Review: CFA Program Curriculum 2017 Level II, Volumes 1 - 6

CFA Program Curriculum 2017 Level II, Volumes 1 - 6 by CFA Institute
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Excellent curriculum books on the subjects/topics under study

Ethical & Professional Standards,
Quantitative Methods
Economics
Financial Reporting and Analysis
Corporate Finance
Equity
Fixed Income Derivatives
Alternative Investments
Portfolio Management

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Review: The Essentials of Risk Management, Second Edition

The Essentials of Risk Management, Second Edition by Michel Crouhy
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

Risk Management - Slightly more than the essentials

Good starting point to risk management. Although it can be read by an interested reader, you need to have advanced financial knowledge to fully grasp all its content, examples and situations presented.

The book is naturally skewed to the financial industry, as this sector is spearheading such endeavors, nonetheless all the knowledge and takeaways can be adapted for non-financial institutions.

The book sets the building blocks of Risk Management (and sometimes goes well beyond that). As an improvement suggestion, there should be more practical examples and the cases presented could have been more dissected from an analytical perspective to help the reader to consolidate the presented concepts and theory.



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Do have to dust this one off...4 years afterwards have to think of something else. CFA III exam next year and then something else from academia,,,


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Review: The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance by W. Timothy Gallwey
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

One book i could have avoided...nothing new, couple of insights nothing more.

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Review: Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Easy and nice read on behavior economics (specially for non-economists), with good takeaways, insights and useful advice ...from 2/3 of the book onwards slightly repetitive as the thesis, associated concepts were already duly presented and explained.

Do recommend its reading if interested on the subject!

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Review: Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A turn pager book, very insightful on the behaviors that entail a forecasting activity.

Recommend its reading for all the ones interested on the topic and it's not a hard skills book, thus it can be read by anyone interested.

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Review: A Practical Guide to Risk Management

A Practical Guide to Risk Management by Thomas S. Coleman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Good insights about this complex and interesting topic. An introduction (doubts about the practicality),as a caveat you do need advanced knowledge in probabilities, statistics, and complex financial instruments to fully understand all the examples provided.

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Review: Thinking Strategically

Thinking Strategically by Avinash K. Dixit
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Good introduction to the game theory topic (my rating would be 3.5)

You can clearly date the book based on the examples given, but nonetheless worthwhile Reading. Sometimes the cases are too simple and sometimes, in a couple of exemples, the rationale is not presented clearly that obliges the reader to go back and forth in the books pages to grasp it.

For all interested in the subject (that should be at least every economist, financier or manager), opens the door to this important topic that will allow you to make better and more informed strategic or even tactic decisions.

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