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New Video: Internal Rate of Return

Lecture 5 on Financial Mathematics for Actuarial Science

Financial Math for Actuaries, Lecture 5: Internal Rate of Return (IRR), a.k.a. Yield Rate

I have been working on developing video resources for Bethel University‘s course on Financial Mathematics for Actuarial Science for the past couple of years.

Mostly this has consisted of making many very detailed problem-solving and conceptual videos … Read the rest

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

Actuarial Exam 2/FM Prep, Video #166

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