# CourseErrors Found in 2021/2022 Study Materials P2.T5. Market Risk

#### Nicole Seaman

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Please use this new thread to let David and I know about any errors, missing/broken links, etc. that you find in the 2021/2022 materials that are published in the study planner under P1.T4. Valuation & Risk Models. This will keep our forum much more organized. We appreciate your cooperation!

PLEASE NOTE: Our Practice Question sets already have links to their specific forum threads where you can post about any errors that you find. This thread is for any other materials (notes, spreadsheets, videos, etc.) where you might find errors.

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#### FRMNinjaLeonardo

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On p.59 of the notes for T5 R5 Tuckman's ch9, the model highlighted in blue is wrong

##### New Member
Page 70 of the notes for P2.T5 Tuckman chapter 10, starting node of the interest rate tree diagram shows the natural logarithm of the rate rather than the initial rate itself.

#### Ellie_10

##### New Member
On page 34 of the notes for T5.R1 Dowd Chapter 7:

Describe the peaks-over-threshold (POT) approach

Formula 7.18:

I believe it should be Pr{X-u<= x | X > u}

#### kchristo

##### Member
In T5-R1-P2-Dowd, under "Define coherent risk measures.", the definition of positive homogeniety refers to X and Y in the image but only X in the text. (P10)

#### Branislav

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Dear @Nicole Seaman , regarding Hull, Chapter 18. Fundamental Review of the Trading Book study note, I think square root of ten is missing in VaR formula.

kind regards

#### poojanmehta1

##### New Member
@Nicole Seaman - Am looking at pdf notes of Bruce Tuckman, Fixed Income Securities. The blank page is under Tuckman, chapter 7. (page 22 of the pdf)

Also in the same chapter - Define risk-neutral pricing and explain its use in option pricing, in para one it mentions the example of coin toss for risk neutral pricing. Am assuming the payment on coin toss should be either $2 or$0 (mentioned as 1$) "Let’s assume a fair coin (ie, 50% probably of flipping heads) while the risk-free rate is 3.0% with continuous compounding. You are offered the chance to buy a digital (aka, binary) option that pays, in one year when the coin is flipped, either$2.00 or \$1.00"

#### bollengc

##### Member
in Tuckman chapter8,
page 38 of pdf T5-R5-P2-Tuckman-(MR10-MR14)-v3
the power 3 should be outside of the brackets (1+r(3))^3

Hello,

Little typo in

### Study Notes: Schroeck, Chapter 5: Capital Structure in Banks​

Define and calculate unexpected loss (UL).
Page 7

the sigma^2 should be variance of LR/PD (not standard deviation)

#### cnomGreen

##### New Member
Market risk practice questions when printed as PDF: The answer to 702.3 states that the answer is "D", although the associated value is answer "C"

#### novenagates

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Hello, dear @David Harper CFA FRM @Nicole Seaman

For P2. T5 Tuckman's Study Notes, on Page 41

The denominator in both calculations seems wrong, we shouldn't use 1.10 in either case, instead we should use for

node [1,1], 1.142, the 14.2% is the right discount rate for end of Year 1
node [1,0], 1.062, the 6.2% is the right discount rate for end of Year 1

Similar error occur on the Slides for the Video tutorials for this chapter too, on Page 16

The calculations on the Excel spreadsheet are correct.

Thank you.

#### enjofaes

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Page 8 market risk does not seem right for ES

If 97% ES = conditional average of the worst three losses
Then 95% ES = conditional average of worst five losses (like in formula not the text) OR 4 losses ?
96% ES = conditional average of worst 4 losses then -- again not like in the text. OR 3 losses?

#### dla00

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Hi @David Harper CFA FRM , @Nicole Seaman

On part "Define coherent risk measures (continued)" from Instructional Video: Dowd, Chapter 3: Estimating Market Risk Measures.

a. Regarding positive homogeneity, I think it should read lambda * rho(X) I think, rather than Y.
b. Regarding translation invariance, I think the right hand side should be rho(X) - c instead of +c.

Regards

#### David Harper CFA FRM

##### David Harper CFA FRM
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Hi @enjofaes Yes, agreed, my text was a bit whacked. Thank you! I have edited it to reflect text that matches the exhibit, as follows:
If we seek the 97.0% ES, then we want the (conditional) average of the worst three losses: (64.28 + 63.27 + 36.41)/3 = 54.65 is the 97.0% ES because it is the (equally-weighted, in this case) average of the worst 3.0% of losses. If we seek the 95.0% ES, then we want the (conditional) average of the worst five losses: (64.28 + 63.27 + 36.41 + 36.27 + 35.89))/5 = 47.22 is the 95.0% ES because it is the (equally-weighted) average of the worst 5.0% of losses. Bear in mind this is a discrete distribution, but the same concept applies to a continuous distribution.
Put simply,
• 97.0% ES is average of 3 worst (3%) losses: (64.28 + 63.27 + 36.41)/3 = 54.65
• 96.0% ES is average of 4 worst (4%) losses: not discussed
• 95.0% ES is average of 5 worst (5%) losses: (64.28 + 63.27 + 36.41 + 36.27 + 35.89))/5 = 47.22

#### dla00

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Hi @enjofaes Yes, agreed, my text was a bit whacked. Thank you! I have edited it to reflect text that matches the exhibit, as follows:

Put simply,
• 97.0% ES is average of 3 worst (3%) losses: (64.28 + 63.27 + 36.41)/3 = 54.65
• 96.0% ES is average of 4 worst (4%) losses: not discussed
• 95.0% ES is average of 5 worst (5%) losses: (64.28 + 63.27 + 36.41 + 36.27 + 35.89))/5 = 47.22
There is also an extra parenthesis after 35.89.

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#### David Harper CFA FRM

##### David Harper CFA FRM
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Hi @dla00 Great, thank you for those additional comments re translation invariance and homogeneity. I was actually aware of those mistakes because, as part of updating the notes, we go through the cited errors and they have been surfaced. Thanks again!

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