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Credit risk .. the readings are killing me !

It seems every year it's different quantitative questions vs qualitative. The exam in May was slightly more qualitative (and tricky, it was hard to narrow down choices in some questions). I have to agree with you that theory is dry and I am more comfortable with solving problems myself. Best...

Enjoy it @David Harper CFA FRM @Nicole Manley .. I wish I could take one ... :) after I pass !!

Market Risk ... let's do this !

One thing is for sure, GARP loves probability ,I would focus on that then statistics. Those would be the most important topics to master. I would not worry about integrals for example.

Part 2 candidates if you can answer this: do you recommend starting with market risk and on to credit risk ?? what order is best? It seems credit risk is the tough one... Thanks!

miss* something

I do recommend the GARP books but I did have to do my own "research" on certain topics.. and BT of course. Personally, I didn't find the time to incorporate Schweser. I do notice that some prefer using BT and Schweser and skip the books... I prefer reading the books in fear I will something. So...

Congrats !!

the past few months have been exhausting to say the least, no one should expect this to be easy .. I'm going for part 2 in november. I also work full-time and life happens in the midst of all this. I say just do it, power through the next few months and it will be worth it once you pass !

Passed.. part 2 nov 2016 here we go !

yes please, i'd love to know @Delo !

I passed !!!!! thank you BT , thank you @David Harper CFA FRM !!!!

I have done the same .. could be wrong .. but it was one of the answers

was the exposure amount a percentage of?

No answer Yes I used binomial too .. and it was one of the choices .. lets hope its correct. nothing was straightforward in this exam.

It was 99.5% ES .. this one was tricky too .. i forgot my answer

@ashish_pandey exactly how I felt !! nothing was straight forward