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  1. Oxymoron
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    IOA Apr 13 Paper 1 Q1

    The question talks about smoking ban in all "public" premises. Restaurants and bars are mostly privately owned (or am I mistaking this here?)....
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Jul 25, 2015, 2 replies, in forum: CA1
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    Heartbroken

    I'm entering my 25th question paper and I'm really struggling with getting the answers to the quality of exam solutions in terms of both breadth...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Jul 13, 2015, 4 replies, in forum: CA1
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    Julia Programming Language

    Thought this was interesting: http://julialang.org/ Several hundred fold speed-up to other languages and uses MATLAB syntax!
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Jun 30, 2015, 1 replies, in forum: Off-topic
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    ALM vs LDI

    In the two actuarial techniques chapter, we read about ALM and LDI. I can't seem to spot the difference between the two and they seem to reflect...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Apr 8, 2015, 4 replies, in forum: SP5
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    What's Happening With IAI Pass Rates??

    ST5 : 34 CANDIDATES APPEARED AND NONE PASSED CT4 : 248 CANDIDATES APPEARED AND 5 PASSED CT3 : 740 CANDIDATES APPEARED AND 78 PASSED CT8 : 195...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Jan 29, 2014, 11 replies, in forum: India
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    Nov 13 - IAI

    ST6 :- Very doable this time. I could finish the paper comfortably and hopefully the result should be decent, unless I'm deceiving myself. How...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Nov 22, 2013, 3 replies, in forum: India
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    Quanto Like Question :- IAI - Nov 2010 Q9

    http://www.actuariesindia.org/downloads/exampapers/Nov%202010/QP/ST6_IAI_QP_1110.pdf In Q9, when using the (inverse of variance-covariance...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Oct 12, 2013, 3 replies, in forum: SP6
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    Ho-Lee in terms of HJM

    In page 152 of Baxter and Rennie, I'm unable to understand how the equation g(x,t,T) was arrived at. I would really appreciate it and obliged if...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Sep 11, 2013, 8 replies, in forum: SP6
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    May13 - IAI

    What did you guys think? That question on Quanto valuation where everything was stochastic was brutal I thought, and that question on deriving...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, May 30, 2013, 7 replies, in forum: SP6
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    IAI - Nov 12 Binomial Caplet (urgent!!)

    QP: http://www.actuariesindia.org/Downloads/exampapers/Nov-2012/ST6_QP.pdf Solution:...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, May 28, 2013, 0 replies, in forum: SP6
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    Good Luck

    Hey everyone writing the UK exam this time. All the best!
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Apr 13, 2013, 7 replies, in forum: General study / exams
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    IAI May09 - Q9 CAPM with Dividends

    Why is dividend added to market returns here? A dividend will lead to a drop in index value by a proportionate figure - reducing stock returns...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Apr 2, 2013, 4 replies, in forum: SP6
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    Apr 2005 - Q2 - UK

    The question asks for the profit and loss diagram - not the payoff diagram. Since we purchase a call option with longer maturity than we sell,...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Mar 22, 2013, 2 replies, in forum: SP6
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    IAI Nov07 Q10

    Why is it assumed in pricing of caplets that the risk neutral probability of an up move is .5? Shouldn't it be: (Previous Branch...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Mar 17, 2013, 2 replies, in forum: SP6
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    Present Value When Interest Rates are Stochastic

    It's probably a basic question, but I'm confusing myself with this: Suppose we're planning to lend for a 5 year period, $1 at 6% continuously...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Dec 7, 2012, 2 replies, in forum: CT1
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    Question Bank 2.17

    I would like to know why the following method leads to an incorrect solution: E[exp(-2Bt) | Fs] = exp(-2Bs) * E[exp(-2(Bt-Bs)| Fs] Now...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Aug 12, 2012, 3 replies, in forum: SP6
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    UK vs India Pass Rate Myth

    Good article from the IAI magazine :- Mindset 4: UK pass rates are much higher that IAI’s pass rates Whilst as much as we would all want to see...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Aug 2, 2012, 0 replies, in forum: India
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    Graphing Greeks for a Basket of Options

    What is the best way to deal with such questions? I'm first plotting how I think the delta (or others) will look for each and every option...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Dec 25, 2011, 6 replies, in forum: SP6
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    Hitler Actuarial Video

    Found it hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC7pQb6ipfw
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Nov 16, 2011, 1 replies, in forum: Off-topic
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    What Percentage of Your Work Constitutes Programming?

    I work in the risk analytics domain and my work deals primarily with development of survival models and aggregate loss forecasting. I find that a...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Oct 25, 2011, 14 replies, in forum: Careers
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    Chapter 16 - Copula Illustration

    In the numerical illustration, I'm not quite able to understand how the 3*3 matrix was arrived at. The text says, "The coefficients in this matrix...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Oct 19, 2011, 1 replies, in forum: SP6
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    May 2011 Results

    Link I can't believe no one has passed CT3 and only 2 have passed CT6. The results get funnier by the window. :eek: I've cleared both CT4...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Aug 1, 2011, 7 replies, in forum: India
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    A Paper from Hell - Nov 2007 (India)

    A test of grit is the only way to explain this. Apparently, no body passed this paper out of the 150 odd who gave it a shot back then. A must do...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Apr 14, 2011, 7 replies, in forum: CT8
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    April 2008 UK - Q5 (Exposed to Risk)

    For the sake of example, if we assume that the calender year of observation is 1st Jan 2005 to 31st Jan 2005, and current date is 1st Jan 2006,...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Mar 27, 2011, 2 replies, in forum: CT4
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    May 2010 Results Out!

    Link Cleared CT1 and 3 and topped CT1. How'd it do for you guys?
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Jul 24, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: India
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    Ruin Theory - Proportional Reinsurance without Loading Factor

    For calculating the probability of ruin for the insurer under a proportional reinsurance scheme without a re-insurer loading factor, is the...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Apr 6, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: CT6
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    actuariesindia hacked?

    Hi. I visited actuariesindia.org today to download the exam form but it's apparently been hacked by some Pakistani/Afghan hacker group. I guess...
    Thread by: Oxymoron, Feb 21, 2010, 4 replies, in forum: India
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