Hi David,
Just wanted to let you know that the study notes (Castagna Ch.6) need to be amended slightly, the chart on the last page ( I think this table were from the books) says that the TSECF & the TSECCF is changed for the reverse repo agreement, but in this transaction ownership is with the...
Hi David,
Can you please summarize what's happening in the equity, mezzanine and senior tranches as default correlation is increasing. For some reason I'm still not clear with the explanations above. Also in the FRM book it says that hedge fund strategies are going long the equity tranche and...
Thanks David, really cleared the concept for as usual! I'm kicking it up a notch now for my part 2 exam in December so ill probably be more active on the forum.
Hi David,
Hope your well, I have a quick question. Please see below:
"Securities used as collateral “circulate,” since the borrower of securities can typically lend them to another, a practice called re-hypothecation or re-pledging of collateral."
Shouldn't this statement read the lender can...
Yes results are out, I just wanted to say sincerely thanks to David & Nicole. I honestly really appreciate all the support you provided. Don’t want to be to happy & excited, will now focus and work even harder for part 2 using BT.
@czet “The only question in that exercise was whether to calculate the SD by dividing by n or n-1. I went for n-1 since it's a sample standard deviation. Oh and also not forgetting to take the square root.
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It was a sample so it is more appropriate to divide by n-1 but don’t think they will...
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