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  1. The Office (Official Admin)

    1. Announcements

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    2. Today's Daily Questions

      David writes totally fresh, totally original practice questions every week: a fresh set of three questions on Mon and Wed = 6 new practice questions per week. 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, Nicole 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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      Latest: P2.T7.412. Basel III operational risk, continued Nicole Seaman, Apr 10, 2018
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    3. Today's YouTube

      Free videos posted to YouTube
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      Latest: Hedging with index futures David Harper CFA FRM, Oct 7, 2016
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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: Week in Risk (April 15th) David Harper CFA FRM, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:06 PM
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    5. FAQ's

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      Latest: Study Plan Guide Nicole Seaman, Apr 19, 2018 at 6:10 PM
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    6. After the FRM: Careers & Other Exams (eg, CFA)

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      Latest: Mortgage Risk Professional frmamit, Mar 30, 2018
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  2. Financial Risk Manager (FRM). Free resource

    These forums are available and free to the PUBLIC. Please note the generally follow the organization of GARP's syllabus. "P2.T6" = Part 2, Topic 6 and "(25%)" = 25% weight in the Part 2 exam.

    1. About FRM

      About the FRM or bionicturtle.com FRM prep service
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      Latest: Readings - should I plan to read everything Nicole Seaman, Apr 17, 2018 at 10:23 AM
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    2. Part 1 FRM Study Groups

      Create a new study group or look for existing study groups for Part 1 of the FRM exam
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      Latest: Part 1 Nov_2018 Prep Whats App Group nithin, Apr 19, 2018 at 11:58 AM
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    3. Part 2 FRM Study Groups

      Create a new study group or look for existing study groups for Part 2 of the FRM exam
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      Latest: STUDY PARTNER FOR FRM PART 2 EXAMS rajesh bhasin, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:51 PM
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    4. Risk (general)

      General risk topics that don't fit neatly into the nine FRM topics
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      Latest: Options boonpeng90, Apr 11, 2018
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    5. P1.T1. Foundations of Risk (20%)

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      Latest: Please explain this! I dont understand.Please explain using a hypothetical situation if possible. elbest1542, Apr 18, 2018 at 5:01 AM
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    6. P1.T2. Quantitative Methods (20%)

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      Latest: Diebold, Chapter 5, 7 and 8 - Study Notes lRRAngle, Apr 17, 2018 at 7:40 PM
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    7. P1.T3. Financial Markets & Products (30%)

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      Latest: Factors Affecting Foreign Exchange Rate vickymacklean, Apr 20, 2018 at 4:21 AM
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    8. P1.T4. Valuation & Risk Models (30%)

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      Latest: Duration of the Bond question. pint0, Mar 9, 2018
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    9. 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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      Latest: Annualized Convexity rajesh.c, Apr 9, 2018
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    10. P2.T5. Market Risk (25%)

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      Latest: Hull - Exotic Options David Harper CFA FRM, Apr 10, 2018
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    11. P2.T6. Credit Risk (25%)

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      Latest: NGR calculation for Netting Set which includes one single trade BankEmoon123, Apr 12, 2018
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    12. P2.T7. Basel II & Regulatory

      Classified under Operational Risk & Integrated Risk but a big topic
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      Latest: Errors Found in Study Notes P2.T7. Operational & Integrated Risk Karim_B, Apr 14, 2018
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    13. P2.T7. Operational Risk & ERM (25%)

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      Latest: RWA luxsns@gmail.com, Mar 22, 2018
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    14. P2.T8. Investment Management (15%)

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      Latest: Errors Found in Study Notes P2.T8. Investment Management Karim_B, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:41 PM
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    15. P2.T9. Current Issues (10%)

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      Latest: Current Issues section Nicole Seaman, Feb 12, 2018
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  3. FRM Practice Questions (PQs; for PAID customers)

