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I felt when I took the Part 1 in October that I was well prepared for the quantitative type questions and the analytical type of reasoning. Where I didn’t feel totally comfortable was with some of the qualitative sections (i.e. Code of Conduct, case studies), and I suppose that means I should...

Two more from the Quantitative Analysis text: Chapter 9, regression diagnostics- references in the end of chapter practice questions are made to the RESET test for specification and the Chow test, but those two tests are not discussed in the actual reading at all (I think the lack of reference...

So I am reviewing chapter 7's material on regression, and it has honestly been a long while since I've done this deep of a dive into econometric material, and I couldn't help notice that on the face of it, it looks like the variance/standard error of the regression parameters are biased which...

David: I'd recommend three textbooks for the math/statistics section: Calculus by Larson, Hostetler, and Edwards. I used this book for three semesters in college and it is an appropriate blend of application and rigor. Mathematical Statistics with Applications by Wackerly. This was the...

I sat for the CFA L1 in 2008 (did not pass, but ended going up a different career route anyways), and I think the FRM is easier in some ways and harder than others. The CFA L1 exam has a huge focus on quantitative questions, whereas from what I can tell so far the FRM is more...

Here is what I have found so far: Book 1, Chapter 5: Question 5.4 does not follow logically from either prior questions or the readings. In equilibrium all assets will fall along the SML, and therefore take on some Beta value such that \[ \beta_i\in\mathbb{R} \]. There is insufficient...