With 45% of candidates registering for CFA exams for career reasons, it is crucial to keep your “personal marketing materials” – such as CV/resume, LinkedIn, business cards and even email signature – up-to-date to reflect your latest accomplishments in the CFA Program. However, did you know about CFA Institute’s strict guidelines on the CFA designation usage …
What can your CFA exam results charts tell you? More than you may think. To help you get the most out of your CFA exam results, we’ve put together a clearcut guide with: Understanding your results charts can really help you in facing your next exam – use the tips in this guide and take the …
There has been a few changes in schedule and frequency to the the CFA exam dates in recent years. For those considering the CFA exams: No worries, we’ve analyzed all available CFA pathways and mapped them out for you in our clearcut CFA Journey Planner – check it out! CFA exam schedule: summary of CFA …
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Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2024 and 2025’s curriculum. CFA exams are tough, we get it. We have gone through them ourselves. Quantitative Methods is the foundation you need to get right for the rest of the topics. That’s why we created our Cheat Sheets to help your review sessions and …
Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2024 and 2025’s curriculum. Although a relatively small topic weight, CFA Level 1 Corporate Issuers is one of those topics that is highly interlinked with Financial Statement Analysis and Quantitative Methods, therefore mastering this relatively light topic should pay dividends (sorry) for your overall exam. To …
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 …
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 1 candidates fail their exams every year, and being a 300Hours reader myself, I thought it might be useful for me …
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 materials you might need. Luckily, there are a variety of CFA scholarships available for candidates, allowing you to reduce the enrollment and signup …
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 to estimate (as the potential gains depends on various factors unique to you), the monetary cost is more predictable with a …