hey on another posting i saw that you can convert a nominal rate to effective rate much easier by utilizing the ICONV button on the TX BA II … you enter in the nominal rate, # times compounded and Voila! Thank you to whoever posted this. i am wondering if anyone else uses some features of the calculator that might not be taught in the Schweser or CFAI curriculum… if so, please post your shortcut
I read early on that you should read your BAII manual front to back, memorize it. That is what I did and that is how I found out all the shortcuts.
since you read it front to back…what were the best shortcuts that you learned that we probably wouldnt know that you feel would be helpful??? just your best one or two maybe…more if you got em
Well, you know about all the depr wksheets, amort, p/y, CF and stat (put in data first), right? Hmmm, anyway to use the brkevn when doing margin questions? Haven’t looked into that. Really, I would read the manual.
i was afraid you might say something like that…i will take a look at it. thanks!
It takes maybe an hour, no worries.
Where do you use the amortization function of the calculator?
in my finance class (mba) iused the amort to calculate baloon mortgage payments.
I could not find out where to use it in the exam…
Is the calculator able to do the conversion if it is continous compounding?
using the STAT function is verfy helpful instead of doing the math for sample/population variance/STD
no continuous, but remember P=e^rt, pretty simple