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I was looking around but could not find a dedicated thread with all the different Acronyms - although there are few threads for some topics. I was thinking of starting a thread and hopefully we can keep it at the top (sticky?) for everyone to see. I will start:
(SAMURAI)
Specified in Advanced
Appropriate – consistent with manager’s approach and style
Measurable
Unambiguous
Reflective of the manager’s current investment opinions
Accountable
Investable
 
For Study Session 3 - Behavioral Finance
Emotional Bias (“LOSSER”)
Loss Aversion bias
Overconfidence bias
Self-control bias
Status-quo bias
Endowment bias
Regret Aversion bias
 
Mr-Z wrote:
For Study Session 3 - Behavioral Finance
Emotional Bias (“LOSSER”)
Loss Aversion bias
Overconfidence bias
Self-control bias
Status-quo bias
Endowment bias
Regret Aversion bias
wouldn’t it be easier to use LOSERS instead of LOSSER?
 
Extension to classical immunization:
MILC
Multifunctional duration(KRD)
multiple-Liability immunization
Increased risk
Contingent immunization
 
Investability of emerging market.
FLOAT:
Free Float is low
Liquidity is low
Ownership restriction
Authorized investors are often institutional investors
Tax, discriminatory
* Repatriation of invested capital
* Convertability of foreign currency
 
Financial Risks ERM
MCL
Market Risk
Credit Risk
Liquidity Risk
 
BryGuy wrote:
Mr-Z wrote:
For Study Session 3 - Behavioral Finance
Emotional Bias (“LOSSER”)
Loss Aversion bias
Overconfidence bias
Self-control bias
Status-quo bias
Endowment bias
Regret Aversion bias
wouldn’t it be easier to use LOSERS instead of LOSSER?
There would also be Self attribution bias…so its becomes LOSSERS
 
Rationales for trading in secondary bond market
4 times C, 2 times S, Yes,No
CCCC,SS,YN
C
redit - upside trade
Credit-defence trade
Curve - adjustment trade
Cash flow reinvestment
Structure trade
Sector-rotation
Yield/spread pickup
New issue swaps
 
Residence Source Tax conflict resolution methods
C - E - D
C
redit
Exemption
Deduction – usually highest tax level
 
Alternative Investments
LDDDA ( lydia to rhyme with 3 D’s )
L – Low Liquidity
D – Diversification Potential
D – Due Diligence Requirement
D – Difficult to Value
A – Access to Information limited
 
Information Processing Errors:
Say it as InFAAMation-
Framing
Anchoring and Adjustment
Availability
Mental Accounting
 
Information Processing Errors:
Say it as InFAAMation-
Framing
Anchoring and Adjustment
Availability
Mental Accounting
 
Availability Bias has 4 parts that I
Can - Categorization
Never - Narrow Range of Experience
Really - Resonance
Remember - Retrievability
 
Macro Performance Attribution steps:
“NRABIA”
Net Contributions
Risk Free Asset
Asset Class Allocations
Benchmark returns
Investment Manager returns
Allocation Effects
 
I have them as:
Using Ex Post Data
Data Mining
Conditioning Information
Misinterpreting Correlation
Limitations of using Economic Data
Data Measurement Errors and Biases
Limitations of Historical Estimates
Psychological Traps
Model and Input Uncertainty
 
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