Hello, welcome to another WIFE! The forum was super busy last week. I wrote a long reply to the question (link below) about the interpretation of foreign exchange (FX) quotes. We have experience here. This is one of many examples of where we (members in this forum) prompted a correction to GARP's imprecise syntax references (in actual questions) to an "USD/EUR exchange rate"; e.g., 2016-P1-Q6. My advice is to disregard the domestic/foreign FX monikers because they are relative to each counterparty (so they don't give you actual guidance). The proper FX quote convention syntax is base/quote, as in EURUSD (aka, EUR/USD) where the pair's first currency is the base and the second currency is the quote (aka, price) currency. This may be initially confusing because EURUSD refers mathematically to the ratio USD/EUR, as in $X.XX US dollars per 1.00 unit of EUR. But it is ultimately convenient: given a quote of $1.21 EURUSD (i.e., EUR is the base), a numerical increase implies appreciation in the base currency (it takes more dollars to purchase one Euro or equivalently, one Euro gets you more dollars). The major currencies already belong to an informal priority ranking, where EUR ranks first (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_pair), so by convention the preference is EURUSD and USDEUR is unconventional. If you really want to also use direct-versus-indirect, then know that a direct quote refers to a quote when your domestic currency is the quote (aka, price) currency, while an indirect quote refers to when your domestic currency is the base currency. Consequently, a quote of $1.21 EURUSD is direct if you are based in New York, but indirect if you are based in Paris. (Why do I prefer to omit the "/" in the pair? Because it connotes the mathematical ratio. I figure EURUSD is just slightly less susceptible to misinterpretation than EUR/USD. It's the little things).
New Practice Question Sets
FRM Part 1
Risk
New Practice Question Sets
- P1.T2.21.3. Returns, volatility and non-normal distributions https://forum.bionicturtle.com/thre...olatility-and-non-normal-distributions.23782/
- P2.T9.21.3. Refining alpha in portfolio construction https://forum.bionicturtle.com/threads/p2-t9-21-3-refining-alpha-in-portfolio-construction.23784/
FRM Part 1
- IT skills after FRM https://forum.bionicturtle.com/threads/it-skills-after-frm.23786/
- [T2. Regression] @Parsimony asks about GARP's bivariate confidence interval diagrams https://trtl.bz/2RmHh5Z
- [T3. Interest rates] Implied forward rates differ only due to the cosmetics of compound frequency https://trtl.bz/3vyKazC
- [T3. Options] Impact of stock dividend on option price https://trtl.bz/3xEqrAh
- [T3. Mortgage & MBS] Does negative convexity imply also negative duration? https://trtl.bz/3ecQkQg
- [T4 CAPM] Does the Market portfolio include the riskfree asset? https://trtl.bz/339B408
- [T4. Value at risk, VaR] @mbbx5va2 makes a keen observation about the difference in delta-gamma VaR between a long versus short option position https://trtl.bz/3eM6wa0
- [T4. Bond VaR] Thank you @lushukai for great answer to analytical bond VaR using duration and convexity given yield volatility https://trtl.bz/2Re1HhE
- [T4. Binomial OPM] Do up-/down-jump probabilities influence option price? https://trtl.bz/3ebJp9E
- [T4. Key rates] If each of the key rates are shifted, then all rates are shifted by one basis point https://trtl.bz/2PIaWGx
- [T4. FX] FX quote convention https://trtl.bz/3xJPYIj
- [T5. Expected shortfall, ES] When do we slice the tail to estimate expected shortfall (ES)? https://trtl.bz/3nEK2vL
- [T6. Credit value adjustment, CVA] CVA is an EL designed for the bilateral trade context (versus unilateral loan exposure) https://trtl.bz/3f3bvU7
