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LM01 Alternative Investment Features, Methods, and Structures.
LM01 Categories, Characteristics, and Compensation Structures of Alternative Investments
LM01 Corporate Structures and Ownership
LM01 Derivative Instrument and Derivative Market Features
LM01 Derivative Instrument and Derivative Market Features.
LM01 Ethics and Trust in the Investment Profession
LM01 Ethics and Trust in the Investment Profession.
LM01 Fixed-Income Instrument Features.
LM01 Fixed-Income Securities: Defining Elements
LM01 Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis
LM01 Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis.
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LM01 Market Organization and Structure
LM01 Organizational Forms, Corporate Issuer Features, and Ownership.
LM01 Portfolio Management Overview
LM01 Portfolio Management: An Overview.
LM01 Rates and Returns.
LM01 The Firm & Market Structures.
LM01 Time Value of Money
LM01 Topics in Demand and Supply Analysis
LM02 Alternative Investment Performance and Returns.
LM02 Analyzing Income Statements.
LM02 Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct Profession
LM02 Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct.
LM02 Financial Reporting Standards
LM02 Fixed Income Markets - Issuance Trading and Funding
LM02 Fixed-Income Cash Flows and Types.
LM02 Forward Commitment and Contingent Claim Features and Instruments
LM02 Forward Commitment and Contingent Claim Features and Instruments.
LM02 Introduction to Corporate Governance and Other ESG Considerations
LM02 Investors and Other Stakeholders.
LM02 Organizing, Visualizing, and Describing Data
LM02 Performance Calculation and Appraisal of Alternative Investments
LM02 Portfolio Risk & Return: Part I.
LM02 Portfolio Risk and Return Part I
LM02 Security Market Indexes
LM02 Security Market Indexes.
LM02 The Firm and Market Structures
LM02 Time Value of Money in Finance.
LM02 Understanding Business Cycles.
LM03 Aggregate Output, Prices and Economic Growth
LM03 Analyzing Balance Sheets.
LM03 Business Models & Risks
LM03 Corporate Governance: Conflicts, Mechanisms, Risks, and Benefits.
LM03 Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Issuer and Investor Uses
LM03 Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Issuer and Investor Uses.
LM03 Fiscal Policy.
LM03 Fixed-Income Issuance and Trading.
LM03 Guidance for Standards I-VII
LM03 Guidance for Standards I–VII.
LM03 Introduction to Fixed Income Valuation
LM03 Investments in Private Capital: Equity and Debt.
LM03 Market Efficiency
LM03 Market Efficiency.
LM03 Portfolio Risk & Return: Part II.
LM03 Portfolio Risk and Return Part II
LM03 Private Capital, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Hedge Funds
LM03 Probability Concepts
LM03 Statistical Measures of Asset Returns.
LM03 Understanding Income Statements
LM04 An Introduction to Asset-Backed Securities
LM04 Analyzing Statements of Cash Flows I.
LM04 Arbitrage, Replication, and the Cost of Carry in Pricing Derivatives
LM04 Arbitrage, Replication, and the Cost of Carry in Pricing Derivatives.
LM04 Basics of Portfolio Planning & Construction
LM04 Basics of Portfolio Planning and Construction.
LM04 Capital Investments
LM04 Common Probability Distributions
LM04 Fixed-Income Markets for Corporate Issuers.
LM04 Introduction to the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)
LM04 Introduction to the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS).
LM04 Monetary Policy.
LM04 Overview of Equity Securities
LM04 Overview of Equity Securities.
LM04 Probability Trees and Conditional Expectations.
LM04 Real Estate and Infrastructure.
