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    Question 9, Exam 2013 from GARP

    Hi @SamuelMartin , please refer to the following thread: https://forum.bionicturtle.com/threads/2013-garp-exam-1-q9-remembering-f-statistics.7435/ There the answer from David: " Hi @Ekin4112 The t-stats are used to test the significance of the individual coefficients; e.g., is B1...
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    On Balance Sheet Netting

    Hi Amit, I am not (yet :) ) a "Basel expert", but I would asume that the "on balance sheet netting mitigation" is relevant only for the standardized approach, as per the Basel reading "International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards" http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs128.pdf...
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    Why it's named Expected Shortfall?

    Hi, I usually like to break down concepts consisting of several words into the single parts. In this case the "expected" part should be clear as it is an "average in the tail" (as David also indicates). Now for the "shortfall" part: I find the quote from Carol Alexander helpful -> "This is...
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    RESULTS ARE OUT!

    Passed Level I with 2,3,2,2 and didn't clear Level II (3,4,3,4,2), but I expected the latter one due to my time management. I am bit disappointed as I had the feeling that Quantitative Analysis was one of my strengths, nevertheless now I am motivated to really study harder for Level II, so you...
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 2 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    Hi, I remember that for this question I took the option where the equity tranche lost all its value, but also that the mezzanine tranche lost a part of its value as there was a remaining cash flow to be paid on top of the cash flow from the equity tranche...But reading your comment, I am not...
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    Ehm, what do you mean by (1-UGD)? The definition of AE = OS + UGD*COM, or so I thought?? :confused:
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 2 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    Related to the "great memory" - well not really, I have just mapped in my mind the fact that predatory lending was a topic from the "Ashcroft" reading and I have just looked up today at which exact spot this was described. :D If I really had that kind of a photographic memory, I think I would...
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 2 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    I tend to agree with what @belle6631 said, it didn't make any sense to me, I mean how would a lender get any advantage (and this would be assumed by the term "predatory") in providing borrowers with better (i.e. lower) interest rates? This would mean they would have to pay less interest on...
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 2 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    Hi @Johnson , I remember struggling a bit with this question but somehow I located the exact page in my mind from the corresponding text (Ashcroft) and I have marked option a. In hindsight I think this is correct, as I looked in the text and found the following (on page 14): Seven signs of...
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 1 (May 2014) Exam Feedback

    Hi everybody, first of all thanks for the detailed feedback here, I planned to write some remarks myself but I am honestly still feeling very tired after the exam. I didn't sleep too well before Saturday and I took both parts on the same day which was (in my opinion) very, very exhausting...
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    Good Luck for those taking the FRM exam in 2 days time!

    Thanks for the info, I wasn't aware that we need this plastic bag for the personal belongings, my feeling is that some organizational parts of the FRM are "a bit" too strict (I am not allowed to have a sip of water or eat a small piece of chocolate for a "sugar shock" at my desk, seriously???)...
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    Forward Swap rate

    I am bit tired now and maybe I haven't read your question well, but I think it highly depends on the compounding convention if indicated in the question text... From which exam was this question? I remember Hull stating that the two methods (the one you used and the one probably used in the...
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    Z-Table during the exam

    Just got to this thread via a link. I think in the post above it should state: "N(-1.645) = 5% and N(-2.33) = 1%" instead of "N(-1.645) = 5% and N(-2.33) = 99%" Just for future candidates who stumble upon this. :)
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    Test Coverage of Topic 4?

    Hi there, I think I have worked through all Practice Exams and Mock Exams (at least I hope so) and additionally to what you have listed above, sometimes questions on Stress Testing, Credit Rating Matrix [Servigny], Expected Shortfall [Dowd] (I believe) and Ong came up, so I would not leave that...
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    FRM Cut Off Marks

    Hi Roshan, I am pretty sure GARP only evaluates if the answers you have ticked (or better said circled) on the answer sheet are correct or not. What you write on your paper with regard to the calculations won't matter with regard to the decision of pass/fail. Regards, Alex
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    Positively skewed distribution

    A positively skewed distribution has a "fat" right tail (but not left tail). If the variance is large (larger) as a direct consequence of exhibiting a fat right tail depends (in my opinion) on the mean of the distribution and can't/shouldn't be phrased as a mathematical law. You can also refer...
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    ONE MORE WEEK! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

    Thanks Brian, also from my side good luck and hold through, from experience, if one has started learning very early (meaning January/February or so) this is the time where motivation lows can kick in, we just have to think at all the work and time invested until now in order to not get...
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    Day Count Basis & Interest Rates

    ACT/360 Google is your friend. ;) --> http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/interest-rates/files/eurodollar-futures-reference-guide.pdf
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    Weekly trivia 4/28/14 (Duration, DV01 and convexity)

    Hi @David Harper CFA FRM CIPM , this will probably annoy you, but would you have the more detailed answers for the trivia questions? Sorry for the reminder and many thanks in advance! :)
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    2014 Part II Published Materials

    Hi @David Harper CFA FRM CIPM , don't worry, I can live with not being able to upload files here. Don't want to add you any stress. :)
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