Exam FM Formula Summary Version 2.

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no driver 11/14/2006

Introduction
Since ASM does not have a formula summary, I decided to compile one to use as I started working on old test questions. In the interest of other actuarial students, I thought I would share the results.

A few notes:
1. This set of formulas is mostly derived from the 3rd edition of the ASM manual for Exam FM/2. As a reference, it does not attempt to recreate the methods presented in the ASM manual and skips many of the necessary techniques for using these formulas to solve certain types of problems. In particular you will notice that there are no formulas from chapters 2 and 8, and very little from chapter 5. 2. Since the syllabus for the exam will change after the November 2006 sitting, this compilation will not be complete for exams given in 2007 and beyond, but it can probably be used as a starting point for future exam takers. 3. I may have misstated some of the explanations of the formulas either through lack of understanding or inadequate keyboard/TEX skills. Please let me know if you nd errors in this document and I will attempt to correct them. Also note that some formulas have no explanation, and are intended to show identities and useful relationships between terms that have been dened previously. 4. This summary is meant as a reference. You dont need to memorize all of these formulas to do well on the exam. In fact, most of them can be easily derived from one another. As you work problems, some of these formulas will become second nature. For some of the problems where these formulas may work, you may prefer working from rst principles or an intermediate derivation. Mykenk has suggested that you only need to know ve formulas for the 2006 exam: Arithmetically increasing & decreasing annuity, geometrically increasing annuity, principle repaid at time t, and the price of a bond. As you learn the material you will gure out what works for you.

Chapter 1
Basics:
a (t) : accumulation function. Measures the amount in a fund with an investment of 1 at time 0 at the end of year t. a (t) a (t 1) : amount of growth in year t. it =
a(t)a(t1) a(t1)

: rate of growth in year t, also known as the eective rate of interest in year t.

A (t) = ka (t) : any accumulation function can be multiplied by a constant (usually the principal amount invested) to obtain a result specic to the amount invested.

Common Accumulation Functions:

a (t) = 1 + it : simple interest.
t

a (t) =
j =1

(1 + ij ) : variable interest.
t

a (t) = (1 + i) : compound interest.

Present Value and Discounting:

PV = dt =
1 a(t)

1 (1+i)t

= (1 + i)

= v t : amount you must invest at time 0 to get 1 at time t.

a(t)a(t1) a(t)

: eective rate of discount in year t.

Some Useful Relationships:

1d=v d= i=
i 1+i d 1d

= iv

Nominal Interest and Discount:

i(m) and d(m) are the symbols for nominal rates of interest compounded m-thly. 1+i= 1+
i(m) m m

i(m) = m (1 + i) m 1 1d= 1
d(m) m m

d(m) = m 1 (1 d) m

Force of Interest:
t =
1 d a(t) dt a (t) Rt
0

d dt lna (t)

: denition of force of interest.

a (t) = e

r dr

If the Force of Interest is Constant:

a (t) = et P V = et = ln (1 + i)

Chapter 3:
Annuities:
an = a n =
1v n i 1v n d

= v + v 2 + + v n : PV of an annuity-immediate. = 1 + v + v 2 + + v n1 : PV of an annuity-due.

a n = (1 + i) a n = 1 + a n1 sn =
(1+i)n 1 i

= (1 + i)

n1

+ (1 + i)

n2

+ + 1 : AV of an annuity-immediate (on the date of the last

deposit). s n = = (1 + i) + (1 + i) of the last deposit).

(1+i)n 1 d n n1

+ + (1 + i) : AV of an annuity-due (one period after the date

s n = (1 + i) s n = s n+1 1 a mn = a n + v n a n + v 2n a n + + v (m1)n a n

Perpetuities:
1 vn 1 = = v + v 2 + = a : PV of a perpetuity-immediate. n n i i 1 1 vn lim a n = lim = = 1 + v + v2 + = a : PV of a perpetuity-due. n n d d lim a n = lim a a =
1 d

1 i

=1

Chapter 4:
m-thly Annuities & Perpetuities:
an
(m) i v = 1i a n : PV of an n-year annuity-immediate of 1 per year payable in m-thly (m) = i(m) a n = s 1 installments. v =1 = d(m) ments.
n n

(m)

a n

(m)

i a d(m) n

=s 1 a n : PV of an n-year annuity-due of 1 per year payable in m-thly install-

(m)

sn s n

(m)

= =

(1+i)n 1 i(m) (1+i) 1 d(m)

n

: AV of an n-year annuity-immediate of 1 per year payable in m-thly installments. : AV of an n-year annuity-due of 1 per year payable in m-thly installments.

