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CFA vs CPA: Our Super Comparison Guide
There is understandably a lot of comparison and confusion between different financial qualifications. CFA vs CPA is no exception – they even sound similar! We have had chartered accountants share…
2021-2022 CFA Exam Dates: Important Deadlines You Need To Know
Keeping track of the important CFA exam dates and deadlines is tough when all you want to do is make sure you’re remembering enough of the CFA exam curriculum to…
CFA Level 1 Portfolio Management: Our Cheat Sheet
It is probably no surprise that portfolio management is the most popular career current CFA candidates are interested in exploring further. Portfolio management is the heart of the CFA program…
2022 CFA Curriculum Changes: Our Super Summary
Note: This article is for the new 2022 curriculum. For previous year’s info, check out our article on 2020-2021 CFA curriculum changes. The new 2022 CFA curriculum is now out…
Salt Solutions CFA Online Learning Platform: Our Review
I took and passed my CFA Level 3 ten years ago, almost to the day. Those were the days where if you wanted your practice questions on a computer, you…
CFA Passing Score: We Reveal the Latest Minimum Passing Score (MPS) Estimates
[Updated for April 2021 CFA exams. This article is about minimum passing scores, for CFA exam pass rates, see this article instead.] What is the CFA passing score? Unfortunately CFA…
CFA Scholarships: How to Successfully Get Them
Scholarship deadlines: CFA scholarships for the 2021 exams are open for application on a rolling basis, except Access (unknown) and Women’s Scholarship (Sep 2021). Aside from the time commitment, there is…
The Free CFA Study Materials List [2021 Edition]
The CFA program is a lot cheaper than other postgraduate qualifications, but hey, every little helps, right? Be careful though – free CFA exam materials floating around the internet can…
When Will My CFA Exam Results Be Released?
Although the CFA Institute announces most of the relevant dates on the CFA exam calendar right at the start, a pretty significant date is usually missing until the last minute…
CFA Level 1 Derivatives: Our Cheat Sheet
Derivatives. Perhaps no single word has a greater ability to strike fear in the hearts of CFA candidates. The readings on this topic are replete with graphs, formulas, all of…
CFA Level 1 Alternative Investments: Our Cheat Sheet
Whilst a relatively smaller topic weight in the overall CFA Level 1 exams, Alternative Investments is an important topic career-wise if you work in asset management as it is expected…
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May 2021 CFA Exams Cancelled in Multiple Locations [Latest List]
20th May 2021: May 2021 CFA exams in Buenos Aires, Argentina changed to partial closure 17th May 2021: Full closure in Taipei, Taiwan 14th May 2021: Partial closings in 5…
CFA Level 1 Ethics: Our Cheat Sheet
If mastered, Ethics can be the ace up your sleeve throughout your CFA exam journey, given its relative high topic-weight yet similar content across all 3 levels. That said, Ethics…
Customize Your Free CFA Study Planner
“Love the website content and the CFA study planner has become an absolute necessity for me! It helped me clear Level 1 in my first attempt by always keeping me…
CFA Level 1 Equity: Our Cheat Sheet
If you’re following our recommended Level 1 topic study order: after going through Quant, FRA and Fixed Income, CFA Level 1 Equity Investments would be a lovely topic in comparison….
A Super Guide To CFA Computer Based Testing (CBT) From 2021
Way back in March 2019, CFA Institute first announced that CFA Level 1 will be transitioning to computer-based testing (CBT). Then came 2020, a year of significant change for CFA…
CFA Level 1 Fixed Income: Our Cheat Sheet
Fixed Income is a central topic in finance, and it increases in importance (topic weight wise) as you advance to CFA Level 3. With so many key concepts to cover,…
CFA ESG Certificate: Our Easy Guide
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues to the forefront of everyone’s minds. ESG matters. And investors and companies around the world are reacting fast to…
CFA vs CAIA: Which Is Superior? Or Do Both?
CFA and CAIA designations can appear very similar at first sight, as they both target investment and financial professionals. However, there are differences in global recognition, breadth and depth of…
CFA Level 1 Corporate Finance: Our Cheat Sheet
Although a relatively small topic weight, CFA Level 1 Corporate Finance is one of those topics that is highly interlinked with FRA and Quantitative Methods, therefore mastering this relatively light…
CFA vs MBA: Which Is Better for Your Career?
As we’ve covered the MBA subject by looking at CFA Program business schools, a natural follow up question would be: CFA vs MBA, which should I go for? Like most comparisons, the…