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    Test at the α = 0.05 level of significance

    I would advise to perform F test or t-test taking two samples at a time and compare them compare florida and iowa than; H0:f=i and Ha:f!=i than compare florida and Missouri than; H0:f=m and Ha:f!=m and than compare the results from the above tests thanks
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    Books helpful for FRM

    Its better to read and follow one or two books. Instead following many books at one i think following just one or two books is enough. Nevertheless following many books just for reference is OK but reading thoroughly only one or two books and following them religiously is the main point i want...
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    Suggestion to fill in Garp working experience

    Hi, Risk management covers all the topics of risk and the tools and methods used for analyzing and managing risk. So Accounting does contain several methods and tools for risk management especially the credit risk. e.g. company's accounting statements can provide a clue about the health of...
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    2012 FRM books for sale. Please help!

    yeah Fermion, I agree that Garp shall sooner or later shall tighten the belt and become more cautious of such mistakes from the candidates in the future. CFA has well defined rules and regulation and Garp need some work to do in this area. This does not relate to point that there should be more...
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    Understanding the relationship between Merton Probability of Default (PD) and the Black-Scholes Mode

    dE=[f'(V)*mu*V + 0.5*f''(V)*sigma^2*V^2]dt+SigV*dW*V*f'(V).........u mistook this formula dE=f'(V)*mu*V*dt+SigV*dW*V*f'(V)+0.5*f''(V)*sigma^2*V^2*dt dE=dV*f'(V)+0.5*f''(V)*sigma^2*V^2*dt dE=dV*f'(V)+(dE-delta*dV)*sigma^2*dt dE(1-sigma^2*dt)=dV*delta*(1-sigma^2*dt) dE=dV*delta delta=dE/dV
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    May 2013 Exam

    Tom324 please refer these links these might help: Hi, Please refer to the following for more information. The products of BT are fairly explained in detail: http://forum.bionicturtle.com/t...e-questions-and-your-assista.5344/#post-14837...
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    2012 FRM books for sale. Please help!

    Hend, Yeah may be all guys dont know or may know about copyrights violation.If there is some Garp policy that the reselling or transferring copy of original source of books is not legal then its illegal otherwise its legal. Whatever Garp people shall not take so much pain identifying each and...
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    Carrel:Funding risk

    One possible answer to the above is that may be i am not wrong that during depression like that one of 2008 the need of refinancing increases between the banks but banks are not willing to lend to each other due to high credit risk involved due to suspicion by the lender that the other party...
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    2012 FRM books for sale. Please help!

    You have to ask the garp people themselves if it is legal to resell the books without violating copy rights of writers or publishers. Nevertheless it should be good idea to send a mail asking them if it is genuinely allowed. otherwise many people do it without doing such efforts on their part...
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    Question on BT(BionicTurtle) notes and GARP books

    I really appreciate the videos of BT. The topics are explained in clear and precise way in an easily understandable manner. when i watched the video on youtube I understood the topics very clearly.I really encourage BT videos to be first on frm exam givers list. I would be using the videos if at...
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    After the FRM

    I would recommand the following books: The Professional's Handbook of Financial Risk Management Marc Lore, Lev Borodovsky Risk Management and Financial Institutions John C. Hull Elements of Financial Risk Management Peter Christoffersen thanks
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    Question on BT(BionicTurtle) notes and GARP books

    Hi bhamu, According to me the Kaplan shweser notes together with BT would be more than sufficient. Kaplan covers all the topic areas of frm and BT is also good in terms of referring to knowledge and understanding comprehensively. I think garp books can be used for reference otherwise i did'nt...
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    Understanding the relationship between Merton Probability of Default (PD) and the Black-Scholes Mode

    I think video given by David here wonderfully explains d2 http://forum.bionicturtle.com/threads/n-d2.5492/#post-15431
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    Books helpful for FRM

    I am posting the links for the books that can come handy in your preparation to FRM. You can also refer to them during your risk career after earning the frm designation: here is the list of books that can come handy i found on the net: please refer to the following links...
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    Answer: Basic misconceptions...

    Quite an interesting observation and yeah BT will make a lot if is these happens.
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    Video tutorial

    Please visit the following links for information; http://forum.bionicturtle.com/threads/bt-materials-vs-youtube.4071/#post-10866 http://forum.bionicturtle.com/threads/prerequisites.3572/#post-9577 Hoe they might help thanks
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    Readings - should I plan to read everything

    the_tank, there are lot of differences in CFA and FRM curriculum. The cfa curriculum is organised topic wise and there are ten topics each having their own segregated readings. The frm curriculum is covering vast topic areas divided into major types like credit risk ,operation risk etc. It is...
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    Help?

    Hi, Please refer to the following for more information. The products of BT are fairly explained in detail: http://forum.bionicturtle.com/threads/new-to-frm-and-bt-%E2%80%93-purchased-2012-frm-part-1-tier-2-material-%E2%80%93-have-some-questions-and-your-assista.5344/#post-14837...
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    MARGINAL VaR

    THe explanation given by David is clear. I would like to add that MVaR=(VaR/P)*Beta where VaR is VaR of portfolio and P is value of portfoilo. and beta is beat of the ith security of portfoilio. According to Q. MVaR(X)=(VaR/P)*BetaX ...1 MVaR(Y)=(VaR/P)*BetaY ...2 from 1 and 2...
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    MARGINAL VaR

    please refer to the link: http://forum.bionicturtle.com/threads/marginal-var.1365/#post-5001 thanks
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