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reading 18 CFA example 9 and 10 Pg 221 and 227

Example 19 combines risk free asset with the corner portfolio to find the lowest standard deviation portfolio. I am little confused. Why don’t we try to combine the risk free asset in example 9 as...

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Great article on "hacking" GIPS

Hey,I thought there was a pretty good read on cutting through some of the GIPS memorization and zeroing in on core principles here.Key takeaways:Main idea of the entire section is to make presentation...

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R25 Q12A

1. How do you know that the hurdle rate is 5% for both the hedge fund and the index?2. The textbook did not multiply square root of number of periods [Sqrt(12) in the question)] in the formula of...

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Spread durations for non-treasuries are the same as their effective durations.

Please explain why?

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Estate planning when gift is made by donor

Could someone please explain the Relative value formula when the donor is paying gift tax instead of recipient and why should there be a tax benefit to the recipient of Tg x Te instead of this being...

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GIPS (Qbank)

PTN, Inc., is an investment consulting firm. It has used Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) since its inception two years ago. PTN claims to be in compliance with GIPS. Could this statement...

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GIPS - advertising guideline vs. presentation and reporting

Why below only shows up in advertising guideline instead of the full presentation and reporting session?  Performance presentation:  a. 1-, 3-, and 5-year annualized composite returns through the most...

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Client Statement Question

Having a debate with a fellow candidate - as it relates to requirements to disclose statments to clients - what is the frequency?Seems under AMC/Ethics it is quarterly but GIPS is monthly - is this the...

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What are your cinco de mayo plans?

Haha, just kidding.  At least you’re in it with the rest of us!  Have a good time studying,JS

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Ethics

Is it worth doing Ethics Qbank?… It will probably take me, 6-8hrs to do and I may only get an extra 1-2 points. Just thinking if my time is better spent elsewhere…

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Who else think Finquiz Mock questions are unnecessarily hard and too technical

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How to study for written portion

I’m doing well on multiple choice parts but let’s be honest with only 3 options it’s usually not too hard.  I’m concerned about the written portion as it is a little more subjective and for me...

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Cali LA - Schweser L3 Review Class so bad everybody got a Refund???

Is this true???  Can somebody who went there or had a friend go there confirm what happened? I heard the instructor they had was unprepared, knew nothing and couldn’t answer any questions.  People are...

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Rebalancing Strats wrt risk tolerance

Hi,I’m confused by the risk tolerance of typical investor involved in the 3 rebalacing strats. Can someone please correct me?Buy and Hold: risk tolerance is positively related to wealth and stock...

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EOC - R31 (Rebalancing)

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R31 - BB9 (Strategies for different investors)

[question removed by admin]My question:Risk tolerence suggests “CPPI”Forecast suggest “Buy and Hold”Which one should prevail? Isn’t Risk?

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R9 Christa's return requirement (Q1-3)

I’m having some issues regarding what you need to include to get to a return requirement.The question mentions that Christa can live on 100k per year, is about to receive 50k for some art and has...

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Qbank - Rebalancing

Which of the following statements regarding the risk consequences of asset allocation strategies is least accurate?  A) Constant mix assumes relative risk tolerance is directly related to wealth. B)...

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Increasing Writing Endurance

I haven’t written this much since in class essays back in English class. Since then I’ve mainly used a keyboard for any ‘writing’ that needed to be done.Fast forward to now and I can barely get through...

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How to Deal with This IPS Situation?

Investment Base 1000Scenario 1:Outflow : annual expenses of 100, will raise with inflation inflow : annuities of 30 , inflation indexed scenario 2:Outflow : annual expenses of 100, will raise with...

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