Credit Ratings
Rating agencies such as Standards and Poor’s, and Moody’s study the companies and issue credit ratings to companies as well as specific debt issues. To arrive at these ratings, the rating agencies...
View ArticleScreening Equity Investments
Analysts also use financial statement analysis to screen equity investments. For example, in a mutual fund, the portfolio manager is required to pick stocks for its portfolio from thousands of stocks....
View ArticleAnalyst Adjustments
While performing financial analysis, an analyst will make several adjustments to the financial statements of a company in order to make them comparable with other companies. The adjustments are...
View ArticleFinancial Statement Analysis: Applications
Analyst can apply financial analysis tools and techniques to evaluate the past and future financial performance, assess credit risk, and screen potential equity investments.Important concepts such as...
View ArticleHave You ever Heard of these High Paying Professions
Everyone dreams of retiring in comfort early on in life, but they mostly fail to do so because they haven’t charted the right plan. But when you know the secret behind retiring in luxury, you are sure...
View ArticleHow to Become a Data Scientist – Part 1
I cannot say that becoming a data scientist is the most glamorous job but I definitely agree that it is one of the most challenging and rewarding jobs. While there is no standard definition of what a...
View ArticleHow to Become a Data Scientist – Part 2
In Part 1 of How to Become a Data Scientist, we learned about the role of a data scientist, the kinds of problems that data scientists solve, and the approach a data scientist takes to solve a business...
View ArticleERP vs. FRM Exam
Question: I know ERP and FRM are two different certifications, but I would like to know which one is more beneficial from a career perspective? Should I do FRM or ERP if I want to be in the risk...
View ArticleHow to Show Negative Numbers in Brackets in MS Excel?
In accounting and financial models sometimes you will want to show negative numbers in brackets and in red color. For example, you may want to show an expense of $5,000 as (5,000)or (-5,000). To so so,...
View ArticleFRM Pass Rate and Grading
What’s the FRM Exam Pass Rate and how are you graded? In May 2014, the FRM Exam pass rates were as follows: Part I – 42.5% Part II – 58.1% The following table provides the historical pass rates for FRM...
View ArticleBasel III for Dummies
Basel III is the third Basel Accord from Bank of International Settlements. The objective of the Basel III accord is to strengthen the regulation, supervision and risk management of the banking sector....
View ArticleWhy companies issue multiple classes of common stock?
Question Companies issue various classes of common shares such as Class A shares and class B shares. Why is that? Answer: First, note that different classes of shares does not mean common shares and...
View ArticleSample Questions for ERP Exam
GARP has provided a few sample questions for the ERP Exam. These questions can be downloaded form the below link: The post Sample Questions for ERP Exam appeared first on Finance Train.
View ArticleOverdraft Loan Facility by Muthoot Finance
Indians are resourceful people who can start with very little and make entire kingdoms of it. The stories of Dhirubhai Ambani and more recently Flipkart stand testimony to the fact that Indians can...
View ArticleHow to calculate beta for a portfolio
To calculate the beta of a portfolio, you need to first calculate the beta of each stock in the portfolio. Then you take the weighted average of betas of all stocks to calculate the beta of the...
View ArticleCFA Exam Registration Fees
Understanding how CFA exam registration fees structure works may be confusing for some students. Here I am providing a simple explanation. 1. Note that there are discounts available for early...
View ArticleBooks on PRM Certification
The Professional Risk Manager (PRM) certification is an online certification program for risk managers. To become a PRM, you need to pass four exams, each one testing you on different areas. The exam...
View ArticleBest Calculator for CFA Exam
For the CFA exam, there are only two calculators allowed by the CFA Institute. The candidates can buy either of these and must carry them to the Exam Center on exam day. The two calculators are: Texas...
View ArticleAlternative to MSN Stock Quotes Add-in in Excel
Note: This is a forum discussion that has been converted into a blog post. Initial Email by Roger: All of you that use this on a regular basis will already know that this quit working about 4 days ago....
View ArticleStock Market Functions (SMF) Add-in – Get Financial Data in Excel
Over the past couple of days I’ve been looking for various tools that could help us extract stock markets data in excel. I’ve earlier talked about the MarketXLS excel add-in which is also a very...
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