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Futures Contracts: a Brief Primer

by admin | Aug 23, 2012 | attribution analysis, CIPM, CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks, CIPM expert, futures contracts, performance measurement

At the Expert Level of the CIPM curriculum, candidates are required to deal with return calculations of portfolios with futures contracts, as well as attribution analysis. A good number of candidates, however, have little to no background on futures contracts,...

List of Formulae – Principles Level

by admin | Mar 20, 2012 | attribution analysis, CIPM, CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks, CIPM formulae, CIPM formulas, CIPM Principles, performance calculations, performance measurement, rate of return calculations, risk calculations, risk measurement

I am teaching TSG’s prep class for the CIPM Principles and Expert level exams this week in Chicago, and it became apparent to me that most of the students in the class were not aware that CFA Institute has a “List of Formulas” document as part of the...

On futures contracts (and forwards, and more…)

by admin | Feb 27, 2012 | CIPM, CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks, CIPM expert, currency hedging, derivatives, forward contracts, futures contracts, performance attributions, performance measurement, rate of return calculations

Today’s webinar (February 27, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time) from TSG’s webinar series should be of great interest to Expert Level CIPM candidates, as I will be covering the subject of futures contracts and performance measurement.The webcast is actually...

Hoping for the best…

by admin | Oct 30, 2011 | CFA Institute, CIPM, CIPM Association, CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks, CIPM expert, CIPM Principles, GIPS, performance appraisal, performance attribution, performance measurement, TSG

Most of you have already taken the exam, so now I am hoping for the best outcome for all of you.I came across this picture today, which expresses what I try to do when teaching. Hopefully I explained things in as simple a fashion as possible to those of you who...