2022 CFA Exam Dates: Important Deadlines You Need To Know
Keeping track of all the important CFA exam information and deadlines is tough as is, especially when you’re already busy studying to pass the exams. It didn’t help that CFA…
CFA Passing Score: Here’s the Latest MPS Estimates
[Updated for November 2021 CFA exams Level 1 exams – details below. To help our estimates, send your results PDF to results@300hours.com.] This article is about minimum passing scores. For…
CFA Pass Rates: How Hard Are The CFA Exams?
[Updated for the Nov’21 CFA exams] CFA pass rates are a factor in most candidates’ consideration on whether to sign up for the CFA exams. If pass rates are too…
Failed CFA Exams? 5 Clear Steps To Recover
CFA exams are famed for being difficult to pass. Failing CFA exams is unfortunately pretty common, but certainly not discussed enough. When I failed CFA Level 2 many years ago…
How To Properly Show CFA On Resume, LinkedIn & Business Cards
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…
CFA Exam Results: How to Interpret CFA Results Charts
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 guide…
CFA Level 1 Corporate Issuers: Our Cheat Sheet
Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2022’s curriculum. In 2022’s CFA curriculum update, Corporate Finance has been renamed as Corporate Issuers with a major revision on the…
CFA Level 1 Alternative Investments: Our Cheat Sheet
Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2022’s curriculum. Whilst a relatively smaller topic weight in the overall Level 1 exams, CFA Alternative Investments is an important topic…
CFA Level 1 Fixed Income: Our Cheat Sheet
Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2022’s curriculum. Fixed Income is a central topic in finance, and it increases in importance (topic weight wise) as you advance…
CFA Practice Questions: Our Ultimate Guide
It’s the time of the year again – few weeks before before CFA exams… it’s crunch time! We now know that practicing is one of the best ways to learn effectively for…
CFA Scholarships: How to Successfully Get Them
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 $1,450,…
How To Improve Memory For Studying: 18 Effective Ways
This is a SUPER detailed guide to enhancing your memory retention for studying. In this guide, I’ll show you 18 actionable ways on how to improve memory for studying any exams,…
What’s A Safe CFA Mock Exam Target Score To Aim For?
It’s easy to get discouraged by the recent unexpected trends in CFA minimum passing scores and pass rates. While there are a few reasons for the recent low CFA pass…
CFA Level 1 Quantitative Methods: Our Cheat Sheet
Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2022’s curriculum. CFA exams are tough, we get it. We have gone through them ourselves. That’s why we created our Cheat…
CFA Level 1 Portfolio Management: Our Cheat Sheet
Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2022’s curriculum. It is probably no surprise that portfolio management is the most popular career current CFA candidates are interested in…
CFA Entry Requirements: A Detailed Overview
There are currently more than 175,000 individuals CFA charterholders globally, and this number is only expected to increase. The first step of becoming a CFA charterholder is to register for…
CFA Mock Exams: How Many Should You Be Doing?
One of the most effective ways to learn is through practice, lots of it. However, how many CFA mock exams should we aim to complete for practice? According to our…
CFA Level 1 Tips: Top Advice From Previous Candidates
So you’ve finally registered for the CFA exams as a Level 1 candidate. Welcome! Facing the first challenge of your CFA journey can be overwhelming. But you are not alone, because we are…
CFA Level 1 Ethics: Our Cheat Sheet
Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2022’s curriculum. If mastered, Ethics can be the ace up your sleeve throughout your CFA exam journey, given its relative high…
CFA Level 1 Derivatives: Our Cheat Sheet
Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2022’s curriculum. Derivatives. Perhaps no single word has a greater ability to strike fear in the hearts of CFA candidates. The…
CFA Level 1 Equity: Our Cheat Sheet
Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2022’s curriculum. If you’re following our recommended Level 1 topic study order: after going through Quant, FRA and Fixed Income, CFA…