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    2. Today's Daily Questions

      David writes totally fresh, totally original practice (quiz) question pretty much every workday. A few hungry customers like to follow along, so we post them here.

      Paid members please note: you do not need to collect practice questions one at a time! After a chapter (or section of related chapters) is finished, Suzanne collects them into a single PDF file and uploads to the Study Planner. Most paid members will want to go straight to the study planner (unless you want to discuss/etc in the forum). Thank you!
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    3. Today's YouTube

      Free videos posted to YouTube
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    4. David's Notebook

      These are my random notes, stuff I think might be useful based on member/visitor interactions
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      Latest: Testing Mathjax Mark W, May 15, 2013
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    5. FAQ's

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      Latest: Tablet for Studying? - most... ryno9181, May 22, 2013 at 1:43 PM
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    6. FRM and Risk Related Career Opportunities

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  1. Financial Risk Manager (FRM)

    As of 2012, we are updating the syntax to P1/P2 vs. the previous years L1/L2 to reflect the FRM Exam being renamed into Parts vs. Levels.
    1. About FRM

      About the FRM or bionicturtle.com FRM prep service
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      Latest: FRM Part 1 and two at the... Steve Jobs, May 23, 2013 at 7:18 AM
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    2. P1.T1. Foundations of Risk (20%)

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      Latest: Anova results interpretation Rufolo, May 23, 2013 at 7:06 AM
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    3. P1.T2. Quantitative Methods (20%)

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    4. P1.T3. Financial Markets & Products (30%)

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    5. P1.T4. Valuation & Risk Models (30%)

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    6. Fixed Income (P1.T4 or P2.T5)

      Tuckman L1 (Chapters 1,2,3 & 5) and L2 (Chapter 6, 7, 9, 21). Fabozzi's Handbook of MBS Chapters 1 & 31.
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    7. P2.T5. Market Risk (25%)

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      Latest: GARCH (1.1) Eigminas, May 18, 2013 at 1:05 PM
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    8. P2.T6. Credit Risk (25%)

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      Latest: CDS vs TRS vs CLN MJ2013, May 22, 2013 at 2:07 AM
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    9. P2.T7. Operational Risk & ERM (25%)

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    10. P2.T7. Basel II & Regulatory

      Classified under Operational Risk & Integrated Risk but a big topic
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    11. P2.T8. Investment Management (15%)

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    12. P2.T9. Current Issues (10%)

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      Latest: 2013 version of T9 study guide Mark W, May 14, 2013
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  2. Financial Risk Manager (FRM) Practice Questions

    Practice Questions and Answers (for Paid Customers Only) As of 2012, we are updating the syntax to P1/P2 vs. the previous years L1/L2 to reflect the FRM Exam being renamed into Parts vs. Levels.
    1. 2013 Errata

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    2. P1. 2013 Practice Exam

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    3. P2. 2013 Practice Exam

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    4. FRM Handbook

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      Latest: EXAMPLE 13.4: FRM EXAM... sho, Nov 11, 2012
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    5. P1.T1. Foundations of Risk

      Practice questions for Foundations: Intro, CAPM, APT, Stulz, and Case Studies
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      Latest: L1.T1.32 Tracking Error,... Aaron14, May 17, 2013 at 7:31 AM
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    6. P1.T2. Quantitative Analysis

      Practice questions for Quantitative Analysis: Econometrics, MCS, Volatility, Probability Distributions and VaR (Intro)
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    7. P1.T3. Financial Market & Products

      Practice questions for financial markets & products: Hull (options, futures & derivatives), commodities, FX, and corporate bonds
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    8. P1.T4. Valuation & Risk Models

      Practice questions for valuation and risk models: value at risk (VaR), binomial, BSM, Greeks, Tuckman's bonds, bond sensitivities, stress testing, credit ratings, expected/unexpected loss, OpRisk intro
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      Latest: P1.T4.6. Option delta Aliaksei, May 15, 2013
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    9. P2.T5. Market Risk

      Practice questions for Market Risk Measurement & Management
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    10. P2.T6. Credit Risk

      Practice questions for credit risk
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      Latest: P2.T6.208. Credit Derivatives... lyuan, May 17, 2013 at 7:58 PM
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    11. P2.T7. Operational Risk

      Practice questions for operational risk and Basel II (Basel III)
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      Latest: P2.T7.302. Liquidity risk:... Amzah, May 16, 2013
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    12. P2.T8. Investment Management

      Practice questions for investment management and risk management
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    13. P2.T9. Current Issues

      Practice questions for current issues
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    14. Miscellaneous Practice Questions

      Prior Exam or Not Classified
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      Latest: Stulz’ debt overhang? EK, May 5, 2013
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    15. Latest: Question7 CharlyZzz, Jun 4, 2012
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    16. Latest: Hull.03.16 Mark W, Oct 22, 2012
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  3. FRM Archive

    Archive of practice queries and errata specific to previous years exams
    1. 2012 Errata and GARP 2013 FRM Recommendations

      This forum is to (i) identify errors (e.g., in the Practice Exams) and also (ii) to collect and prioritize the suggestions and recommendations we will make to GARP with respect to the 2013 FRM
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    2. P1. 2012 Practice Exam Part 1

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    4. 2011 Errata

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    5. L1. 2011 SAMPLE EXAM Level 1

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    7. 2010 Errata

      Errors in 2010 screencasts, notes or quizzes.
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    8. L1. 2010 SAMPLE EXAM Level 1

      Super-annotated exam-level practice questions for Level 1 (aka, Part 1)
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    9. L2. 2010 SAMPLE EXAM Level 2

      Super-annotated exam-level practice questions for Level 2 (aka, Part 2)
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    10. 2009 Errata & Exam-specific Clarifications

      Errors in 2009 screencasts, notes or quizzes.
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    11. 2009 Sample Exam L1

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    12. 2009 Full Exam I

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    13. 2009 Full Exam II

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    14. 2008 FRM Errata

      Updates to correct errors in the 2008 FRM Screencast Episode Series
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    15. 2008 FRM Screencast Tutorial Q&A

      Answers to the "thought-provoking" questions associated with screencasts. Please don't peek until you try!
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    16. [P1 & P2]Text: Options, Futures & Derivatives, 7th

      Assigned in 2010: Estimating volatility & correlation (Ch 21); Chapters 1 - 7, 9 and 10; Binomial (Ch 11), BSM (Ch 13), Greeks (Ch 17), Credit risk (Ch 22), Credit derivatives (Ch 23), Volatility smile (Ch 18), and Exotic options (Ch 24)
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    1. About CFA

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    2. General Principles of Financial Planning

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    1. About ERP

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    2. 2012 ERP Practice Exam 1

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    3. 2012 ERP Practice Exam 2

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    4. Hydrocarbon Resources

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      Latest: 1.7. Oil and gas leases Suzanne Evans, Feb 15, 2012
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    5. Electricity Production & Distribution

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    8. Modeling Energy Price Behavior

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    10. 2011 Sample Questions

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    11. 2010 Sample Questions

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