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March 25, 2019March 28, 2019

Studying for Exam LTAM Series

My Background and Your Prerequisites

This post is the first in a series about studying for Actuarial Exam LTAM — Long-Term Actuarial Mathematics. This exam is basically equivalent to the exam previously labeled Exam MLC — Models for Life Contingencies.

Back in the year 2005, I studied for and passed actuarial Exams P and FM (Exams 1 and 2), on … Read the rest

January 18, 2019January 28, 2019

New Video: Derivatives of Bond Prices w.r.t. Parallel Shift in Yield Curve

The series of payments that arises from a coupon bond is an example of a cashflow that can be assigned a “duration“.

A coupon bond can be purchased as an investment that pays “coupons”, which are fixed amounts of money, at certain equally-spaced times during the term of the investment, plus a redemption … Read the rest

January 15, 2019January 28, 2019

New Video: Macaulay Duration is a Decreasing Function of the Coupon Rate r

Early today I posted my 166th video on problem solving for actuarial exam 2/FM (financial mathematics) on YouTube.

Wow! One-hundred and sixty-six videos on financial mathematics for actuaries?!?! Yes! This has been an almost two-year YouTube project so far. Here’s the video that I posted earlier today, about an advanced topic called Macaulay duration… Read the rest

January 3, 2019March 4, 2019

The Road Ahead

My plans for this blog are ambitious.

My main goal for Infinity is Really Big is to bring you excellence in mathematical content for your personal and professional growth.

YouTube-Related Content

As of the early January 2019, my YouTube channel, “Bill Kinney Math“, is moderately successful. It has over half a million views and over 4400 subscribers. The … Read the rest