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Hi.. I am also a physics student but a CA from India in corp finance. While a science really boosts aptitutde, it is not a pre requisite. it depends on what stage you are entering the industry ie a fresher or senior e, age etc., A CFA+FRM is excellent.

david.. Just returned from the exam. Full (chennai, India) first half was not that comfortable . Too much narrative that ate precious time. Second half a smooth sail. Overall Hmm .. if second compensates and if I am lucky then.... Qn distribution was failry ok in both session. hull and...

David.. I join this meoment to wish all the very best !!!! venkat

David.. For full exam, each session consists of 70 qns or 140 each? venkat

David.. i request ur reply. Thanks

David.. The following may be considered as proxies for mean loss rates 1.credit spread, 2. default swap rate paid bythe protection buyer in a credit default swap agreement. But diff between bond yield and treasury yield is not considered. There is an explanation or this bit I am ubable...

DAvid.. Assume a portfolio consists of two loans of $1000 with a correlation between loans of 0. Also assume the only twao outcome for each loan with equal probablity are a loan loss of $8 or $12. Note that average loss for each position is $ 10 and the expeceted loss on theportfolio is $ 20...

David.. A portfolio manager has a $ 15 million mid-cap portfolio that has a beta of 1.3 relative to S&P 400. S&P 500 futures are trading at 1150 and have a multiplier of 250. The most significant risk this manager faces in attempting tohedge his position is: I. correlation risk resulting...

David.. I receved my admit card for full exam today. Heart beats faster!!!!

David.. 2007 videos 1. camtasia player fles are clearly audible, nicely formatted, can see in Internet exxplorer screen in an elegant fashion. 2. the best part is theway the whole topics are packed. eg volatility, VaR, Deriatives, EVT, Cr.risk. For e.g if u want to listen to EVT, there...

David.. Thanks DAvid.. for a lucid reply. Your perception makes me feel that do your best, take your chance , come what may. My prep is so far ok having done a full round once and now on second leg struggling to cope with practice qns. To rea;;y assimilate the concepts , and chew them always...

David.. i had earlier written to you on a note in a public forum of a course provider that less than 70 % anwers correct might even make you a winner. I reproduce below a clarification by them on this : Quote Answering 70% of the questions correctly is usually considered a good gauge for a...

David.. thanks for a simple and eloborate reply. i also felt the net cr exp to be -1. But Schweser says answer is Zero since negative values are not recognised while expressing net credit exposure. venkat

David.. Look at this qn: If Frim X owes $3 million to Firm Y in one contract but Frim Y owes $ 4 million to Firm X in another contract, net credit exposure to Firm y is 1. -$1 million 2.$0 3.+1million 4.+7million The stem looks tricky. is'nt it? venkat

David.. I am uncomfortble on the mechanics of this problem ten Lowest No of Past Rank returns %t periods Hybrid weights 1 -4.3 7 0.0318 2 -3.9 10 0.0282 3 -3.7 15 0.023 4 -3.5 20 0.0187 5 -3 17 0.0212 6...

David.. For computaional purpsoes what number of trading days are to be consdiered? 250 or 252 days? Esp in VaR calculations, some place use 250, some 252. venkat

David.. i also read today public blog in schweser that "You can also take comfort in knowing that the exam is graded on a curve so even if you do not answer 70% of the questions correctly you still have a chance of passing." ??? venkat

David.. Thanks for your candid reply. On the one hand the air of uncertainty and specifics haunts me on full exam coverage, I still go my intuition that there exist spread f qns that the dispersion will beneift to score in aggregate . Also in my case time element drags me to finish off FRM...

David.. I have enclosed a spreadsheet that gives: Domain wise AIMs ranked on 1. testabilty, a must coverage topics being colour coded. these rankings are based on some of course providers perception based on their practice exmas, lectures etc. I gathered. may I have your ranking in...

david... In the following GARCH eqns 1. σ2 n-1= .83 + .05µ2 n-1+.93σ2 n-1 2. σ2 n-1= .06 + .04µ2 n-1+.95σ2 n-1 3. σ2 n-1= .60 + .10µ2 n-1+.94σ2 n-1 4. σ2 n-1= .03 + .03µ2 n-1+.93σ2 n-1 locate among the following choices the CORRECT statement: I. Equation 1 is a...