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Well, a long position and a short position on the same stock would be perfectly negatively correlated right?

Great! Thank you Nicole. Please send an amazon code. Thanks Brian

I agree with @QuantMan2318 (all would do well to do so!) :) I think of parsimonious as Occam's Razor and I think of triviality as the Interocular Trauma Test!

Received mine today - pretty nice certificates!

cool! congrats! Where are you located?

GARP states on their website that certificates themsselves would be sent out on September 30, 2016.....so, if you don't receive it in the next week or two, I would contact GARP. I have not received mine either and I am fairly close to New Jersey (where GARP is headquartered and from where, I...

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-02/some-deutsche-bank-clients-unable-access-cash-due-it-outage Right......

Thanks Nicole - love to new last name! :) I'd love an Amazon code please. Best, Brian

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-29/run-begins-deutsche-bank-hedge-fund-clients-cut-collateral-exposure

FRM Certificates will be sent out on September 30!

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and my quoted post here proves that my earlier post was wrong since B is not an assumption of BS! Maybe I should read my posts before I post them! ;)

@David Harper CFA FRM - can you clarify what you interpret as the question's correct answer? It is a bit unclear to me and I suspect it may be to others as well. Thanks!

The question expcitlty asks for which of the options IS an assumption of B-S. D is clearly not an assumption of B-S. Since the price of a bond converges to pare at maturity, the volatility must diminish. THis is something that makes equilibrium models such as Cox Ingersoll and Vasicek...

The fact that we are looking at government bonds makes this a tricky question. When considering stocks, I think A and C would be considered assumptions of Black-Scholes. Stock Prices are assumed to normally distributed (recall the ln(St/S0) is assumed to be normal and so, St/So assumed to be...

We are talking about default correlation of the underlying assets. Equity value increases as correlation increases. The highest rated tranche, or senior tranche, is the opposite; as correlation increases, its value decreases. The mezzanine tranche can exhibit either behavior.

I think it is such a good idea and a great way to keep folks engaged! I will take an amazon gift card code please. thank you!