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How To Read Faster: 5 Useful Techniques You Must Try

Zee Tan

13 Jul 2024

Study Motivation

In between juggling work, life and studying for finance exams, there’s hardly much time to sleep nor eating well. There’s never enough time, isn’t it?  We’ve discussed various ways to organize ourselves for more productive study sessions. However, the largest area of improvement in terms of time management would come from learning how to read faster, since a significant amount of our studying time is dedicated to revising. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we can learn how to study faster by improving our reading speed? Here are 5 ...

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Chartered SRI Counselor (CSRIC): Our Useful Guide

Sophie Macon

12 Jul 2024

ESG

The demand for more sustainable, responsible and impact (SRI) investing options is real, even at the retail investor level: Thanks to a stricter definition of what constitutes sustainable investing in the US, these assets ...

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2024 Free FRM Study Plan: Create Yours Now

Zee Tan

10 Jul 2024

FRM

"Love the (study planner), it's been instrumental in my exam prep... You're genuinely a life saver!" Tom Flavahan FRM candidates often ask us on how best to plan their studies to pass the exams. Or ...

CFA Institutes methodology for determining Minimum Passing Score MPS

FRM Minimum Passing Score: Our Best Estimates So Far

Sophie Macon

9 Jul 2024

FRM

[Updated for May 2024 results. Help our FRM MPS research by submitting your Part 1 and Part 2 results!] Not to be confused with pass rates, GARP does not release FRM minimum passing score ...

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Free CFA Level 3 Mock Exam: 44 Practice Questions, Full Answers and Analytics

Zee Tan

4 Jul 2024

CFA, CFA Level 3

To access our free mock exams for other levels, check out our Free Guides section. CFA Level 3 candidates: since doing practice questions is one of the best ways to study, here is our updated, ...

cfa level 1 fixed income cheat sheet

CFA Level 1 Fixed Income: Our Cheat Sheet

Sophie Macon

3 Jul 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1

Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2024 and 2025’s curriculum. Fixed Income is a central topic in finance, and it increases in importance (topic weight wise) as you advance to CFA ...

Failed CFA exam - here's what to do next

Failed CFA Exams? 5 Clear Steps To Recover

Zee Tan

29 Jun 2024

CFA, Exam Day & Results

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 (just below the Minimum ...