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Which Is The Most Difficult CFA Level?

4 Mar 2024

CFA, How To Study

Mirror mirror on the wall, which is the most difficult CFA level of them all? While opinions differ among us, I think quite a lot of CFA charterholders agree that the answer is between CFA Level 2 vs Level 3. In this article, we start of by looking at the hardest topics by level. Then, we focus on the reasons why candidates felt that CFA Level 2 or Level 3 were particularly challenging, in hope that you'll avoid the same pitfalls they ...

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6 Effective Ways To Manage Stress While Studying

3 Mar 2024

Study Motivation

Stress has an alarming ability to infiltrate all aspects of everyday life. It can strike unexpectedly, often causing people to subconsciously react in ways that are quite out of proportion to their situation. ...

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How to Balance Work, Study and Family: 5 Valuable Tips

2 Mar 2024

Study Motivation

Being a working parent is hard enough, but what if you add on the challenge of studying for a finance exam to the mix? Some of us at 300Hours have rambunctious children, so we ...

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6 Useful Salary Negotiation Tips You Must Know

29 Feb 2024

Career Advice

It’s insane that we’re never taught about negotiations in classes, given how much we actually need it for important milestones in our lives, such as promotion and salary raise discussions. Just like interviewing, networking, ...

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8 Effective Job Hunting Tips For 2024

27 Feb 2024

Career Advice

The global COVID-19 pandemic has certainly made job search trickier than it already is. If you are looking for a new job during this year, here’s a master list of top job hunting ...

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Comic: The 12 Steps to Answering A CFA Practice Question

25 Feb 2024

Study Break

If you’re taking the CFA exams soon, you must be pretty tired of studying by now. (Here’s how to prevent CFA burnout, by the way.) Although we mostly write articles here at 300Hours, I ...

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How to Convince Your Firm To Pay For Your CFA Exam

23 Feb 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3

I was feeling really poor back when I was attempting CFA Level 2. I had just been let go in my finance role and I wanted to switch careers into advertising, yet still continue ...