
CFA® Level I Exam Study Plan offered by AnalystPrep
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail,” is one of the most famous quotes by Benjamin Franklin, and it illustrates the importance of planning not just for your CFA exams, but for every aspect of your life….

CFA® Program Course offered by AnalystPrep
The CFA Program encompasses three very challenging levels (levels I, II, and III). A charter issued by the CFA Institute® signifies that a candidate has successfully attempted and passed all three levels. To maintain their status as active charter holders,…

Level I CFA® Exam Preparation offered by AnalystPrep
Career as a CFA Charterholder Are you looking to be a financial analyst, an investment analyst, a portfolio manager, a research analyst, a credit analyst, an account manager? Those are but a few of the career opportunities that a CFA…

2021 CFA® Exams – New Exam Dates and Registration Fees
Whether affected or infected, it is indisputable that the COVID-19 brought with it more harm than good. Among the many adverse effects of the disease include deaths, loss of jobs, slow businesses, movement restrictions, and decline in countries’ economies. The…

Changes to CFA® Exams in 2021
Exam Postponements in 2020 In 2020, Coronavirus disrupted the normal functioning of the whole world. For this reason, CFA Institute decided to postpone the CFA exams, and in so doing, allowed candidates an extra 6 months to study. Postponing exam…

The Complete Study Guide and Outline to the Level I of the CFA® Exam
Getting your Chartered Financial Analyst® or CFA® designation is a great way to ensure a better career for yourself. In order to get there, however, there are a series of challenges that you must pass. The first one – and…

Best Tips and Tricks for Preparing and Successfully Passing FRM Exams
Passing your Financial Risk Management (FRM) exam on the first try isn’t impossible – it is however quite difficult. FRM exams are detailed and involve complex calculations and thinking from each exam candidate. A financial risk manager is expected to…

Options Payoffs and Profits (Calculations for CFA® and FRM® Exams)
Understanding call and put option payoffs is a must for mastering derivatives in the CFA® or FRM® exams—and for real-world trading strategies. This guide breaks down option payoff and profit formulas, shows you how to calculate each, and includes charts…

Bond Valuation (Calculations for CFA® and FRM® Exams)
Bond valuation is an application of discounted cash flow analysis. The general approach to bond valuation is to utilize a series of spot rates to reflect the timing of future cash flows. Value, Price, and TVM Value can be described as…

Covariance and Correlation (Calculations for CFA® and FRM® Exams)
The covariance is a measure of the degree of co-movement between two random variables. For instance, we could be interested in the degree of co-movement between the variables X and Y, where we can let: X = interest rate Y…