General Question Quant

[fashepard]

David

I have finished reading and I am now doing your questions and reviewing quant. I want to make sure I am not missing anything since quant is my weak point. You have spread sheets to refer to and also a blog. Is there any place that they are all together. A raod map?

Frank

 

[David Harper CFA FRM]

Hi Frank,

Regarding the member page, the organizing principle is the 2008 AIMs (rather than a road map, per se). Hopefully, it is clear that, by section, there four major resources types:

1. Movies on left, in order, most recent at top. So Quant here includes Quant A, Quant B, Quant C
2. Question down middle; e.g., notice they are tagged with AIM
3. Study notes on right
4. Edit Grid on right. Also, here, the general order is the study guide aims; e.g., you can see a cluster that start "Gujarati"

So, rather the a "roadmap," the organization is determined by the AIMS (and implicitly therefore, the study guide) and the approach, as the assets have grown, has evolved into a buffet-style; e.g., I have experienced customers who tend to go right to the spreadsheets. Whereas, for the new learner, the essence of the program is of course the screencasts.

The blog is extra, it does not have an organizational principle, lately i am screencasting requested topics there...or, as you can tell, i like to point out news-in-the-world/academic papers that are related to FRM (frankly, to keep myself fresh and sharp on the content).

(the blog + newsletter is also my only real marketing. I don't spend on the print/garp magazine ads)

But i am always trying to improve organization of the member page, so if you have suggestions, i will look to incorporate them....

David