Important external links

Cornell Notes

Guide to the SoA written exams

Link to the Sample SoA problems and solutions - Part I

MFE Exam, Spring 2007: Problems

MFE Exam, Spring 2007: Solutions

MFE Exam, Spring 2009: Problems

MFE Exam, Spring 2009: Solutions

Link to the Measures of Investment Risk, Monte Carlo Simulation, and Empirical Evidence on the Efficient Markets Hypothesis.

Link to the Actuarial Applications of Options and Other Financial Derivatives.

Link to the Sample SoA problems and solutions - Part II

Link to the IFM exam tables


On R and RStudio

I will be using R to demonstrate in class. Graduate homework will also (partially) be required to be completed in R. I created some resources for Applied Statistics. They are linked here in case anyone is interested.

R (main website)

RStudio (main website)

The instructions slideshow

The basic R slideshow

The basic R “cheatsheet”

If … else

A tutorial on functions in R