7号london考完,发誓以后再也不想再考了。
上午essay时间比较紧张,一定要提高阅读速度,不要在前几道题上浪费太多时间.下午题目比较简单,不对对概念细节一定把握准确,对计算要求不高,主要是知识的综合运用。good luck for everyone!
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同意4楼
it is really a matter of time.
上午的essay,这里有人没有做完的么?郁闷ing
北京国贸.上午时间有点紧.下午很轻松.
题目不难,主要是时间问题
上午-只做完了50%的题目,正确率50%,
下午-做完了100%的题目,正确率80%
铁定没戏了,来年再战。。。
1)上下午难度差别太大:上午3个小时没做完,下午一个半小时就做完了。我旁边的一个金发mm 2小时就交卷了。
2)关于notes,有几个概念notes上是CFAI上有,notes上没有的。不过还是建议用notes。在CFAI上大海捞针,性价比太低了。而且如果像我一样只把书看一遍,也还是答不上来。
3)计算比重很小,大部分是概念。概念光理解不够,还要速度。比如说exhange rate hedge 和 swap,给我时间按概念慢慢推,mock exam 我都是全对的。可惜昨天都是凭感觉猜的。
4)时间管理很重要,特别是上午,前面的题目特花时间,而后面的相对比较直接,如果没时间做太可惜了。想反,下午要做慢一点,仔细一点。比如有一题问的是最不可能的,我直接反应就把最可能的给选了。(下意识,因为就是教材给的例子,还好后来发现了 )
Good luck
我同意楼上的观点
AM的考题前部分都居长,结果花了不少时间读题,还希望能写得清楚些,结果还有一个小时的时候,还有一半没有做,只好飞快的读了遍题,大概把能用的概念放上去就完了。不过还是有些题到现在也没想明白,比如说第六题REVERSE CASH AND CARRY FORWARD还有第十一题算HOW MUCH CONTRACT FOR HEDGE,可是题目没有给DURATION 或DULLAR DURATION或BETA什么的,
考前我做完了三个模考,基本都可以提前十到二十分钟写完AM,可到了真实的考试,发现感觉完全不一样,考完后郁闷坏了,只觉得如果再多给十分钟,考试结果会完全不一样!!!
PM的考题又比模考大大的容易,我想可能大多数考生有了AM的教训,都会加快速度,结果我也是提前一个小时就做完了,没记住太TRICK 的题,不过有一道计算 不同国家UNHEDGE RETURN 和HDEGE RETURN 的,让我花了有些时间,不知道是不是我公式记错了,算下来都是日本的RETURN最高。有人能指点下所用的计算公式吗?
不管如何,到了现在这份上,如果不过,只有咬牙再坚持下去,希望各位好运。
基本上大家都是觉得上午具难,下午容易
上午没有提前交卷的,下午就多了
其实上午不算难,倒是量很多,分数分布不平均
两道IPS如能好好把握已占72分
最后3道题共占27分,分数不多,问得也算直接
可是花27分钟肯定算不出来呀
有人记得题目和分数吗?
1 individual IPS (36)
2 behavioral finance
3
4 DB plan (36)
5
6
7
8
9 (9)
10 (9)
11 currency hedging (9)
好像还有CM vs CPPI, corner portfolio
17楼提到的那个题我也觉得有点不明白,想了半天,其实用的是INTEREST FLOOR,每期的PAYOFF
应该是NPx(X-LIBOR)x90/360,但是这样找不到答案,最后选了个与他最接近的500000
这个简单啊,就是B,不用约等于,算出来就是这个。不过如果不算,凭感觉也知道是500000上下的一个数,其他都差的太远
有一个ethnics 的问题,选择题第2题问那个经理替客户投资商品的那个问题, 他犯了甚么错误?
(1) 投资产品不符合客户的IPS
(2) 投资商品前没有通知客户
(3) 投资一些经理没有经验的资产
事实上,他三个错误都犯了, 但题目要求选出最好的一个。你们有甚么答案? 我的想法是这样:
经理应可考虑投资不符合客户IPS的投资产品, 但是要先跟客户商讨并获得同意。若经理不能考虑投资IPS以外的投资产品,那客户的投资组合岂不是永远不能rebalance 吗? 这跟IPS 内提及到的一个概念: 因应客户状况及经济环境而定期更新IPS 好像有点冲突。所以我选了(2)
你们有别的答案吗?
