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Old 06-24-2012, 01:02 AM
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Default Formulas for A and B in Vasicek and CIR

Would it be helpful to memorize the formulas for A and B in those equations?B(t,T) is easy to remember for Vasicek, but the three other formulas are pretty ridiculous.
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Vasicek formulas are pretty easy to memorize, and I would suggest memorizing those. You can expect anywhere from 1-2 questions on that stuff and if you memorize the formula, it's a 2 min problem. Easy points.

I didn't bother with CIR as much as the formulas were large and I didn't see any questions on the practice exams that required you to memorize the formula in order to be able to solve those problems. This strategy worked pretty well for me during the exam...
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