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2008

September

25 Risk contribution (RC) of credit asset to portfolio unexpected loss – 8 min briefcast

24 Unexpected loss (UL) for a portfolio of credit assets – 9 min briefing

23 Expected loss (EL) if default and recovery are correlated – 8 min screencast

22 FRM 2008 Episode #14 (Hedge funds)

20 Unexpected loss (UL) of credit asset – 9 min screencast

19 What determines loss given default (LGD)? – 2 min screencast

18 Beta distribution for loss given default (LGD) – 7 min screencast

17 Expected default frequency (EDF, PD) with Merton Model – 9 min screencast

16 Adjusted Exposure – 7 min screencast

12 Cumulative probability of default – 8 min screencast

11 Probability of default implied by spot rates – 6 min screencast

10 Altman’s Z score – 8 min screencast

09 Promised Return on Loan – 5 min screencast

08 FRM 2008 Episode #13 (Traditional Investment Risk)

04 New learning spreadsheets uploaded (Basel II, CAPM, RAPM)

04 Expected loan return – 5.5 min screencast

03 Convexity adjustment for Eurodollar futures and FRA – 5 min screencast

02 ABX pricing factors (Learning outcomes “in the news”)

02 Difference between forward price and futures price – 6 min screencast

01 BIS on Economic Capital Modeling

01 Cheapest to deliver (CTD) bond – 6 min screencast

August

29 Conversion factor for Treasury bond futures contract – 7 min screencast

28 Eurodollar futures – 6 min screencast

27 Day count conventions – 5 min. screencast

27 Normal & standard normal distribution

25 FRM 2008 Episode #12: Operational Risk C (Basel II)

23 What is mean reversion in financial time series?

22 Interest rate parity (IRP) as cost of carry – 9 min screencast

22 Conditional versus unconditional expectation and variance

21 Regulatory versus Economic Capital (Paper)

21 Foreign Currency Risk: Off-balance sheet hedge - 8 min screencast

21 Skewness and kurtosis

20 Foreign Currency Risk: On-balance sheet hedge – 9 min screencast

20 Sample statistics versus population parameters

19 Foreign Currency Risk: Computing return – 9 min screencast

19 Variance of correlated variables

18 Correlation

16 Key rate shift technique – revised spreadsheet

15 Mapping a stock option – 9 min screencast

15 Covariance

14 Coefficient of variation

13 Chebyshev’s inequality

13 Properties of variance

12 Computing value at risk (VaR) on a forward currency contract – 10 min screencast

12 Variance (Quant: Stat)

11 FRM 2008 Episode #11: Operational Risk B (OpRisk B)

09 Using credit migration matrix and Merton model to solve for equity cushion – 9 min screencast

08 How to get portfolio variance from covariance matrix – 10 min screencast

07 Importance of d2 in Black-Scholes to Merton Model in Credit Risk – 10 min screencast

06 Risk factors in a forward currency contract (Market Risk: VaR Mapping) – 7 min screencast

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