(m)

1 vn 1 (m) (m) lim a n = lim (m) = (m) = a : PV of a perpetuity-immediate of 1 per year payable in m-thly n n i i installments. 1 vn 1 (m) (m) lim a n = lim (m) = (m) = a : PV of a perpetuity-due of 1 per year payable in m-thly installn n d d ments. a a =
(m) (m) 1 d(m)

1 i(m)

1 m

Continuous Annuities:
Since lim i(m) = lim d(m) = ,
m m

1 vn 1 vn i (m) lim a n = lim (m) = = a n = a n : PV of an annuity (immediate or due) of 1 per year m m i paid continuously.

Payments in Arithmetic Progression:

In general, the PV of a series of n payments, where the rst payment is P and each additional payment increases by Q can be represented by: nv n A = P an + Q an = P v + (P + Q) v 2 + (P + 2Q) v 3 + + (P + (n 1) Q) v n i 4

Similarly:
nv n = Pa A n + Q an d n S = P sn + Q sn i : AV of a series of n payments, where the rst payment is P and each additional payment increases by Q. n = Ps S n + Q s nd n nv (Ia) n = a : PV of an annuity-immediate with rst payment 1 and each additional payment ini creasing by 1; substitute d for i in denominator to get due form. n n (Is) n = s : AV of an annuity-immediate with rst payment 1 and each additional payment increasing i by 1; substitute d for i in denominator to get due form.
n

(Da) n = nia n : PV of an annuity-immediate with rst payment n and each additional payment decreasing by 1; substitute d for i in denominator to get due form.
s n (Ds) n = n(1+i) : AV of an annuity-immediate with rst payment n and each additional payment i decreasing by 1; substitute d for i in denominator to get due form. 1 1 =1 (Ia) = id i + i2 : PV of a perpetuity-immediate with rst payment 1 and each additional payment increasing by 1.
n

(I a ) = 1.

1 d2

: PV of a perpetuity-due with rst payment 1 and each additional payment increasing by

(Ia) n + (Da) n = (n + 1) a n

Additional Useful Results:

P i

Q i2

: PV of a perpetuity-immediate with rst payment P and each additional payment increasing by Q.

n

(Ia) n

(m)

n nv 1 =a : PV of an annuity-immediate with m-thly payments of m in the rst year and each i(m) n additional year increasing until there are m-thly payments of m in the nth year.

May God Have Mercy on Your Soul:

1 I (m) a n = n i(m) : PV of an annuity-immediate with payments of m 2 at the end of the rst mth 2 of the rst year, m2 at the end of the second mth of the rst year, and each additional payment increasing until there is a payment of mn m2 at the end of the last mth of the nth year. (m) a
(m)

nv n

Ia

nv = an : PV of an annuity with continuous payments that are continuously increasing. Annual rate of payment is t at time t.

f (t) v t dt : PV of an annuity with a continuously variable rate of payments and a constant interest
0 n

rate. f (t) e
Rt
0

r dr

dt : PV of an annuity with a continuously variable rate of payment and a continuously

variable rate of interest.

Payments in Geometric Progression:

k 1( 1+ 1+i ) ik n

: PV of an annuity-immediate with an initial payment of 1 and each additional payment increasing by a factor of (1 + k ).

Chapter 5:
Denitions:
Rt : payment at time t. A negative value is an investment and a positive value is a return. P (i) = v t Rt : PV of a cash ow at interest rate i.

