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CFA Level 1 Portfolio Management: Our Cheat Sheet

8 Sep 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1

Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2025’s curriculum. It is probably no surprise that portfolio management is the most popular career current CFA candidates are interested in exploring further. Portfolio management is the heart of the CFA program - and they start you light and gentle in Level 1 with a broad strokes introduction, gradually increasing in difficulty and topic weight as you advance to Level 3. Hence, building a solid foundation in CFA Level 1 Portfolio Management is crucial ...

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Finance Career Change: Plan Your Finance Career Switch With Our Free Tool

8 Sep 2024

Career Advice

Did you know that 66% of employed CFA candidates globally are looking to change some aspect of their careers? 😲 Career changes can be hard as your pitch has to highlight why your career path so ...

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How to Convince Your Firm To Pay For Your CFA Exam

7 Sep 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 ...

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When Will My CFA Results Be Released?

6 Sep 2024

CFA, Exam Day & Results

Although the CFA Institute announces most of the relevant dates on the CFA Program calendar right at the start, a pretty significant date is usually missing until the last minute – the CFA ...

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CFA Level 1 Ethics: Our Cheat Sheet

5 Sep 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1

Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2025’s curriculum. If mastered, Ethics can be the ace up your sleeve throughout your CFA exam journey, given its relative high topic-weight yet similar content ...

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7 Benefits of CFA Charter You Should Know

5 Sep 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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How to Prepare for An Interview: 3 Steps To Secure Your Job Offer

4 Sep 2024

Career Advice

With a good resume and solid networking skills, you've landed yourself an interview. That's a great position to be in. So how do you close the deal and get a job offer? Here's how to ...