As part of your preparation for your final attempt you have been looking for anything that can provide the extra edge for your MFE / 3F attempt. While the material below was not prepared keeping the SOA curriculum in mind it takes a hands on excel based approach in illustrating the many concepts covered in the MFE / 3F exams. Our hope is that this extra bit will clear the final muddle about that elusive concept that you had been struggling with. The links below covers interest rate models (CIR and BDT), Binomial Trees, Black Scholes Model, Pricing Derivative securities, differentiating between N(d1) and N(d2), exotic product and options, investment and portfolio management concepts
The Quant Crash Course is a 200 minute series of 4 videos that cover the basics of quant and computational finance. The course material and series has evolved over the last 8 years as part of the training practice run by Jawwad Farid in the areas of derivative pricing and risk management.
