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LM01 Derivative Instrument and Derivative Market Features
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LM03 Guidance for Standards I–VII
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LM10 Valuing a Derivative Using a One-Period Binomial Model
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Concept 72: Weak-Form, Semi-Strong-Form, and Strong-Form Market Efficiency
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Introduction
Concept 1: Calculating PV and FV of Different Cash Flows
Concept 2: Net Present Value (NPV) & Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Concept 3: Money-Weighted & Time Weighted Rate of Return
Concept 4: Yield Measures for Money Market Instruments
Concept 5: Measures of Central Tendency
Concept 6: Quartiles, Quintiles, Deciles, & Percentiles
Concept 7: Measures of Dispersion
Concept 8: Symmetry and Skewness in Return Distributions
Concept 9: Covariance & Correlation
Concept 10: Safety First Ratio
Concept 11: Central Limit Theorem
Concept 12: Calculating Confidence Intervals
Concept 13: Selection of Sample Size & Sampling Biases
Concept 14: Steps of Hypothesis Testing
Concept 15: Hypothesis Tests Concerning a Single Mean
Concept 16: Common Chart Patterns
Concept 17: Price, Income and Cross-Price Elasticities of Demand
Concept 18: Substitution and Income Effects
Concept 19: Economies and Diseconomies of Scale
Concept 20: Perfect Competition, Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly & Monopoly
Concept 21: Concentration Measures
Concept 22: Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Concept 23: Aggregate Supply Curve
Concept 24: Business Cycle
Concept 25: Theories of The Business Cycle
Concept 26: Unemployment
Concept 27: Inflation, Hyperinflation, Disinflation & Deflation
Concept 28: Inflation Measures
Concept 29: Monetary v/s Fiscal Policy
Concept 30: Roles and Objectives of Central Banks
Concept 31: Tools Used to Implement Monetary Policy
Concept 32: Roles and Objectives of Fiscal Policy
Concept 33: Fiscal Policy Tools
Concept 34: Types of Trading Blocs and Regional Trading Agreements
Concept 35: Currency Cross-Rates
Concept 36: Exchange Rate Regimes
Concept 37: Role of Financial Statements
Concept 38: Financial Statement Analysis Framework
Concept 39: Accounting Equation - Basic and Expanded Forms
Concept 40: Accruals and Valuation Adjustments
Concept 41: International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) Conceptual Framework
Concept 42: Revenue Recognition
Concept 43: Expense Recognition
Concept 44: Non-Recurring Items & Changes in Accounting Policies
Concept 45: Earnings Per Share (EPS)
Concept 46: Measurement Bases for Different Types of Assets and Liabilities
Concept 47: Components of Shareholders’ Equity
Concept 48: Liquidity and Solvency Ratios
Concept 49: Steps in the Preparation of Direct and Indirect Cash Flow Statements
Concept 50: DuPont Analysis
Concept 51: Inventory Valuation Methods
Concept 52: LIFO Reserve and LIFO Liquidation
Concept 53: Depreciation Methods
Concept 54: Finance and Operating Leases
Concept 55: Deferred Tax Liabilities and Assets
Concept 56: Effective Interest Rate Method and Amortization of Bond Discounts/Premiums
Concept 57: Leverage and Coverage Ratios
Concept 58: Company’s Board of Directors & Committees
Concept 59: Basic Principles of Capital Budgeting
Concept 60: NPV Profile
Concept 61: Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
Concept 62: Beta of a Project
Concept 63: Calculating Degree of Operating Leverage, Financial Leverage, and Total Leverage
Concept 64: Pooled Investment Products
Concept 65: Minimum-Variance and Efficient Frontiers
Concept 66: Applications of the CAPM and the SML
Concept 67: Principles of Portfolio Construction
Concept 68: Types of Securities
Concept 69: Types of Financial Intermediaries
Concept 70: Execution, Validity and Clearing Instructions
Concept 71: Different Weighting Methods used in Index Construction
Concept 72: Weak-Form, Semi-Strong-Form, and Strong-Form Market Efficiency
Concept 73: Types of Equity Securities
Concept 74: Peer Groups
Concept 75: Industry Life-Cycle Model
Concept 76: Dividend Discount and Free-Cash-Flow-to-Equity Models
Concept 77: Gordon (Constant) Growth Model and Multistage Dividend Discount Models
Concept 78: Basic Features of a Fixed-Income Security
Concept 79: Cash Flows of Fixed-Income Securities
Concept 80: Mechanisms Available for Issuing Bonds in Primary Markets
Concept 81: Repurchase Agreements (Repos)
Concept 82: Relationships among a Bond’s Price, Coupon Rate, Maturity, and Market Discount Rate (Yield-to-Maturity)
Concept 83: Credit Tranching and Time Tranching
Concept 84: Sources of Return From Investing in a Fixed-Rate Bond
Concept 85: Macaulay, Modified, and Effective Ddurations
Concept 86: Four Cs (Capacity, Collateral, Covenants, and Character) of Traditional Credit Analysis
Concept 87: Factors that Influence the Level and Volatility of Yield Spreads
Concept 88: Forward Contracts, Futures Contracts, Options (Calls and Puts), Swaps, and Credit Derivatives
Concept 89: Purposes of and Controversies Related to Derivative Markets
Concept 90: Use of Arbitrage, Replication, and Risk Neutrality in Pricing Derivatives
Concept 91: Difference in Forward and Futures Prices
Concept 92: Exercise Value, Time Value, and Moneyness of an Option
Concept 93: Factors that Determine the Value of an Option
Concept 94: Put–Call Parity for European Options
Concept 95: Alternative Investments v/s Traditional Investments
Concept 96: Types of Alternative Investments
Concept 97: Hedge Fund Fees
Concept 98: Framework for Ethical Decision Making
Concept 99: Ethical Responsibilities Required by the Code and Standards
Concept 100: Overview of GIPS
Concept 101: Construction and Purpose of Composites
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