我觉得选A,如果觉得IPS需要update或者modify,应该跟客户商量做文字的修改,然后再根据新的IPS操作,违反IPS是绝对不行的,个人意见啊~
兄弟,不用紧张,一级二级还记得吗?从来cfai只要求上午签pledge,下午不用签的
我觉得这个题出的不好,没区分度,呵呵,要是我出就弄三个在500000上下的,才能考出知识点,现在这个题目不管知不知道floorlet是paid in arrear,或者用不用真实天数都能得出答案,所以说老外出题还是挺直的,呵呵
对那个manager,大家是怎么处理的?是suspend还是怎么的,好像有两道选择题是问那个的?
对oversubsribed的share,他sell at market price,这行不行?
对那个manager的回应,他说review allocation strategy the end of every month,和debit from those who receive shares,分别是对还是错?
哎,下午不到两小时就做完了,上午的题看起来都会都很简单,可是要明年再考了,因为上午11道题我只答了6道时间就没有了,如果从后往前答可能还比这样能多几分。个人感觉三级比前两级要简单很多,对于和我一样的这种英文表达能力和书写速度慢的中国考生,要通过明年的三级需要从现在就开始练习英文写作了。蓄芳待来年吧!
祝大家好运!
还有一道题,
说FOF有low fee,hedge fund有lock up period,那是问hedge fund还是FOF的?我怎么看成是Hedge fund了,不会又错了吧?
但是是不是有locking period我还真的不是很sure了,这个对吗?
我觉得应该是suspend manager; sell oversubscribed shares at their costs; 最后那个应该是credit short term interest to those who shouldn't have received allocation, but don't debit on those who should have received shares
一家之言
这几道题讨论一下:
6. What should H do to comply with code and standard?
A.
B. reduce Black's allocation of the fund until compliance requirement meet
C. let Black continously manage the fund as long as achieve good return performance
D.
26. The repo rate is determined by collateral and position of the borrower?
Collateral position
YES YES
35. To minimize tracking error, add return, and reduce misfit risk, which is most appropriate?
A. Core-Satelitte Approach
B. Completeness Fund
C. Enhance indexing
D. Portable alpha
I choose A, this question have lots of arguements.
37. The university is want to maxmize information ratio, minimize tracking error, and there is instable cash inflow and outflow, the best strategy is
A. enhance indexing
B. enhance indexing with optimization
C. active management
D. enhance indexing with
Choose B.
38. The appropriate strategy for investing in an international market for the university if use an indexing strategy and want to reduce transaction cost:
A. investability rather than breath
B. target float adjustment rather than flexible adjust
C. band float adjustment rather than
39. To reduce rebalance cost and tracking error, the appropriate strategy
A. Indexing with optimization
B.
C. Passive Indexing
D.
Choose C.
40. Which of following statement is false?
Statement1:
Statement2:if active risk double, the active return will be double
Statement3:
Statement4:portable alpha can be added to indexing portfolio to ....?
I choose Statement 2.
48. Statement about manage future: it is a good diversified investment because investors tend to pay a premium for hedge. CTA has storage cost advantage than most individual, institution investors and traders.
A. YES
B. NO, first statement is true but second is false because CTA don't have such advantage
C. NO, because investor tend to receive a premium for hedge
D. NO, both statement is incorrect.
Choose B, not sure.
27. Statement regarding scenario analysis, can use it to determine the effect of only one variable change and scenario analysis can result in different result from total return approach
The statement is:
A. YES
B. NO, because it can't measure one variable change
C.
D. NO, can't result in different result with total return approach.
楼上这些题目是比较绕的,我也不是很sure,而且,有些自己选什么都有点模糊了,呵呵
26、35、37、40好像跟你一样,27我选B,scenario是同时改变几个变量,题目中应该用sensitivity analysis我觉得。其他几个记不清了,不过感觉自己好像错了,呵呵
我觉得应该是suspend manager; sell oversubscribed shares at their costs; 最后那个应该是credit short term interest to those who shouldn't have received allocation, but don't debit on those who should have received shares
一家之言
这几道题讨论一下:
6. What should H do to comply with code and standard?
A.
B. reduce Black's allocation of the fund until compliance requirement meet
C. let Black continously manage the fund as long as achieve good return performance
D.
I choose suspend....just feeling..
