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Best CFA Calculator Guide: TI BA II Plus vs HP 12C

15 Feb 2024

CFA, How To Study

Not sure which CFA approved calculator to use? If you're still on the fence about Texas Instrument's BA II Plus vs HP 12C, you've come to the right place. In this CFA calculator guide - which also applies to the FRM and CAIA exams by the way - we discuss the pros and cons of each model and what we think is the best calculator for CFA Level 1 and beyond. Remember that CFA exams have a strict calculator policy. You would ...

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CFA Deferral Policy: How to Make Exam Changes, Simplified

13 Feb 2024

CFA, Exam Day & Results

With so many changes and constant updates in CFA exam policies recently, it can be hard to keep up with them when you're busy studying. And sometimes, life happens and you can no longer ...

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CFA Level 3 Study Guide: Top Tips From Candidates

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 ...

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

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

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

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?

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 ...