    These forums (below) are for PAID BT CUSTOMERS ONLY. Each fresh, original practice question is posted here first and becomes a future reference for (i) follow-up questions, (ii) related comments, or (iii) proposed corrections if you have a disagreement or perceive a potential error or typo

    1. GARP Part 1 (P1) Practice Exam Questions

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      Latest: GARP 2017 P1 Question 6 (garp17-p1-6) Abchaudh, Apr 21, 2018 at 12:23 AM
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    2. GARP Part 2 (P2) Practice Exam Questions

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      Latest: Questions repeated in GARP Practice Exams? emilioalzamora1, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:25 PM
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    3. Errata (eg, FRM Handbook) or Key Exam Issue

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      Latest: Errors in Part 1 Mock Exam F Nicole Seaman, Nov 17, 2017
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    4. P1.T1. Foundations of Risk

      Practice questions for Foundations: Intro, CAPM, APT, Stulz, and Case Studies
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      Latest: P1.T1.700. Key factors that led to the housing bubble (Brunnermeier) JulioFRM, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:22 AM
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    5. P1.T2. Quantitative Analysis

      Practice questions for Quantitative Analysis: Econometrics, MCS, Volatility, Probability Distributions and VaR (Intro)
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      Latest: P1.T2.317. Continuous distributions (Topic review) David Harper CFA FRM, Apr 18, 2018 at 4:47 PM
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    6. P1.T3. Financial Market & Products

      Practice questions for financial markets & products: Hull (options, futures & derivatives), commodities, FX, and corporate bonds
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      Latest: P1.T3.705. Mutual funds (Hull) David Harper CFA FRM, Apr 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM
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    7. 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.T4.317. Carry-roll-down, realized forwards and unchanged term structure (Tuckman) isharma, Apr 20, 2018 at 1:09 PM
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    8. P2.T5. Market Risk

      Practice questions for Market Risk Measurement & Management
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      Latest: P2.T5.208. VaR Mapping (topic review) David Harper CFA FRM, Apr 18, 2018 at 4:31 PM
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    9. P2.T6. Credit Risk

      Practice questions for credit risk
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      Latest: P2.T6.710. Merton, survival time, and z-spread ccl, Apr 16, 2018 at 9:11 AM
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    10. P2.T7. Operational Risk

      Practice questions for operational risk and Basel II (Basel III)
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      Latest: P2.T7.505. Loss distribution approach (LDA) to modeling operational risk capital (Girling) dcalvo, Apr 18, 2018 at 5:07 PM
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    11. P2.T8. Investment Management

      Practice questions for investment management and risk management
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      Latest: P2.T8.705. Berkshire Hathaway versus its benchmark (Ang) emilioalzamora1, Apr 13, 2018
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    12. P2.T9. Current Issues

      Practice questions for current issues
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      Latest: P2.T9.802. Big Data: New Tricks for Econometrics by Hal Varian David Harper CFA FRM, Apr 8, 2018
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    13. BT Part 1

      Part 1 practice questions
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      Latest: BT2012.P1.23. Credit rating migration (transition) matrix David Harper CFA FRM, Apr 6, 2018
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    14. BT Part 2

      Part 2 practice questions
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      Latest: BT2012.P2.16. Risk contribution of credit exposure cindyzhan, Nov 4, 2016
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    15. Miscellaneous Practice Questions

      Prior Exam or Not Classified
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    16. [P1.T2.] Textbook: Essentials of Econometrics

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    17. [P1 & P2] Jorion, Value at Risk (VaR) 3rd Ed

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    18. [P1|P2] Hull's Options, Futures (OFOD 8, 9 ,10th)

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  4. FRM Archive

    Older forums are located (eventually transferred) to the location below. These forums are often LESS RELEVANT to current FRM candidates. However, due to the relative continuity of the FRM's underlying structure--despite its continuous churn--they continue to offer some relevance.

    1. GARP Part 1 (P1) Practice Exam Questions, ARCHIVES

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    2. GARP Part 2 (P2) or FULL Exam Questions, ARCHIVES

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    3. [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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