by admin | Apr 2, 2011 | CIPM, CIPM expert, CIPM Principles, GIPS, Modified BAI, Modified IRR
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been teaching our prep courses for the CIPM exams. While teaching the Principles Level course, I came across a sentence that caused some confusion:”The Modified IRR method is another estimation approach acceptable prior to 1...
by admin | Dec 20, 2010 | CFA Institute, CIPM, CIPM expert, CIPM Principles, GIPS
Well, I’m not sure if it got harder… but certainly there is quite a bit more content?I am in the process of updating the materials I use to teach TSG’s CIPM Prep Classes (Principles and Expert Levels), and in reviewing the 2011 curriculum, I see that...
by admin | Jul 25, 2010 | CIPM, CIPM Principles, time-weighted return
Recently, my boss David Spaulding commented regarding the origin of the term “time-weighted return.”The CIPM curriculum at the Principles Level gives a description as to the origin of the name. Unfortunately, an original source is not cited. But, I remind...
by admin | Apr 25, 2010 | CIPM expert, CIPM Principles, Coach John Wooden, formulas, Kobe Bryant
I suspect that most current CIPM candidates at both the Principles and Expert levels are about to sit for their exams this week – that’s what the statistics tell us. (CFA Institute shortened the test taking window from two months to one month for this very...
by admin | Apr 18, 2010 | CIPM Principles, macro attribution
I received an email from a candidate that requested a repeat explanation of the answer to a question from our recent CIPM Q&A webinar, and I thought the answer is worth sharing with everyone here, as I would hate to see candidates waste their time with this...
