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Risk and uncertainty (part 2) – ACCA (AFM) lectures

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  1. Hi Sir,
    For the March 2026 session, will the standard deviation tables be provided, or will the standard deviation be included directly in the exam questions? Are these tables still part of the exam materials, or have they been removed? I also want to confirm whether there are any changes to how the Black?Scholes model is handled in the spreadsheet鈥攚ill it be pre?populated, or do we need to perform the calculation manually?
    Thank you.

  2. Hi Sir,
    For the March 2026 session, will the standard deviation tables be provided, or will the standard deviation be included directly in the exam questions? Are these tables still part of the exam materials, or have they been removed? I also want to confirm whether there are any changes to how the Black?Scholes model is handled in the spreadsheet鈥攚ill it be pre?populated, or do we need to perform the calculation manually?
    Thank you.

  3. Hello,
    Just wanted to ask if the spread is smaller, the size of standard deviation will be higher and the chances of returns falling to zero will be much higher, given the higher slope/decline rate of the returns

  4. Hi sir,
    I wanted to ask since there is not normal distribution table on formula sheet anymore would it be safe to assume that the standard deviation points would be given in the question now?Thank you so much!

  6. Isn’t VAR the workings where Std Dev * probability level and thereafter the Expected value – VAR gives the minimum return at the confidence level?
    Hence for the 6 year period, shouldn’t we first look for the value at risk (VaR) for the 6 years which would be (VaR * root 6) ? You used the Std Dev * root 6

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