Chapter 6:
General Denitions:
Rt = It + Pt : payment made at the end of year t, split into the interest It and the principle repaid Pt . It = iBt1 : interest paid at the end of year t. Pt = Rt It = (1 + i) Pt1 + (Rt Rt1 ) : principle repaid at the end of year t. Bt = Bt1 Pt : balance remaining at the end of year t, just after payment is made.

On a Loan Being Paid with Level Payments:

It = 1 v nt+1 : interest paid at the end of year t on a loan of a n . Pt = v nt+1 : principle repaid at the end of year t on a loan of a n . Bt = a nt : balance remaining at the end of year t on a loan of a n , just after payment is made.

For a loan of L, level payments of Bt by aL , ie Bt = aL a nt etc. n n

L an

will pay o the loan in n years. In this case, multiply It , Pt , and

Sinking Funds:
L P M T = Li + s n : total yearly payment with the sinking fund method, where Li is the interest paid j L to the lender and s n is the deposit into the sinking fund that will accumulate to L in n years. i j is the interest rate for the loan and j is the interest rate that the sinking fund earns.

L = (P M T Li) s n j

Chapter 7:
Denitions:
P : Price paid for a bond. F : Par/face value of a bond. C : Redemption value of a bond. r : coupon rate for a bond. g=
Fr C

: modied coupon rate.

i : yield rate on a bond. K : PV of C . n : number of coupon payments. G=

Fr i

: base amount of a bond.

F r = Cg

Determination of Bond Prices:

P = F ra n i + Cv n = Cga n i + Cv n : price paid for a bond to yield i. P = C + (F r Ci) a n i = C + (Cg Ci) a n i : Premium/Discount formula for the price of a bond. P C = (F r Ci) a n i = (Cg Ci) a n i : premium paid for a bond if g > i. C P = (Ci F r) a n i = (Ci Cg ) a n i : discount paid for a bond if g < i. 7

Bond Amortization:
When a bond is purchased at a premium or discount the dierence between the price paid and the redemption value can be amortized over the remaining term of the bond. Using the terms from chapter 6: Rt : coupon payment. It = iBt1 : interest earned from the coupon payment. Pt = Rt It = (F r Ci) v nt+1 = (Cg Ci) v nt+1 : adjustment amount for amortization of premium (write down) or Pt = It Rt = (Ci F r) v nt+1 = (Ci Cg ) v nt+1 : adjustment amount for accumulation of discount (write up). Bt = Bt1 Pt : book value of bond after adjustment from the most recent coupon paid.

Price Between Coupon Dates:

For a bond sold at time k after the coupon payment at time t and before the coupon payment at time t + 1:
f 1k Bt : at price of the bond, ie the money that actually exchanges +k = Bt (1 + i) = (Bt+1 + F r ) v hands on the sale of the bond. f m Bt +k = Bt+k kF r = Bt (1 + i) kF r : market price of the bond, ie the price quoted in a nancial newspaper. k k

Approximations of Yield Rates on a Bond:

i
nF r +C P n 2 (P +C )

: Bond Salesmans Method.

Price of Other Securities:

P = P =
Fr i D ik

: price of a perpetual bond or preferred stock.

: theoretical price of a stock that is expected to return a dividend of D with each subsequent dividend increasing by (1 + k ), k < i.

Chapter 9:
Recognition of Ination:
i =
ir 1+r

: real rate of interest, where i is the eective rate of interest and r is the rate of ination.

Method of Equated Time and (Macauley) Duration:

n

tRt t=
t=1 n

: method of equated time. Rt

t=1 n

tv t Rt d=
t=1 n

: (Macauley) duration. v Rt
t

t=1

Volatility and Modied Duration:

P (i) = v t Rt : PV of a cash ow at interest rate i.
d 1+i ( i) v = P P (i) = vd =

: volatility/modied duration.

( i) d = (1 + i) P P (i) : alternate denition of (Macauley) duration.

Convexity and (Redington) Immunization:

c=
P ( i) P ( i)

: convexity

To achieve Redington immunization we want:

1. P (i) = 0 2. P (i) > 0