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Introduction to Reserve Ratios
In most countries, the central bank of the country, such as the Federal Reserve in the US, place reserve requirements in...
Deficit and Debt Ceiling Crisis
In this video, Sal Khan explains the basics of federal deficit and what debt ceiling is. It starts with the distinction ...
Accrual Accounting Concept in IFRS and GAAP
In accounting, there are two main methods of recording the income and expenses in the books of accounts. They are: cash ...
Calculate Historical Volatility Using EWMA
Volatility is the most commonly used measure of risk. Volatility in this sense can either be historical volatility (one ...
Effective Maturity in Basel II
Under the advanced IRB approach of the Basel II accord, the banks are allowed to develop their own internal models that ...
CFA Derivatives Notes for Level 1 Exam
Derivatives are financial instruments/contracts that derive their value from another underlying asset such as a stock, b...
Reverse Mortgage 101
There are two main types of mortgage loans: there is a traditional second mortgage on your current home loan, or the rev...
How to Calculate Stocks Autocorrelation in Excel
Autocorrelation, also known as serial correlation or lagged correlation, explains the relationship between observations ...
Pricing Anomalies: Cross Sectional Anomalies
Cross sectional anomalies can be categorized into two groups, namely, Value Effect and Size Effect. Value Effect S...
Pricing Anomalies: Calendar, Momentum and Overreaction Anoma...
Efficient markets reflect any new information in the prices of the securities that are traded. However, there are from t...
Going Concern IFRS Vs. GAAP
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are the two main acc...
A Review of PRM Handbook
The Professional Risk Manager (PRM) exam is one of the most prestigious risk management exams offered by PRMIA, the Prof...
Types of Efficient Markets
Eugene Fama in 1970 introduced the forms of efficient markets in the Journal of Finance. Titled “Efficient Capital Marke...
Market Efficiency: Influencers
Efficient markets assimilate information that gets reflected in trades. Any new information in efficient markets is adju...
Gobank: A New Bank Without Branches, Just an App
A new bank called Gobank is a new kind of checking account which operates just through a mobile app. It operates under ...
Open Ended Mutual Funds Redemptions
This video by Khan Academy explains the concept of open-ended mutual funds in more detail. It explains how NAV is calcul...
Important Notations in Options Formulas
In the tutorial on risk management applications of options, we will look at how various options strategies can be used f...
Equity Swap Example
In an equity swap, two parties agree to exchange a set of future cash flows periodically for s specified period of time....
Swap Termination
A swap is an agreement between two parties where they agree to exchange the cash flows on different assets for a specifi...
Option Greeks
This video familiarizes traders with a set of Greek risk factors used to monitor a portfolio's profile. It explains the ...
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