26. The repo rate is determined by collateral and position of the borrower?
Collateral position
YES YES
I choose Yes No. 没看到书上写position和repo rate有关系 有关系的是1.collateral quality 2.term of repo 3.delivery requirement 4.availability of collateral 5.prevailing interest rate 6.seasonal factor
35. To minimize tracking error, add return, and reduce misfit risk, which is most appropriate?
A. Core-Satelitte Approach
B. Completeness Fund
C. Enhance indexing
D. Portable alpha
I choose A, this question have lots of arguements.
I Choose A. Feeling....reduce misfit can also be done by comleteness fund but the return will be sacrified.
37. The university is want to maxmize information ratio, minimize tracking error, and there is instable cash inflow and outflow, the best strategy is
A. enhance indexing
B. enhance indexing with optimization
C. active management
D. enhance indexing with
Choose B.
I choose D. Enhanced indexing has highest IR. (instable cash inflow and outflow:don't know this means what? Is it means cannot use full-replication?)
38. The appropriate strategy for investing in an international market for the university if use an indexing strategy and want to reduce transaction cost:
A. investability rather than breath
B. target float adjustment rather than flexible adjust
C. band float adjustment rather than
I choose A. International equity volumn 4 page 170 - investability rather than breath
39. To reduce rebalance cost and tracking error, the appropriate strategy
A. Indexing with optimization
B.
C. Passive Indexing
D.
Choose C.
don't remember...
40. Which of following statement is false?
Statement1:
Statement2:if active risk double, the active return will be double
Statement3:
Statement4:portable alpha can be added to indexing portfolio to ....?
I choose Statement 2.
I choose Statement 2.
48. Statement about manage future: it is a good diversified investment because investors tend to pay a premium for hedge. CTA has storage cost advantage than most individual, institution investors and traders.
A. YES
B. NO, first statement is true but second is false because CTA don't have such advantage
C. NO, because investor tend to receive a premium for hedge
D. NO, both statement is incorrect.
Choose B, not sure.
Choose B, not sure also.
27. Statement regarding scenario analysis, can use it to determine the effect of only one variable change and scenario analysis can result in different result from total return approach
The statement is:
A. YES
B. NO, because it can't measure one variable change
C.
D. NO, can't result in different result with total return approach.
I choose A. B&C both wrong and it's a supplement to total return analysis.
[此贴子已经被作者于2008-6-13 1:10:49编辑过]
我觉的 某个客户多的 肯定是别的客户损失的 从market value 扣除 否则帐不平 需要补偿前者(被扣除IPO share)的时间成本(short term interest) 但是是公司去补偿 不能从别的客户那边扣除
道德那题我选了sell at market value是YES的,我假设IPO是盈利的,但大家都说是cost,我觉得赚就OK,亏就补COST和利息。。。我估计我错了,ETHICS我一向不好。。
collacteral和position那题我选的是YES NO,想当然应该是YES YES的,就是读死书害的,记得书上没写,结果错了。。。google了一下:What makes this choice interesting is that
the amount the trader finances directly in the market
may affect the repo rate itself. If the trader’s position
is substantial, then as more and more collateral is
lent directly in the repo market, the special repo
rate will rise.
常理上来说,负债率越高,债务成本也上升。。
48. Statement about manage future: it is a good diversified investment because investors tend to pay a premium for hedge. CTA has storage cost advantage than most individual, institution investors and traders.
A. YES
B. NO, first statement is true but second is false because CTA don't have such advantage
C. NO, because investor tend to receive a premium for hedge
D. NO, both statement is incorrect.
这题应该选A, google过了
强力佩服!!不过有些答案好象不对啊!那个应该是COINCIDE INDICATOR/LAGGING INDICATOR,书上有!
38题选A,因为题目中说了,公司一旦收购邀约被批准,则需要大笔现金,对临流动性要求高,需要PORTFOLIO要具有流动性,A. investability rather than breath就是将流动性的.
41题选D:equal weighted,因为equal weighted will leads the index bias to the small cap stock because the small cap will get the same weight as the others.
24题A是最佳答案,期权来对冲风险肯定是LONG方,唯一的一种组合是COVERED CALL,但是其中的short call必须有LONG STOCK 一起!short put只能得到期权费,不可能对冲掉风险
47. Which of following hedge fund managers can game the sharp ratio?
有没有人选C的?我觉得要game Sharpe ratio必然使sigma变小,这样time frequency应该是更频繁才会使sigma downside biase,另外两个判断依据一下子想不起来了,考试时想得很明白,自我感觉这是今年碰到的有点小难的题。
有人还记得上午算商品的价格的题不,到底是远期高估还是低估啊?当时都没时间检查了。。
thank you very much
no
wonderful
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