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Quantitative Methods: Reading I (CFA LI) 6 Topics

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a. interpret interest rates as required rates of return, discount rates, or opportunity costs and explain an interest rate as the sum of a real risk-free rate and premiums that compensate investors for bearing distinct types of risk

b. calculate and interpret different approaches to return measurement over time and describe their appropriate uses

c. compare the money-weighted and time-weighted rates of return and evaluate the performance of portfolios based on these measures

d. calculate and interpret annualized return measures and continuously compounded returns, and describe their appropriate uses

e. calculate and interpret major return measures and describe their appropriate uses

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Quantitative Methods: Reading II (CFA LI) 4 Topics

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a. calculate and interpret the present value (PV) of fixed-income and equity instruments based on expected future cash flows

b. calculate and interpret the implied return of fixed-income instruments and required return and implied growth of equity instruments given the present value (PV) and cash flows

c. explain the cash flow additivity principle, its importance for the no-arbitrage condition, and its use in calculating implied forward interest rates, forward exchange rates, and option values

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Derivatives: Reading I (CFA LI) 3 Topics

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a. define a derivative and describe basic features of a derivative instrument

b. describe the basic features of derivative markets, and contrast over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivative markets

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Derivatives: Reading II (CFA LI) 4 Topics

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a. define forward contracts, futures contracts, swaps, options (calls and puts), and credit derivatives and compare their basic characteristics

b. determine the value at expiration and profit from a long or a short position in a call or put option

c. contrast forward commitments with contingent claims

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