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CFA Flashcards: 7 Simple Tips to Create An Effective One

29 Sep 2024

CFA, How To Study

Have you considered making your own CFA flashcards for your studies? Sometimes you find them ridiculously useful, and sometimes you may find them a bit ineffective – why is that? The secret to effective flashcard use is in the method. Successful CFA candidates utilize flashcards that makes the most of their study time. I found them to be a great CFA study aid when I was taking the exams, and they helped greatly in answering concept-definition questions especially in Levels 1 and ...

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How To Pass CFA Level 1 in First Attempt

27 Sep 2024

CFA, How To Study

As a CFA exam candidate, I've achieved the holy grail: I’m lucky enough as a candidate to have passed my CFA exams the first times I attempted them. As more than half of Level ...

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CFA Scholarships: How to Successfully Get Them

23 Sep 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3

Aside from the time commitment, there is a considerable cost to pursuing the CFA charter, especially for students. Level 1 enrollment and registration fees alone can be as high as $1,600, not including any third-party ...

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FRM Pass Rates: How Hard Are FRM Exams?

22 Sep 2024

FRM

Current or potential FRM candidates often wonder what are the FRM pass rates like, in order to have a sense of FRM exam difficulty. This is also a common question we get asked ...

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FRM Fees: What’s The Total Cost? A Solid Estimate

21 Sep 2024

FRM

​Here’s a proper guide on all the relevant FRM fees you really need to budget for both Parts of the FRM exams. First, we are going to dive straight into the total cost of FRM exams ...

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How to Balance Work, Study and Family: 5 Valuable Tips

20 Sep 2024

Study Motivation

Being a working parent is hard enough, but what if you add on the challenge of studying for a finance exam to the mix? Some of us at 300Hours have rambunctious children, so we ...

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2025 CFA Exam Cost Breakdown: A Detailed Estimate

19 Sep 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3

When evaluating the benefits of the CFA charter, we quite often come to the discussion on whether CFA is a good return on investment.  Whilst the return part of the equation is subjective and trickier ...