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    FRM part II Nov 2013 result released!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Passed Part 2 with 24121 - many thanks David and Suzanne for the wonderful content and awesome forum support.
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    Nov 2013 FRM Part 2 Review

    My additions: 18. Calculation of PD for an individual bond given a basket 19. Prepayment principal calculation for a MBS bond 20. Calculation of debt using merton model 21. Computing strike of barrier option given spot, barrier rate, RF, and other inputs 22. Calculating rate using simulated...
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    Basket Tranches value and risk

    Hi David The screen grab is from the credit risk notes pg 57 (Malz chapter 9) I don't fully understand the statement "But when default rates are relatively high, an increase in correlation can materially increase the IRR of the equity tranche but also increase the losses to the senior bond...
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    2013 FRM Calendar (Updated 8/15/2013)

    Hi Suzanne- When you "I will not be removing the old videos until we've started/finished that particular topic" are you referring to for e.g. entire T5 or do you refer to a particular reading, for e.g. T5 Dowd that has 4 chapters assigned. I am asking because i can't see any Fabozzi T5 videos...
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    2013 FRM Calendar (Updated 8/15/2013)

    Thanks Suzanne - can the old videos be made available in such cases please? For e.g., there was a video previously that covered Jorion Ch 6 and Ch 11 but the new one has only Ch 6. The old video has been replaced with the new one; I am not sure if there was a Dowd video that covered Ch 4 and Ch...
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    2013 FRM Calendar (Updated 8/15/2013)

    Hi David In the calendar, i can see videos for Dowd Ch 3 and 7 but not Ch -4 and Ch -5. Is it because they correspond to aim's that are less important / testable from an exam perspective? Thanks Mahesh
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    FRM 2013 Study Material

    Thank You David
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    FRM 2013 Study Material

    Hi David, Since you have updated the notes for P2 T5 to include the new Tuckman chapters, I wanted to know if you are planning to add practice questions for those topics? Thanks Mahesh
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    2013 FRM Calendar (Updated 8/15/2013)

    Hi Suzanne / David, Are you going to do focus reviews this year - i am asking because i can't see it in the calendar. I found them very helpful while preparing for Part 1. Thanks Mahesh
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    November 17, 2012 Exam Results released - January 2, 2013

    Passed Part 1 - i used only BT for Part 1. The practice questions were outstanding and the BT forum rocks, prompt responses from David and others really helped. - Many thanks David, Suzanne and others who contribute to the forum. For Part 2, i feel that core readings + BT should suffice...
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    BionicTurtle Review

    great - thanks David.
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    BionicTurtle Review

    Hi David, Are you planning to publish any more mocks before the exam? Thanks Mahesh
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    BionicTurtle Review

    Great - Thanks for the quick response.
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    BionicTurtle Review

    Hi David, I was looking for full length practice test for Part 1 and came across this thread where you've mentioned that this will be introduced in 2012 - if it's already there, can you point me to it please? If it isn't, is there a plan of doing it before the Nov exam? I am not sure if I've...
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