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    On balance sheet hedging of FX exposure

    Hello, I'm a bit confused by the terminology used in the on balance sheet hedging example in the notes (example comes from Saunders chapter 14). On the liability side why are we "lending GBP @ 11%" aren't we recording the cost of funding and isn't lending (long bond) an asset ? Also, how is...
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    Carry market and synthetic commodity position

    Hi, I'm confused by the statement in the chapter summary of McDonald chapter 6 If all commodities that require storage are said to be in a carry market (including gold and silver which are both financial commodities and consumption commodities), and in a carry market, the investor is...
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    FAQ Before Exam Do I need the handbook and readings?

    Does anyone know the difference between Hull's North American edition and international edition ?
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    Valuing swap as fixed and floating rate bonds

    Thank you for clearing that up.
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    Valuing swap as fixed and floating rate bonds

    Hello, In the example on valuing swap as fixed and floating rate bonds in the notes on Hull chapter 7, the future value of the floating leg is computed as: (6 month LIBOR /2)*Notional. The notes say the floating rate is halved because "it is a semi annual payment on 5.5%" I understand that if...
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    Invoice Price of a Bond

    Hi David, I'm reading through the notes on Hull chapter 6 AIM: "Differentiate between the clean and dirty price for a US Treasury bond; calculate the accrued interest and dirty price on a US Treasury bond." I'm confused by the statement that the invoice price of the bond = the face amount...
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    Rollover basis risk

    Hi David, Am I correct in my understanding that there is no additional basis risk in a stack and roll hedge vs a longer term hedge where you are not rolling over the hedge ?
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    Spot price converging towards Futures price

    Great. Thanks for clarifying that.
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    Spot price converging towards Futures price

    Hello on page 31 of the PDF "P1.Products+Hull--Chapters-1-7--10-&-11.pdf" it says "Remember that the basis itself converges to zero over time, as the spot price converges toward the Futures price". Isn't this the other way round ... futures prices converges to spot price ?
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    Variance of sample mean

    Great, thanks for clearing that up.
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    Variance of sample mean

    Hi, I'm not clear on what the "variance of the sample mean" is. Is it the variance of the sampling distribution ?
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    Coskew

    Hello, I'm lost with the calculations in the notes for coskewness, I understand conceptually what coskewness is though. In your opinion, should I spend time to understand ? Thanks
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    Where do I start?

    I like the aggregation of the different study mediums (spreadsheet, video, notes etc..) under the topic. From the screen shot, it isn't clear which ways you will be able to filter and sort the content ( like the current ability to filter out items that are not "recommended" or "essential") cheers
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    Quantity of risk

    Thanks for your fast reply (on a Saturday none the less). I always understood beta as the correlation between the portfolio and the market, thanks for clearing that up for me.
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    Quantity of risk

    Hello, I don't understand the solution to the below practice question from the Amenc chapter 4 notes: 4. Assume the riskfree rate is 4%, the overall market volatility is 20% and the volatility of our portfolio (P) is 25%. If the price of risk is 6% and the quantity of risk is 0.8, what is the...
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    CAPM, SML, CML

    Thanks David, I understand it when you put it that way.
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    CAPM, SML, CML

    Thanks for your detailed reply. I'm not clear on how the CAPM relates to the markets clearing at a given price when the CAPM tells us expected return of an asset.
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    CAPM, SML, CML

    Hello, The notes on the various non standard forms of the CAPM make reference to an equilibrium, can you elaborate ? Thanks
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    2013 FRM Calendar (Updated 8/15/2013)

    Hello, Any update on this ? Thanks
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