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CFA Last Month Preparations: The Elite 8 Point Checklist

Zee Tan

24 Jan 2025

CFA, Exam Day & Results

What should you be doing for your CFA last month preparations? Especially if it's your first time, and you're not sure what a CFA Level 1 last month study plan looks like? Among all the chaos, prioritization and focus are key in the last month. To keep things simple for you, here are 8 concise pointers to take note on to utilize your last month effectively to maximize your chances of passing the CFA exams, regardless which level you're sitting for. Let's dive ...

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How Much Does CFP Exam Cost? A Useful Budget

Zee Tan

23 Jan 2025

CFP

​Here’s a no-nonsense guide on all the realistic CFP exam fees you will need to budget for. First, we will look at the average total cost of preparing for the Certified Financial Planner qualification ...

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TopResume Review: Is It Worth It & Legit?

mikey

22 Jan 2025

Career Advice

Note: I did not receive this service for free in exchange for a review, but paid for it myself. I’m writing this because I think it would be useful for everyone to get an idea ...

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CFA Mock Exams: How Many Should You Be Doing?

Zee Tan

19 Jan 2025

CFA, How To Study

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 research (12 years worth ...

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CFA Level 1 Derivatives: Our Cheat Sheet

Sophie Macon

18 Jan 2025

CFA, CFA Level 1

Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2025’s curriculum. Derivatives. Perhaps no single word has a greater ability to strike fear in the hearts of CFA candidates. The readings on this topic are ...

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CFP Requirements: 4 Steps to Become a Certified Financial Planner

Zee Tan

17 Jan 2025

CFP

If you're considering a flexible, intellectually stimulating finance career with high job satisfaction, financial planning is definitely within the top 5, in our opinion. And one of the more prominent, internationally recognized qualification within ...

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CFA Passing Score: Our Helpful MPS Estimates

Zee Tan

17 Jan 2025

CFA, Exam Day & Results

[Updated for Nov 2024 exams - details below. To help our estimates, send your results PDF to results@300hours.com.] This article is about minimum passing scores. For CFA exam pass rates, see this article instead. IMPORTANT: ...