- [T6. Counterparty credit risk] (*) Exposure profile of CDS https://forum.bionicturtle.com/threads/p2-t6-413-credit-exposure-profiles-gregory.7774/post-88171
- [T6. Extreme value theory, EVT] EVT GEV versus POT https://trtl.bz/3aWDcwr
- [T6. Counterparty credit] Initial margin (IM) posted unilaterally versus bilaterally https://trtl.bz/3aY1GW1
- [T7. OpRisk] Should a risk culture be profitable? https://trtl.bz/3nDIVfQ
- [T7. Basel] What is procyclical amplification? https://trtl.bz/3xAz7b3
- [T7. Model risk] If the confidence and horizon match, why would different people retrieve different one-day 95.0% value at risk (VaR) estimates? https://trtl.bz/3aUxPh6
- [T8. Repos] (*) Why a repo investor will accept general collateral https://trtl.bz/3gSf9m9
- [T9. Investment] Equalizing beta in Bodie's T-line for Treynor measure https://trtl.bz/3ePvqWe
- [T9. Economic capital, EC] Why is RORAC inferior to RAROC? https://trtl.bz/3aYY0DD
Risk
- 5 Tips to Making Board Risk Reports Meaningful Tools for Decision-Making (Carol Williams) https://trtl.bz/3edGe1d
- Should we abandon risk assessment, risk management, and risk appetite? (Norman Marks) https://trtl.bz/3ukQqdW
- COVID-19: Implications for business (McKinsey) https://trtl.bz/3nKVhTd
- Why Business Interruption Risk Affects Us All https://www.brinknews.com/why-business-interruption-risk-affects-us-all/ Dirk Wegener is president of Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA)
- Mitigating Risk for Asset Owners — Claiming Compliance with the GIPS Standards https://trtl.bz/3efLYaK
- 6 Strategies for Leading Through Uncertainty https://hbr.org/2021/04/6-strategies-for-leading-through-uncertainty
- Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)
- Risk Management in Uncertain Times: How to Prepare for Both the Expected and Unexpected https://trtl.bz/3egLy4g
- Three Model Risk Management Lessons from COVID-19 https://trtl.bz/2RkN10n
- With CECL in Force, Banks Remain Cautious on Loss Reserves https://trtl.bz/3nOL0FF
- Natural Language Processing Sharpens Its Focus on Financial Risk https://trtl.bz/3tg6Gf5 References some interesting Fintech/Regtech companies: Scienaptic Systems Inc, Eigen Technologies, Amenity Analytics and Behavox
- PRMIA Announces the Champions of the 2021 Risk Management Challenge https://trtl.bz/3efW7Ep
- The Texas Blackout: Even Climate-Related Financial Risk is Bigger in Texas https://trtl.bz/3nIyUOx The Polar Vortex
- How to assess the multiple interacting risks of climate change (Carbon Brief) https://trtl.bz/2RkKtPR
- Emerging hydrogen industry can help tackle climate change. Managing complex risks is key (Allianz) https://www.agcs.allianz.com/news-and-insights/news/hydrogen-energy.html
- FireEye's M-Trends 2021 Report https://www.fireeye.com/current-threats/annual-threat-report/mtrends.html
- The strategy-analytics revolution (McKinsey) https://trtl.bz/3efMcyC
- The Future of AI Regulation: Draft Legislation from the European Commission Shows the Coming AI Legal Landscape https://trtl.bz/3edGLAs
- What is Schrems II and how does it affect your data protection in 2021? https://trtl.bz/3ebRQSt
- Joachim Klement, CFA: Three Geo-Economics Trends to Watch https://trtl.bz/3tmOfpe "His latest monograph, Geo-Economics [CFA Institute], is a vastly ambitious endeavor." He also writes a terrific substack at https://klementoninvesting.substack.com/
- Rewriting the Rules https://www.brunswickgroup.com/judy-samuelson-new-business-rules-i18712/ Interview with July Samuelson of the well-regarded Six New Rules of Business
- Book Review: Valuation (7th Edition) https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2021/04/29/book-review-valuation/
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