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		<title>I passed Level II!!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Item Set Q# Topic Max Pts &#60;=50% 51%-70% &#62;70% Alternative Investments 18 - - * Corporate Finance 36 - - * Derivatives 36 - - * Economics 18 - - * Equity Investments 72 - - * Ethical &#38; &#8230; <a href="http://cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/i-passed-level-ii/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1649042&amp;post=64&amp;subd=cfaleveltwo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Derivates Completed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m done with this part. I found the Swaps chapter to be a little confusing. Even the one on Credit Default Swaps was totally new and took me some time to understand. I&#8217;ll need to keep revising the formulas. Other &#8230; <a href="http://cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/derivates-completed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1649042&amp;post=63&amp;subd=cfaleveltwo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reading 63: Futures Markets and Contracts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got done with this reading today. First off, all the optional material really helped me in re-learning the gory details of Futures. After that, it was an easy ride, because most of the material builds upon the same formulae that &#8230; <a href="http://cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/reading-63-futures-markets-and-contracts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1649042&amp;post=62&amp;subd=cfaleveltwo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Delurkers, Come Out!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t do any studies today, except for a couple of problems. So, no way that I&#8217;m going to complete everything by tomorrow. Ha! Because of that, I&#8217;m pissed off. The stats of this blog has been rising steadily and &#8230; <a href="http://cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/delurkers-come-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1649042&amp;post=60&amp;subd=cfaleveltwo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reading 62: Forward Markets and Contracts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started studying Derivatives today and it&#8217;s been an easy ride because I already know everything in this portion of the syllabus. Heh heh Still, completing it by 1/31 seems like madness, unless I do around 1.5 Readings everyday on &#8230; <a href="http://cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/reading-62-forward-markets-and-contracts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1649042&amp;post=58&amp;subd=cfaleveltwo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Treynor Black Model</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know how I&#8217;m going to summarize this absolute piece of shit here, but I&#8217;ll try: It represents a portfolio management theory that assumes security markets are nearly efficient. The essence of the model: 1. Security analysts analyze a &#8230; <a href="http://cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/treynor-black-model/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1649042&amp;post=57&amp;subd=cfaleveltwo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Update on PM</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allright! Three cheers for me Just got done with Port. Management. However, I&#8217;m thinking of spending this day finishing off some problems based on Treynor Black Model, because of which lots of people got screwed last June. I plan to &#8230; <a href="http://cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/quick-update-on-pm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1649042&amp;post=56&amp;subd=cfaleveltwo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reading 72: The Portfolio Management Process And the IPS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a small reading and lots of parts build up on what we learned in Level-I. Here&#8217;s a small re-cap: 1. Portfolio Perspective: Investments should be judged in the context of the entire portfolio and not on a stand &#8230; <a href="http://cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/reading-72-the-portfolio-management-process-and-the-ips/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1649042&amp;post=55&amp;subd=cfaleveltwo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reading 70: International Asset Pricing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to cover only the first part of the reading here. Btw, you might want to study from the Official Curriculum the entire Portfolio Management portion. Schweser sucks, at least for this part. I found several rounding and formula &#8230; <a href="http://cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/reading-70-international-asset-pricing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1649042&amp;post=54&amp;subd=cfaleveltwo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Level-I results for December 2007 Just Declared</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruhi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of people whom I know from the Analyst Forum cleared it. This comes at the right time&#8230;just when I started losing my interest. It has brought me back to the &#8220;CFA World&#8221; with a jolt and my interest in &#8230; <a href="http://cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/level-i-results-for-december-2007-just-declared/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cfaleveltwo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1649042&amp;post=53&amp;subd=cfaleveltwo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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