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mykenk
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Guess when results will be out -...
Published (2009-12-18 17:05:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by MooBeay delay from when? He needs his results before everyone else.
modelthry
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Published (2009-12-18 17:34:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by SciFi Take a deep breath, now. Remember, we weren't told results would be out today, we were told Dec. 17-22, inclusive. No whining until the 23rd. Well, okay, whining is fine, but keep it to a reasonable level. Were we told that, or was that a non-promise promise? Read it again. You can tell when someone is trying to leave room for a flake out. Try telling your clients: we may get you the results between the...
triplea
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MountainHawk
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Published (2009-12-18 17:10:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by MooBeay this is hilarious for many reasons. Transparency from your employees is hilarious?
hellomath
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Published (2009-12-18 16:53:00)
All I want for Christmas is Friday drama . I have a feeling that exam 9 result won't be out until Tuesday.
MooBeay
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Published (2009-12-18 17:41:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by modelthry Were we told that, or was that a non-promise promise? Read it again. You can tell when someone is trying to leave room for a flake out. Try telling your clients: we may get you the results between the 17th and the 22nd, but we may not. It depends on what we have going on in our personal lives. That will be $200k please. this analogy fails.
Cards Fan
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Published (2009-12-18 16:04:00)
YOU'RE KIDDING!!!!! We have to wait over the weekend??? COME ON!!!
The Arbitrary
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Published (2009-12-18 17:41:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by SciFi Take a deep breath, now. Remember, we weren't told results would be out today, we were told Dec. 17-22, inclusive. No whining until the 23rd. Well, okay, whining is fine, but keep it to a reasonable level. More chirping in from the Exam 6 forum. Let's not complain too much, seeing as the new leadership is giving us windows where the prior method was more of a wait and see and hope you can guess...
SciFi
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Published (2009-12-18 17:36:00)
I just think tempers are getting too hot, too soon. If we were told no results on next Monday and Tuesday, then I could see this reaction--it just seems like we're going overboard to be saying all this *halfway through* the window we were given for results release dates.
Neo
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Started 1 month ago (2009-11-23 18:26:00)  by Darkness Falls
Too close to Christmas IMO. Either Dec 18th or Dec 21st
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Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago (2009-11-05 16:53:00)  by MountainHawk
This thread cannot exist (according to Cummins), so posting here doesn't really count.
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Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago (2009-10-31 20:39:00)  by ReserveRage
I think it will really depend whether you normalized the adjusted loss ratios. This is very unclear because Feldblum never actually does a complete example. Also, both sample solutions from the 2008 exam did not normalize.
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Started 1 year, 6 months ago (2008-06-02 08:07:00)  by Jon Fox
Here is an updated chart of the readings for Fall 2008. Papers are listed by: Learning Objective & Knowledge statements Point Value It maps each paper to the objectives and vice versa. There is also a checklist / recommended reading order.
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Started 1 month, 4 weeks ago (2009-10-30 11:05:00)  by MountainHawk
I'll compile the answers here as people confirm what they think the answers were. Changes from my original solutions are in red. Next post will have my IRR solution ... not sure if it is right. 4. a) 74,617 b) .1473 5. x1= .988 x2 =1.213 y1=1.044 y2=1.032 6. b) Science, Engineering, Insurance 7. 20,072 8. a) 112% c) ??? 9. Society RoA, Regulators RoS, Stockholders ...
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Started 1 month, 4 weeks ago (2009-10-29 18:02:00)  by Darkness Falls
What did you guys get for the question where we had to calculate # of policies for the 10% return
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Started 1 month, 2 weeks ago (2009-11-06 18:11:00)  by Zumpano
Quote: Originally Posted by five_cents In terms of the "power" of testing whether a candidate is sufficiently prepared for important topics, I feel the 2008 exam is better. For example, I would argue that the 2009 "GLM" question has a testing power close to zero. To five_cents: What was wrong with the 2009 GLM...
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Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago (2009-11-04 12:10:00)  by Zumpano
Quote: Originally Posted by Darkness Falls I just sent 2 e-mails to Bob Craver ( bcraver@casact.org ) for the Nash Pooling Equilibrium question and #7 about the unknown expense amount. Anyone else send e-mails for these 2 questions or others that might be ambiguous/defective? To Darkness Falls: I might...
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Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago (2009-10-31 13:06:00)  by gausszhou
64 is what I hope and what I guess due to the difficulity that I feel and last year's low passing ratio.
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Started 1 month, 4 weeks ago (2009-10-30 10:26:00)  by MathForMarines
I voted very hard, not because of the material, but because of the use of prior exam material to unnecessarily complicate things.
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Started 1 month ago (2009-11-23 18:26:00)  by Darkness Falls
Too close to Christmas IMO. Either Dec 18th or Dec 21st
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