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CFA Level 3 Study Guide: Top Tips From Candidates

Sophie Macon

13 Feb 2024

CFA, CFA Level 3

I know the feeling – you’ve just beat the beast that was Level 2 – that was the hardest one, isn’t it? Well... yes and no. While on paper Level 2 is harder due to the sheer amount of material, Level 3 is a challenge for other reasons. CFA Level 3 tends to be underestimated and also the most misunderstood – it’s not that candidates don’t spend enough time preparing, but rather sometimes don’t spend the time to understand how Level 3 works. That’s where these 10 golden rules ...

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CFA Salary: How Much Does A CFA Charter Increase Your Pay By? [2024]

Zee Tan

12 Feb 2024

CFA, Career Advice, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3

Will your salary increase as you go through the CFA Program?​Yes, it does. In fact, you don’t even have to wait until you become a CFA charterholder. Proper, reliable CFA salary data are hard ...

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How to Switch Careers from Engineering to Finance

Zee Tan

11 Feb 2024

Career Advice

It’s quite common for individuals who start off as engineers to think about switching to finance. I'm one of them, by the way. Despite seemingly different disciplines, a background in engineering equips one well ...

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7 Benefits of CFA Charter You Should Know

Zee Tan

10 Feb 2024

CFA, Career Advice, CFA Level 1

Should you take the CFA exams? What are the benefits of CFA program? Each year, hundreds of thousands of professionals ponder about this. Here’s a straight-to-the-point, frank list of reasons why a CFA designation ...

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FRM Pass Rates: How Hard Are FRM Exams?

Sophie Macon

9 Feb 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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Management Consulting Career Path: Roles, Salaries etc

Zee Tan

8 Feb 2024

Career Advice

If you are interested in a career with high-value skills and expertise, where you can advise strategic and operational activities of organizations from the top level, then a management consulting career path could ...

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What Is The Best CFA Level 2 Study Order? [2024]

Zee Tan

6 Feb 2024

CFA, CFA Level 2

Level 1 Topic Order â€¢ Level 2 Topic Order â€¢ Level 3 Topic Order There are 47 Learning Modules in CFA Level 2's 2024 curriculum across 10 topics. But should you study the topics chronologically? Or is there an ...