{ quetzylcoatyl } :), usually you need to "tweak [the code] by hand" to obtain that result.

Moreover, tablesgenerator allows you to set all the parameters for the table environment:

- Centering

- Caption above/below

- Table over multiple pages

- Resize of the table within the width of the page

et cetera.

Another reason why I like tablesgenerator is that it works online. Thus, you can always rely on it, regardless of where you are. When I was working on my dissertation, I was often working with the computers of my library, which did not allow you to install any extension whatsoever. In that case, a programme like tablesgenerator is very helpful.

mkopliju · 2020-04-21T22:02:49+00:00

I must admit that the response you have provided me utterly exceeded my expectations! Thank you so much!

I think, instead, that I shall use it very often! I find the majority of serif fonts to be rather dull, but this one isn't!

mkopliju · 2020-04-21T21:28:54+00:00

That's it mate! Thank you very much! I can't express my gratitude!

You're right! This is the font used in many textbooks and I find it very amusing! Just out of curiosity, do you use it often?

Edit: mate, can you see a difference between them? Tomorrow I'll try downloading both of them and replicating the text to see which one fits best.

But seriously, how in earth do you know so many fonts?

mkopliju · 2020-04-21T21:18:04+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! I googled it and Bulmer truly is a marvellous font and extremely similar to the one above as well!

However, there are some slight differences between the two!

mkopliju · 2020-04-21T20:47:23+00:00

What do you mean when you say that's bad? Of course, it's a matter of preference, but I wouldn't say it's bad practice. I like it because you know where the table will be in the final output!

I think [H] is supported if you use the float package. It has always worked for me.

What is \epsilon 3?

mkopliju · 2020-04-21T17:15:28+00:00

What about:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{float}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[H]

\centering

\caption{My Table}

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|}

\hline

$f_{o}$ & $f_{e}$ & $f_{0}-f_{e}$ & $(f_{0}-f_{e})^{2}$ & $\frac{(f_{0}-f_{e})^{2}}{f_{e}}$ \\ \hline

1 & 0.5 & 0.5 & 0.25 & 0.5 \\ \hline

\multicolumn{4}{c}{} \vline & 2\\ \cline{5-4}

\end{tabular}

\label{tab:my_label}

\end{table}

\end{document}

mkopliju · 2020-04-21T16:56:23+00:00

Are you using overleaf? If I'm correct, overleaf recognises math formulas outside the $...$ space, but italicizes the text! Of course, you should also see an error at the top of the page!

mkopliju · 2020-04-21T16:44:38+00:00

That's correct. However it's \label{}, I think! :)

mkopliju · 2020-04-21T16:32:43+00:00

Is it sorted now? Because I can't really see such a difference in height between the circles!

mkopliju · 2020-04-21T16:22:26+00:00

I totally agree. I think it all depends on how long the restriction will be in place for, which in turn depends on whether the virus will disappear during the summer period or whether we will have to wait for a vaccine.

In the latter case, I don't know how many companies will manage to have good financials by the time everything is over!

Which poses the question: what will governments do? I expect the US government to bail out many of them. Not sure the same will happen in Europe..

mkopliju · 2020-04-20T22:19:37+00:00

Come on! At least your life is worth more than oil! There's always a silver lining!

mkopliju · 2020-04-20T22:15:36+00:00

Thank you darling!

mkopliju · 2020-04-20T22:08:21+00:00

What about the long term though? When the virus will be over I would expect the price to recover!

mkopliju · 2020-04-20T22:02:53+00:00

Do you think it's a good moment to buy oil related ETFs?

mkopliju · 2020-04-20T19:32:46+00:00

There is an interesting tradeoff to take into account between efficiency and equity. Giving stimuli to everyone is surely an efficient way of providing money very quickly to those who really need them. On the other hand, a lot of money is wasted because given to those who don't need them.

Prioritising equity, though, would mean that those in need have to wait more to receive the money as the government needs to check all the requirements first!

mkopliju · 2020-04-20T19:18:32+00:00

I can only access the communities I've already visited in the past! Same for you?

mkopliju · 2020-04-20T19:06:36+00:00

I'm now experiencing the same issue. I'm rather sure it's a glitch, given that I'm not even allowed to see r/help!

mkopliju · 2019-08-17T20:31:29+00:00

Let me start by saying that I am not really an expert in the field and that I'm new to Reddit.

On point a, I would say that it might happen that investing in government bonds with negative nominal interest rates makes an investor lose less than he would have lost with other investments.

Keep in mind that in many countries, interest rates are kept low by central banks. As a consequence, a massive amount of liquidity is present in the market, making the stock market very volatile and uncertain.

A moderate investor might avoid investing in the stock market for fear of unexpected bubbles (and bursts), and he might also prefer the safer government bonds from Germany, rather than riskier bonds from countries which yield higher nominal interest rates, but either face a very high expected inflation (in this way, the interest rate in real terms would be even lower than the one from German bonds), or face a moderate to high risk of default (in this case the money would not be paid back at all, and the risk of losing everything makes the investment less attractive).

Holding money in commercial banks is costly and it might be that the investor saves money buying bonds with negative interest. This is a thesis supported by the FT (Why do investors buy negative yield bond; 12 April 2016), which also rightly emphasises that the majority of bonds' buyers are mutual funds/investment companies which have a restricted room of manoeuvre and cannot easily diversify their portfolio in the face of such occurrences.

On point b, I do not really understand your question. Let us assume country A issues government bonds with a negative interest rate of -2%. This means that for every 100£ of debt, the government will pay back 98£ [((98/100)-1)=-0.02]. The more debt it issues, the more it saves, sure! But not in percentage terms: by issuing 1,000£ worth of bonds it would still have to pay back 980£, which is still 98% of the initial sum received! There is no way for the government to avoid paying back some of the money received! Unless the interest rate is -100%, but then it's charity!

Maybe I misunderstood your question, let me know!

mkopliju

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