LM04 Understanding Balance Sheets
LM04 Understanding Business Cycles
LM04 Working Capital and Liquidity.
LM05 Analyzing Statements of Cash Flows II.
LM05 Capital Investments and Capital Allocation.
LM05 Company Analysis: Past and Present.
LM05 Fixed-Income Markets for Government Issuers.
LM05 Introduction to Geopolitics.
LM05 Introduction to Industry and Company Analysis
LM05 Monetary and Fiscal Policy
LM05 Natural Resources.
LM05 Portfolio Mathematics.
LM05 Pricing and Valuation of Forward Contracts and for an Underlying with Varying Maturities
LM05 Pricing and Valuation of Forward Contracts.
LM05 Sampling and Estimation
LM05 The Behavioral Biases of Individuals
LM05 The Behavioral Biases of Individuals.
LM05 Understanding Cash Flow Statements
LM05 Understanding Fixed-Income Risk and Return
LM05 Working Capital & Liquidity
LM06 Analysis of Inventories.
LM06 Capital Structure.
LM06 Cost of Capital-Foundational Topics
LM06 Equity Valuation: Concepts and Basic Tools
LM06 Financial Analysis Techniques
LM06 Fixed-Income Bond Valuation: Prices and Yields.
LM06 Fundamentals of Credit Analysis
LM06 Hedge Funds.
LM06 Hypothesis Testing
LM06 Industry and Competitive Analysis.
LM06 International Trade.
LM06 Introduction to Geopolitics
LM06 Introduction to Risk Management
LM06 Introduction to Risk Management.
LM06 Pricing and Valuation of Futures Contracts
LM06 Pricing and Valuation of Futures Contracts.
LM06 Simulation Methods.
LM07 Analysis of Long-Term Assets.
LM07 Business Models.
LM07 Capital Flows and the FX Market.
LM07 Capital Structure
LM07 Company Analysis: Forecasting.
LM07 Estimation and Inference.
LM07 International Trade and Capital Flows
LM07 Introduction to Digital Assets.
LM07 Introduction to Linear Regression
LM07 Inventories
LM07 Pricing and Valuation of Interest Rate and Other Swaps.
LM07 Pricing and Valuation of Interest Rates and Other Swaps
LM07 Technical Analysis
LM07 Yield and Yield Spread Measures for Fixed-Rate Bonds.
LM08 Currency Exchange Rates
LM08 Equity Valuation: Concepts and Basic Tools.
LM08 Exchange Rate Calculations.
LM08 Fintech in Investment Management
LM08 Hypothesis Testing.
LM08 Long Lived Assets
LM08 Measures of Leverage
LM08 Pricing and Valuation of Options
LM08 Pricing and Valuation of Options.
LM08 Topics in Long-Term Liabilities and Equity.
LM08 Yield and Yield Spread Measures for Floating-Rate Instruments.
LM09 Analysis of Income Taxes.
LM09 Income Taxes
LM09 Option Replication Using Put-Call Parity
LM09 Option Replication Using Put–Call Parity.
LM09 Parametric and Non-Parametric Tests of Independence.
LM09 The Term Structure of Interest Rates: Spot, Par, and Forward Curves.
LM10 Financial Reporting Quality.
LM10 Interest Rate Risk and Return.
LM10 Non-current (Long-Term) Liabilities
LM10 Simple Linear Regression.
LM10 Valuing a Derivative Using a One-Period Binomial Model
LM10 Valuing a Derivative Using a One-Period Binomial Model.
LM11 Financial Analysis Techniques.
LM11 Financial Reporting Quality
LM11 Introduction to Big Data Techniques.
LM11 Yield-Based Bond Duration Measures and Properties.
LM12 Applications of Financial Statement Analysis
LM12 Introduction to Financial Statement Modeling.
LM12 Yield-Based Bond Convexity and Portfolio Properties.
LM13 Curve-Based and Empirical Fixed-Income Risk Measures.
LM14 Credit Risk.
LM15 Credit Analysis for Government Issuers.
LM16 Credit Analysis for Corporate Issuers.
LM17 Fixed-Income Securitization.
LM18 Asset-Backed Security (ABS) Instrument and Market Features.
LM19 Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS) Instrument and Market Features.
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06-08-19 Advice for those who passed the Level I exam

