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CFA Level I (Chartered Financial Analyst)

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CFA Level I — ethics, quantitative methods, financial reporting, corporate issuers, asset classes and portfolio management.

📏 The CFA Level I exam consists of 180 multiple-choice items split across two 135-minute sessions (270 minutes total); CFA Institute sets the Minimum Passing Score (MPS) after each window using a modified Angoff method.

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10 lessons1 subjectSelf-pacedProfessional plan
Beginner

Beginner skill

Ethics, quantitative foundations, macro/microeconomics, and reading financial statements.

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Ethics & Quantitative Methods

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Ethical and Professional Standards
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Quantitative Methods
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Economics & Financial Statement Analysis

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Economics
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Financial Statement Analysis
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Intermediate

Intermediate skill

Corporate finance, capital budgeting, equity valuation and fixed-income analysis.

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Corporate Issuers & Equity Investments

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Corporate Issuers
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Equity Investments
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Fixed Income

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Fixed Income Valuation and Risk
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Advanced

Advanced skill

Derivatives, alternative investments and portfolio management.

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Derivatives & Alternative Investments

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Derivatives
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Alternative Investments
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Portfolio Management

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Portfolio Risk, Return and CAPM
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  • Topic 1: Ethical and Professional Standards — Code of Ethics, seven Standards of Professional Conduct and GIPSEthical and Professional Standards →
  • Topic 2: Quantitative Methods — time value of money, return measures, probability, hypothesis testing and linear regressionQuantitative Methods →
  • Topic 3: Economics — market structures, business cycles, monetary/fiscal policy, international trade and FX forward parityEconomics →
  • Topic 4: Financial Statement Analysis — income statement, balance sheet, cash flows (FCFF/FCFE), DuPont ROE, inventories, long-lived assets and deferred taxesFinancial Statement Analysis →
  • Topic 5: Corporate Issuers — corporate governance, working capital, capital budgeting (NPV/IRR), WACC and Modigliani–Miller capital structureCorporate Issuers →
  • Topic 6: Equity Investments — market organisation, indices, market efficiency (EMH), Porter's Five Forces, DDM and valuation multiplesEquity Investments →
  • Topic 7: Fixed Income — bond pricing, accrued interest, spot/forward rates, Macaulay/modified/effective duration, convexity and credit riskFixed Income Valuation and Risk →
  • Topic 8: Derivatives — forwards, futures, swaps, option payoffs, put-call parity and one-period binomial valuationDerivatives →
  • Topic 9: Alternative Investments — GP/LP fund structures, private equity, private debt, real estate (NOI/cap rate), infrastructure and hedge fund fee waterfallsAlternative Investments →
  • Topic 10: Portfolio Management — two-asset variance, Markowitz efficient frontier, CAPM/SML, Sharpe/Treynor/alpha, IPS constraints and behavioral biasesPortfolio Risk, Return and CAPM →
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