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[colby2152]

Originally Posted by scotth

I thought the latest was the 2nd edition? ... Post #31 (10-25-2008)

Can you post up the 3rd?

Give me a few weeks for the ultra-spectacular 4th edition.

[cbrioso]

I uploaded more study notes. This is the last one.
http://actuarialexams.synthasite.com/

[sohpmalvin]

The attached are my notes based on my understanding on some topics. The flow of thought is from ASM manual by Dr. Abraham. Hope these help.

Should there be any conceptual mistake, please let me know.

[scotth]

Hows the 4th Edition coming along colby...

[colby2152]

Originally Posted by scotth

Hows the 4th Edition coming along colby...

It is a web version, and it fell behind recently due to my additional focus on the problems, but I'll make sure I have a draft ready in three weeks.

[ccc143]

Just finished reading through one of the new chapters in DM; here's a page of brief notes for it. Let me know if you catch any errors!!

[Actuarialsuck]

I would pdf it as some people don't like to open .doc. Just my .02

[ccc143]

Just attached the pdf of it. Thanks for the suggestion!

Originally Posted by Actuarialsuck

I would pdf it as some people don't like to open .doc. Just my .02

[Ceej]

Originally Posted by J_Mo

Here are my notes for this session for what they are worth. "This session" is Fall 08 for potential future exam takers who make look at this - in case there are syllabus changes.

I left them in Word format so people can modify them to fit their needs, and fill in things they feel are missing. Due to my extensive use of the Word equation editor, I needed to split my formula reference into two files because of AO file size restrictions.

One note, while the McDonald text often uses C as a generic option descriptor in formulas, like the binomial tree formula for the value of at a node, I followed the convention of the manual that I used this sitting and use a V for option Value. That made sense to me, and avoids some potential confusion and "does this also apply for a put" questions, but is different than what the text and ASM use.

If you see anything else, let me know. I hope to not be taking MFE again, but like everyone else, I won't know for sure until January.

Hi!

Thanks to J.Mo for the awesome notes. For the last sitting, I used this as my formula/theory reference, but tried to make it little easier to read for myself. I found these notes to be very thorough, but of course did not cover the newly added topic of utilities. I was very familiar with game theory so few handwritten reminders on the side worked for me. This would help someone who would like a more eye friendly format of an otherwise perfect document.

**If you want the pdfs, just pm me and I'll send it to you. If there's a huge demand I'll repost as a separate response.

[jimmywho]

Woah!! Thank you Ceej!!