Advice for those who passed the Level I exam

Congratulations!   Passing the Level I exam is the first major milestone on your journey towards the CFA charter and is a major accomplishment. At this stage, you might be wondering whether to take the Level II exam in June next year and if so, when to start studying? Whether or not to take the Level II exam in June 2020 should depend on the following: Did you enjoy the Level I material and are you still excited about pursuing a career in investment management? Given your personal and professional commitments, will you have enough time to study for the… Read More

Level I

06-08-19 Advice for those who failed the Level I exam

Advice for those who failed the Level I exam

If you failed the Level I exam it is natural to feel disappointed, but you must put this temporary set-back behind you and move on.   Failure was never meant to be a signal to turn back, but instead an obstacle that the stronger and wiser use to boost themselves up and attain greater heights. Your recent failure might cause you to wonder whether or not to continue with the CFA Program, and if so, when to re-take the exam. Let us consider the first question: whether to continue with the CFA Program or not. For those who did not… Read More

Level I

06-08-19 Advice for those who passed the Level II exam

Advice for those who passed the Level II exam

To begin, I would like to congratulate you. You have passed the Level II exam, a significant accomplishment.   Now, however, your next major target should be to clear the Level III exam. Unless there are compelling reasons otherwise, I’d recommend that you take the Level III exam in June 2020. You have a rhythm going, the Level II material is relatively fresh, so why wait? Now let us talk a little about Level III. There is a common perception that Level II is the hardest of all three exams, and so things get a little easier with Level III…. Read More

Level II

06-08-19 Advice for those who failed the Level II exam

Advice for those who failed the Level II exam

If you failed the Level II exam your natural response is probably to feel disappointed. You might even be wondering whether or not you should continue with the CFA Program.   The typical advice is to keep trying; however, I suggest a more thoughtful approach. Put the result on the side for a moment and ask yourself: did I really enjoy the subject matter? Try doing a post-audit on why you did not pass. Was it because you did not have enough time to prepare for the exam? Or did you have a very hard time understanding the concepts? Is… Read More

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19-03-19 Level III Study Advice – March 2019

Level III Study Advice – March 2019

With less than 3 months left for the exam it is crunch time.   Spend as much time as possible studying and make your study time as productive as possible.  Here are some do and don’ts: With every reading focus on the main points; do not get hung up on the details. Our lectures help you do that.  (If you try to understand the depth of every single point you’ll not have time to practice… which is suicide.) Understand the curriculum examples… especially the ones which are relatively short and focused. I hope our videos are helping you with that. Practice… Read More

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19-03-19 Level II Study Advice – March 2019

Level II Study Advice – March 2019

With less than 3 months left for the exam it is crunch time.   Spend as much time as possible studying and make your study time as productive as possible.  Here are some do’s and don’ts: With every reading focus on the main points; do not get hung up on the details. Our lectures help you do that.  (If you try to understand the depth of every single point you’ll not have time to practice… which is suicide.) Understand the curriculum examples… especially the ones which are relatively short and focused.  Some examples seem to go on and on.  At this… Read More

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19-03-19 Level I Study Advice – March 2019

Level I Study Advice – March 2019

With less than 3 months left for the exam it is crunch time.   Spend as much time as possible studying and make your study time as productive as possible.  Here are some do’s and don’ts: With every reading focus on the main points; do not get hung up on the details. Our lectures help you do that.  (If you try to understand the depth of every single point you’ll not have time to practice… which is suicide.) Understand the curriculum examples… especially the ones which are relatively short and focused.  Some examples seem to go on and on.  At this… Read More

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23-01-19 Incoming: Level I December 2018 Results

Incoming: Level I December 2018 Results

Dear December 2018 Level I Candidates, The moment of truth has come.  I’m sure you have been anxiously waiting for your Level I result.  You will experience the agony of failure or the thrill of victory. Read my advice on how to interpret your results and what to do next. If you pass If you fail Best regards, Arif Irfanullah, CFA

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31-08-18 2019 Level I Program Changes

2019 Level I Program Changes

Each year CFA Institute makes changes to the exam curriculum. For details on what has been addedd, removed or changed for Level I please see the chart here: Level I 2018-2019 Program Changes by IFT To learn more about the 2019 Level I exam and make your study strategy…watch this video post If you have any comments or questions please visit the   IFT Help Desk Best Regards, Arif Irfanullah, CFA

Level I

31-08-18 2019 Level II Program Changes

2019 Level II Program Changes

Each year CFA Institute makes changes to the exam curriuculum. For details on what has been added, removed or changed for Level II please see the chart here: Level II 2019-2020 Program Changes by IFT To learn more about the Level II exam and make your study strategy…watch this video post If you have any comments or questions please visit the   IFT Help Desk Best Regards, Arif Irfanullah, CFA

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