Financial Reporting and Analysis – CFA® Level 1 Essential Review Summary
There’s no getting around it, financial reporting and analysis is a big part of the CFA level 1 curriculum, and there is a lot of material with which you’ll need to become familiar. As one of the largest sections of…
Tips For Passing the CFA® Exam With Success
Your chances of passing the Level I CFA exam on the first attempt are about one-in-three. That number is even less if you are not a native English speaker or if you are taking the exam outside of the US…
How I Passed the CFA Level 1 Exam on the First Attempt
If you are reading this post, there is a high chance that you are a level I candidate just like I was a few years back. You are also probably a fast learner and an ambitious young professional like most…
Quantitative Methods – CFA® Level I Essential Review Summary – by AnalystPrep
Reading 6 – The Time Value of Money The Time Value of Money is an important concept for the level 1 exam. You will need to be comfortable discounting the Present Value and Future Value of cash flows for individual…
Economics – Level I CFA® Program Essential Review Summary offered by AnaystPrep
Reading 12 – Topics in Demand and Supply Analysis You will need to be able to calculate and explain the importance of Price Elasticity on the exam. Elasticity measures the sensitivity of one variable to another. If something is highly elastic, it…
CFA® Exam Preparation Survey
Keeping true to our commitment to nourishing CFA exam candidates with relevant career information, we, at AnalystPrep, are proud to present to you a detailed analysis of the CFA Institute Candidate Survey that was conducted before and immediately after the…
CFA® Exam ExLevel 1 – 2 Month Study Plan
It is very clear that the CFA program is probably going to be one the most demanding thing you have ever done. Too many people take these exams too lightly, but here we are talking about a six-hour exam with…
One-Month Study Plan – Level I of the CFA® Program
There is only one month to go before the Level I CFA exam, and you should already be performing quizzes and mock questions. If it’s not the case, then it’s definitely time to take a deep breath and buckle down…
How to Recover from a Level I CFA® Exam Failure
Spending 6 months of your life studying for an exam only to find out that you failed can feel like an unrecoverable setback. When you consider that you still need to pass two more exams that are even harder, it’s…
Level I CFA® Program Curriculum Changes from 2018 to 2019
For 2019, the major change is the addition of one reading – Fintech – in the Portfolio Management study session. This reading summarizes new technologies in the investment world such as big data, machine learning, distributed ledgers, and even Bitcoin. All 3 Levels of…
