The ongoing availability dates also apply to our Modified CAS and CAS Essay preparatory tests.
Articles that have not been on the current CAS syllabus for greater than one year are not examined within our Modified CAS and CAS Essay preparatory tests.. |
| Prep Test 1 |
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Ongoing beginning 4/12/2008 |
60min. |
| Inv C10: Arbitrage Pricing Theory | BKM | | Inv C11: Market Efficiency | BKM | | Inv C12: Behavioral Finance & Tech Analysis | BKM | | Inv C13: Security Returns | BKM | | Inv C14: Bond Prices and Yields | BKM | | Inv C15: The Term Structure of Interest Rates | BKM | | Inv C6: Risk Aversion and Capital Allocation | BKM | | Inv C7: Optimal Risky Portfolios | BKM | | Inv C8: Index Models | BKM | | Inv C9: The Capital Asset Pricing Model | BKM | | Measuring Corporate Bond Mortality | Altman, E.I. | | Options C4: Interest Rates | Hull, J.C. | | Options C6: Interest Rate Futures | Hull, J.C. |
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| Prep Test 2 |
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Ongoing beginning 4/19/2008 |
60min. |
| Options C10: Trading Strategies | Hull, J.C. | | Options C11: Binomial Trees | Hull, J.C. | | Options C12: Weiner Processes and Ito's Lemma | Hull, J.C. | | Options C13: The Black Scholes Model | Hull, J.C. | | Options C14: Stock Indices, Currencies, Futures | Hull, J.C. | | Options C15: The Greek Letters | Hull, J.C. | | Options C18: Value at Risk | Hull, J.C. | | Options C2: Futures Markets | Hull, J.C. | | Options C20: Credit Risk | Hull, J.C. | | Options C3: Hedging Strategies using Futures | Hull, J.C. | | Options C5: Forward & Futures Prices | Hull, J.C. | | Options C7: Swaps | Hull, J.C. | | Options C8: Options Markets | Hull, J.C. | | Options C9: Properties of Stock Options | Hull, J.C. |
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| Prep Test 3 |
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Ongoing beginning 4/19/2008 |
60min. |
| Allocation of Capital in the Ins Industry | Cummins, J. D | | ALM for Property/Casualty Insurers | Feldblum, S. | | ALM Strategies for P&C Companies | Noris, P.D. | | HFIS C37: Bonds w/ Embedded Options | Fabozzi, F.J. | | How to use the Holes... | Black, F. | | Insurance Securitization | Gorvett, R.W. | | Interest Rate Risk: ALM, Franchise Value, and Strategy | Panning | | Inv C1: The Investment Environment | BKM | | Inv C16: Bond Portfolio Mgt | BKM | | Inv C18: Equity Valuation Models | BKM | | Inv C2: Markets & Instruments | BKM | | Inv C25: Int'l Diversification | BKM | | P&C Ins Co Valuation | Goldfarb, R. | | Rethinking Risk Mgt | Stulz, R.M | | Risk Adjusted Performance Measurement for P&C Insurers | Goldfarb | | Solvency: RBC Applications | Butsic, R.P. | | VAR Uses and Abuses | Miller,MZ.; et. al. |
Note: In addition, this exam covers various articles examined in previous tests. |
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