Posts Tagged ‘CAIA’
Personal Update
I passed the exam, paid my fee, and now I can insert a jumble of letters after my name. For whatever reason, I felt a lot more confident about the level 2 exam. Though I was never 100% sure that I was going to pass, I was actually less excited when I got my level [...]
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Tags: business school, CAIA, Chicago Booth, kellogg
Quick Update
Where have I been? Things have been really, really busy. Not posting is kind of a self-sustaining loop. The less often I look at my own blog, the less inclined I am to post.
So here’s where I am: got my study materials for CAIA level 2 a few weeks ago. I’m somewhat [...]
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Tags: business school, CAIA, hedge funds, madoff
It’s not so bad in the middle
First, congrats to all who passed their exams & better luck next time to those who’ll have to try again. My overall feeling about CAIA level I is that it was surprisingly light on the quantitative stuff. I studied performance and risk measures so hard and BAM there are like 20 questions on convertible bonds. [...]
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Tags: CAIA, hedge funds
Eww
I just realized I dreamt last night about failing the CAIA exam. Eww. Results for level one are out on Tuesday I think.
In other news, a number of sources latched onto HFR’s report that September was the Worst Month for Hedge Funds Ever. Check out some of the better stories on Friday’s Abnormal Returns.
Had a [...]
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CAIA Anxiety
One post about the CAIA exam has led to an enormous (relatively speaking. this blog gets usually about 2 hits a day. now it gets 20) spike in the traffic on this blog. In a shameless attempt to generate more traffic, here’s a nother CAIA post.
I’ve spent most nights and the last couple weekends locked [...]
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Studying for the CAIA Exam
Level I CAIA exams will be administered starting in about a week. My test date isn’t until the 18th so I’m not freaking out completely. Yet.
I’ve taken advantage of the long weekend to hit the books with a vengeance. I wouldn’t say this is hard work. Really, the level I learning objectives are fairly reasonable. [...]
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