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We all have our own little tricks for remembering information. For me visual stuff works pretty well so I try to remember the first letters of every word of a phrase or memorize a sentence that I can apply to multiple situations. I have flash cards with this stuff taped all over my apt walls :)

For example:

DuPont == PTL (profit*turnover*leverage)
Type 1 Error == RTN (reject true null)
"margins are always numerators"
"cash ratios have CFO numerator"
"turnover are always denominators"
"day ratios are turnover reciprocals"

Post if you got any good ones, especially the option call/put limits, their killing me!
 
Someone has the one for options and calls, something like ( might have D reversed):

S X T V R D
call + - +/- + + -
put - + +/- + - +

where
s = stock price
X = strike
t = time
V = vol
r= rate
D = dividend

I remember the letters in order b/c SXT is the abbrev. for a sell ticket on Bloomberg and we also do VRDN trades (variable rate demand notes) so it sticks in my head.
 
I (ncome from continuing operations)

-D (iscontinued operations)

-E (xtraordinary items)

-A (ccounting policy changes)

--------------

Net Income


This mnemonic is useful when trying to remember what goes below the line.

___________________________________________________

Portfolio mgmt / Investment policy
TURTLe
T - Time horizon / constraint
U - Unique requirement
R - Regulatory /legal req
T - Tax concerns
L - Liquidation / earlier needs

_________________________________

5 factors determining intensity of competition within an industry:

Remember SERBS

Suppliers of raw materials
Entrance Barriers
Rivalry
Buyers (power over product/pricing)
Substitute products

_______________
Risk from Lowest to Highest

Remember: British Broadcasting Corp Has Silly Office Comedies All Fall

Bill/Bond/Corp/House/Stock/Office(commercial RE)/Coins/Art/Futures

________

the characteristics of a good market

I LIE

Information (timely and accurate)

Liquidity : marketability , price continuity and depth

Internal efficiency low transaction costs

External efficiency prices adjust quickly to new info
 
something simple, but it could get you an easy mark...

remember a nice glass of PINOT NOIR

Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio

(in that order)
 
found on AF (don't know the authors)

"POUDOO"

premium CFO understated, Discount cfo overstate; CFF - the reverse
_________________________
Capitalized:
BLFT - Brands, License, Franchise and Trademarks

im gonna capitalize a nice big sandwich.... not just a BLT... but a BL(Fhkn)T

_________________________

For the extended dupont I use

Every Saturday I Am Studying And Acing ethics.

E, S, I, A --> all on top
S, A, A, E --> all on bottom

dont forget the tax rate
 
SNOB

capital lease test



PUFE

all the elements of other comp income

BIDS

fed buys bonds, increases $ supply, sells bonds, decreses $ supply. (read BI first, then read SD next)


NOIR

scales


DISC

real estate valuation - disct, income, sales comp (hedonic), cost
 
For the put call parity:

c+X = p + S

This is crude, but sound out how men urinate.
"c@x p!s"

I just remember that X is always X/(1+r)t
 
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