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  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    returns. Using S&P data from 1871 to 2013, the table below shows the components of the average equity ... Total return is computed by compounding the individual components. Future Equity Returns Can the ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Eric Janecek
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • The Fallacy of the Fed Model
    for budgeting purposes. Most equity market valuation techniques rely on comparisons between current ... bonds (Y), so that the value of a Fed Model valuation is calculated as (E/P) – Y. Proponents of the ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, David Cantor
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Risk Metrics for Decision Making and ORSA
    last few decades in theoretical approaches to valuation of risk, these advances have been sometimes misun- ... appropri- ate risk metric that should be used for valuation of liabilities because it is consistent with ...

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    • Authors: Stephen Strommen
    • Date: May 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Capital - Life Insurance
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    during that period but with many fluctuations. Table 2 lists the historical experience of continuous ... 3 2 10 4 1 10 1 1 11 0 1 11 1 0 12 1 0 12 0 0 Table 2: Daily Price Movement Summary of Apple Inc. (Sept ...

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    • Authors: Kailan Shang, Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    and 2) that the only issue at stake is an individual investor’s terminal wealth based on the investments ... cohorts remains constant. Unlike the fund for an individual investor, which builds from a level of zero ...

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    • Authors: Rowland Davis, Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    universe of investors into three categories: • Individual investors directly implementing their own strategies ... be easily assigned a specific benchmark. Individual and institutional investors may consciously ...

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    • Authors: R Inglis, Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    Investment Fallacies e-book Investment Fallacies: The Misconceptions of Retirement Risks currency ... sponsor – is at the heart of a typical actuarial valuation. The primary risk embedded in bond pricing is ...

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    • Authors: Dimitry D Mindlin, Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    underlying lifecycle of the entity that funds it. An individual must invest during their working lifetime unless ... saving, nothing else matters. Most investors, individual and institutional alike, would be better off ...

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    • Authors: Max Rudolph, Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    Investment Fallacies e-book Investment Fallacies: Simulation of Long-Term Stock Returns: Fat-Tails ... stock returns based on some measure of stock valuation levels (e.g. dividend yield, or P/E ratios) ...

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    • Authors: Rowland Davis, Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    Investment Fallacies e-book Investment Fallacies: Mathematical modeling of social phenomena currency ... They are people - with individual thoughts and the freedom to adopt individual actions. The normal ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Nicholas John Macleod
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments