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"For many students, parts of the CFA Program exams that commonly cause the most trouble are those covering fixed income and derivatives," Alex King, a director for examination development at the CFA Institute, told Business Insider. Show Check out the questions, along with the answers and explanations from the CFA Institute: Question 1A portfolio of securities representing a given security market, market segment, or asset class is best described as a: More than 100,000 people around the world take the test in more than 100 countries every year. Tanya Lake
Answer: B. "A security market index represents a given security market, market segment, or asset class and is normally constructed as portfolios of marketable securities." Question 2Colin Gifford, CFA, is finalising a monthly newsletter to his clients, who are primarily individual investors. Many of the clients' accounts hold the common stock of Capricorn Technologies. In the newsletter, Gifford writes, "Based on the next six months' earnings of $US1.50 per share and a 10 per cent increase in the dividend, the price of Capricorn's stock will be $US22 per share by the end of the year." Regarding his stock analysis, the least appropriate action Gifford should take to avoid violating any CFA Institute Standards of Professional Conduct would be to:
Answer: B "Although pro forma analysis may be standard industry practice, it is not required by the Standards of Professional Conduct. Earnings estimates are opinions and must be clearly identified as such. It is also important for investors to be able to identify limitations of analysis when making investment decisions." Question 3Cost-push inflation is least likely to be affected by an increase in:
Answer: B "Cost-push inflation arises due to increases in costs associated with production: wages and raw materials prices." Question 4Labour markets are best described as a type of:
Answer: C "Factor markets are markets for the purchase and sale of factors of production. Labour markets are a type of factor market in which households offer to sell their labour services." Question 5A corporation issues five-year fixed-rate bonds. Its treasurer expects interest rates to decline for all maturities for at least the next year. She enters into a one-year agreement with a bank to receive quarterly fixed-rate payments and to make payments based on floating rates benchmarked on three-month Libor. This agreement is best described as a:
Answer: C "A swap is a series of forward payments. Specifically, a swap is an agreement between two parties to exchange a series of future cash flows. The corporation receives fixed-interest-rate payments and makes variable-interest-rate payments. Given that the contract is for one year and the floating rate is based on three-month Libor, at least four payments will be made during the year." Question 6An industry characterised by rising volumes, improving profitability, falling prices, and relatively low competition among companies is most likely in which of the following life-cycle stages?
Answer: A "An industry in growth stage is characterised by rising volumes, improving profitability, falling prices, and relatively low competition among companies." Question 7To evaluate the potential effect of an innovative and unique type of business transaction on financial statements, an analyst's best approach is to:
Answer: B "By understanding the economic purpose of a transaction and applying the conceptual framework, an analyst may be able to evaluate the potential effect on financial statements, even in the absence of specific standards." This story first appeared in Business Insider. Read it here or follow BusinessInsider Australia on Facebook. Passing Level III in the top 10% globally and only 18 months after passing Level I is probably as good and as fast as it gets. Here is a behind the scene of the above achievement. If you are considering preparing your CFA charter, come in and find it out! Changing career from FMCG into Finance, I was keen to go for one of the toughest and most recognized exam in this new industry in which I was embarking and hone my technical skills to ensure a successful transition. In Finance, we are in the business of trust, which I feel comes from a) your technical expertise to deliver results and b) your ethics guiding you to have the best interest of the financial market, your clients and your employer at heart. This is precisely what the CFA Institute (CFAI) focuses on so the CFA charter was the logical choice for me. Following my passion paid off. Talking about passion, I realized during my previous career that nothing could beat out passion. How can you compete against people passionate about their job if you are not and what sense does that make? Hence I decided to "stop faking it and change positions" to follow my passion for finance. Not only did I change positions but I changed careers. Was I scared? of course...Was I excited, you bet! And guess what, it paid off: I graduated as Valedictorian of the Class 2018 MSc in Finance, just became a top performer at the CFA exams in the top 10% globally......and I landed a position in a Single Family Office within weeks post graduation. Not bad for a middle aged career switcher! "Impossible is nothing". Follow your passion! ... not because it will be easy but because it will be worth it... Many do not dare taking the grueling CFA exams and out of those who do, around 90% fail. June 2019 exam pass rate: https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/programs/cfa/exam/results-info
By the time we get to Level III, we have lost more than 80% of the candidates and only just over half will make it. So delighted that I aced it in the top 10%. To me the CFA charter tells just as much about your financial and ethical expertise as it does about your discipline and passion. There are just so many distractions, unexpected events and conflicting priorities in life over a 2 to 4 year horizon, that you have got to be totally clear about your goals and have the support of your family and team at work...and you have got to like finance...a lot! My advice is if you are going to take the CFA charter, go all out or don't even entertain the idea of passing it. With a 90% failure rate, you know it is not gonna be a walk in the park since candidates do not put that amount of energy, time and money for the fun of it...they too are determined to pass... In short the odds are not in your favor. So if you want to be a CFA athlete, you have got to train like one. I feel the 300+ hours from the CFA Institute can be misleading and successful people I met ended up spending much more time preparing. There is so much content to cover. Also the preparation has become much more professional these days with many good prep providers. I have not come across candidates (not saying there aren't any though) who would prepare with just the CFA materials. I probably spent close to 1500 hours studying the CFA curriculum (close to 10,000 pages) and the prep provider materials. Do you need to study that much? most definitely not. Can you pass with fewer hours? most probably yes but I guess it depends if you just want to pass or to really understand the content. 1500 hours over the CFA prep is a good start, but only a start. As it takes around 10000 hours to become an expert at anything, there is still a long and exciting way ahead. This is also what the CFAI and prep providers preaches...your CFA charter is just the beginning of a lifelong journey of learning and growing your skills. Study plan: I used Mark Meldrum (MM) preparation and I cannot recommend it enough. I prepared with Kaplan Schweser at Level I, Wiley at Level II and Mark Meldrum at Level III. All 3 are solid prep providers but Mark Meldrum prep is off the charts. Highly recommended especially with the Level III morning exam grading sessions.
Thanks to Francesco Sama and the team for their understanding and support during this flat out period in which I started a new job, prepared for Level III and last but not least became a dad. Looking forward to leveraging my newly acquired expertise in Finance and Ethics to further grow the SFO. Big thanks to Ina and Valentin for their relentless support. The little one did learn a thing or 2 about behavioral finance with daddy while studying but I am sure that he will soon enjoy playing with toy cars a lot more than with the CFA books! If you are based in / around Monaco and consider taking the CFA exams, please feel free to reach out for a coffee. We currently do not have any local CFA society in Monaco, let's dream big...who knows what the future holds! Disclosure: I have no financial or personal interests in any of the mentioned prep providers...the above only reflects my humble and most likely biased views and opinions :) Has anyone ever gotten a 100 on CFA?Same idea as for L1, the idea is that if you score >70% on the overall exam, you should pass. Actually those stats are old, I got a 100% in December. It said A+ on my score results. In addition to putting CFA level II on my resume, CFAI has agreed to allow me to wear capes to interviews. What is the highest score on the CFA Level 1 exam?As we all know, the CFA Level 1 exam is scored out of a maximum of 180 points, with the passing score being a closely guarded secret by the CFA Institute. Can you pass CFA with 65%?CFA Level 1 passing scores 2012-2023 (estimated)We estimated that CFA Level 1's MPS ranged from 56%-74% from 2012-2024, with an 12 year average of 65%. The latest estimated MPS for CFA Level 1 (i.e. Nov 2023 exams) is estimated to be around 68%. The latest estimated MPS for recent CFA Level 1 exams are: Nov 2023: 68% What percentage of people get the CFA?The latest CFA pass rates are: 35% for Level 1 (Nov 2023) 44% for Level 2 (Nov 2023) |
