Wiley CFA Level I – 11th Hour Guide for 2016
A thorough round-up of key concepts before the exam is a must for every test-taker. This is where the Wiley’s 11th Hour Guide scores big marks. The book is designed to help CFA Level 1 exam takers to...
View ArticleCFA Confidential: What It Really Takes to Become a Chartered Financial Analyst
Are you contemplating on becoming a Certified Financial Analyst charter holder? Or perhaps weighing the pros and cons of taking a CFA over an MBA. Would you like to know what it would mean financially,...
View ArticleWiley CFA Level II – 11th Hour Guide for 2016
Wiley 11th Hour Guide for 2015 Level II CFA Exam condenses the most important concepts, formulas and questions for readings 1 to 60 into one easy to use volume. It encapsulates the most critical...
View ArticleFinancial Risk Manager Handbook: FRM Part I and Part II
Financial Risk Manager Handbook is the definitive book for risk management worldwide. This book is recommended by GARP as the textbook for study for the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) exam. This guide...
View ArticleFinancial Modelling: Setup Excel for Productivity
This article is a part of our blog posts on how to build simple, readable and better financial models. The objective is to teach you how to be more productive, make lesser errors and make it easy for...
View ArticleFinancial Modelling: Writing Formulas in Excel
In have already looked at the excel keyboard shortcuts that you must know to become productive with excel. The next thing we will look at is how to write effective formulas. This is an important topic...
View ArticleFinancial Modelling: Excel Shortcuts You Must Know
In the previous lesson, we learned about how to setup excel for productivity. We will now look at the important and commonly used shortcuts in excel that can speedup your financial modelling work....
View ArticleThe PRMIA Credit and Counterparty Risk Manager Certificate
Professionals in the field of Credit Risk Management are expected to have a thorough understanding of credit risk. This includes an in-depth understanding of credit risk analysis frameworks, deployment...
View ArticleStocks – Contracts for Difference
In his book Accounting for Investments, Equities and Options R. Venkata Subramani states that “A contract for Difference (CFD) is a contract between two parties – buyer and seller – stipulating that...
View ArticleProgramming Skills All Finance Professionals Need to Learn
I recently came across an article which talked about how the recent advancements in technology and automation are disrupting some of the traditional roles finance professionals have been playing in...
View ArticleMost Important Excel Skills for Finance
Excel is a life skill for any finance or accounting professional. I know many people in finance for whom MS Excel is at the core of everything they do. Probably if it was not for Excel, their job...
View ArticleWill Finance Professionals Be Replaced By Technology In The Finance Industry?...
In an interview with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Daniel Nadler, the CEO of Kensho Technologies says he was surprised to learn that there were no tools to assess the impact of world events on...
View ArticleHistorically Low Interest Rates: Causes and Explanation
Stanley Fischer, Vice Chairman at Economic Club of New York (October 2016) regarding historically low-interest rates. This article is a summary of his speech regarding the same. Fischer notes that with...
View ArticleProgramming Skills That Are Opening Many Doors In The Financial Industry
This is a job opening at Goldman Sachs. Associate Vice President, The Model Risk Management (MRM) group Preferred Qualifications The MRM group looks for people with strong quantitative and...
View ArticleTen Great Ways To Effectively Manage Your Finances
One thing that we all try to do every single day is come up with all sorts of ways to save money, especially when it comes to needing things that are absolutely essential. Sometimes, however, it can be...
View ArticleWhat is Real Interest Rate
The table below is the real interest rates in 1961 and 2015 for the various countries of the world. This data is made available thanks to IMF, International Financial Statistics and World Bank....
View ArticleFederal Fund Rates
The Federal Fund holds reserves for various financial institutions.The Federal Reserve, like many Central Banks, requires banks to maintain a cash reserve ratio, which is a percentage of the amount of...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Hiring a Pet Sitter
There is not much of a difference in hiring a pet sitter and hiring a baby sitter. A pet sitter is typically hired to take responsibility and care for your animal, in your home, while you are not...
View ArticleWhy government should make home insurance compulsory
It is the dream of every middle class Indian to own a home, even if it is just a one-bedroom dwelling. People are emotionally attached to the idea of having their very own “aashiana”. The easy...
View ArticleHow to Stay Safe Around a Trench
In order for essential substances like oil and gas to get around the country, a variety of different pipelines are used. The only way to bury these pipelines is by digging trenches. For companies who...
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