by John D. Simpson, CIPM | Sep 7, 2015 | CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks
Occasionally, when teaching our classes, I get a question along the lines of, “Can you explain what the Sharpe Ratio is, in 100 words or less?” Here’s what I say (I’ll try to be concise, but it may be over 100 words… You could have chosen...
by John D. Simpson, CIPM | Sep 6, 2015 | CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks
A couple of CIPM candidates have contacted me recently asking for an explanation of one of the exhibits in the CIPM Principles Level curriculum that deals with the subjects of stated annual rates and effective annual rates. That exhibit (Reading 4, Exhibit 3) shows a...
by John D. Simpson, CIPM | Sep 1, 2015 | CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks
In a previous blog post, I covered how one can make use of the statistics worksheet on the TI BA II Plus calculator to calculate standard deviation. In today’s post, I will cover the keystrokes for doing this on the statistics calculator on the HP 12C...