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CIRE Formula Cheat Sheet

Two pages, every formula on the CIRE blueprint: time value of money, bond pricing + duration + convexity, equity valuation, options + futures payoffs, portfolio risk, taxation tables, registered account limits, AML reporting thresholds, margin + short-sale mechanics. Each formula includes the variable list, when it fails on the exam, and a worked numerical example. Derived from the official CIRE practice exam.

• - Time Value of Money (FV, PV, annuity, perpetuity, EAR, Fisher)
• - Bond pricing, YTM, YTC, duration, convexity, DV01
• - Equity valuation (P/E, PEG, P/B, DDM, EV/EBITDA)
• - Portfolio risk (CAPM, Sharpe, Treynor, Jensen, Sortino)
• - Options payoffs, put-call parity, greeks
• - Futures pricing and hedge ratio
• - Canadian taxation tables (2025 federal brackets, DTC)
• - Registered accounts (TFSA, RRSP, FHSA, RESP, RRIF)
• - AML / PCMLTFA reporting thresholds
• - Margin requirements and short-sale mechanics