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CFA PREP47 units46 lessons924 flashcards47 tests
  • 1Ethics and Trust in the Investment Profession · Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct4 steps
  • 2Guidance for Standards I–VII4 steps
  • 3Introduction to the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)3 steps
  • 4Ethics Application5 steps
  • 5Rates and Returns · The Time Value of Money in Finance4 steps
  • 6Statistical Measures ofAsset Returns3 steps
  • 7Probability Trees and Conditional Expectations · Portfolio Mathematics3 steps
  • 8Simulation Methods3 steps
  • 9Estimation and Inference · Hypothesis Testing4 steps
  • 10Parametric and Non-Parametric Tests of Independence · Simple Linear Regression3 steps
  • 11Introduction to Big Data Techniques4 steps
  • 12The Firm and Market Structures3 steps
  • 13Understanding Business Cycles3 steps
  • 14Fiscal Policy · Monetary Policy4 steps
  • 15Introduction to Geopolitics · International Trade3 steps
  • 16Capital Flows and the FX Market · Exchange Rate Calculations4 steps
  • 17Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis3 steps
  • 18Analyzing Income Statements4 steps
  • 19Analyzing Balance Sheets3 steps
  • 20Analyzing Statements of Cash Flows I · Analyzing Statements of Cash Flows II4 steps
  • 21Analysis of Inventories · Analysis of Long-Term Assets3 steps
  • 22Topics in Long-Term Liabilities and Equity · Analysis of Income Taxes4 steps
  • 23Financial Reporting Quality · Financial Analysis Techniques · Introduction to Financial Statement Modeling5 steps
  • 24Organizational Forms, Corporate Issuer Features, and Ownership · Investors and Other Stakeholders · Corporate Governance: Conflicts, Mechanisms, Risks, and Benefits3 steps
  • 25Working Capital and Liquidity · Capital Investments and Capital Allocation3 steps
  • 26Capital Structure · Business Models4 steps
  • 27Market Organization and Structure · Security Market Indexes4 steps
  • 28Market Eficiency · Overview of Equity Securities3 steps
  • 29CompanyAnalysis: Past and Present · Industry and Competitive Analysis · CompanyAnalysis: Forecasting3 steps
  • 30Equity Valuation: Concepts and Basic Tools5 steps
  • 31Fixed-Income Instrument Features · Fixed-Income Cash Flows and Types3 steps
  • 32Fixed-Income Issuance and Trading · Fixed-Income Markets for Corporate Issuers · Fixed-Income Markets for Government Issuers3 steps
  • 33Fixed-Income Bond Valuation: Prices and Yields · Yield and Yield Spread Measures for Fixed-Rate Bonds · Yield and Yield Spread Measures for Floating-Rate Instruments4 steps
  • 34The Term Structure of Interest Rates: Spot, Par, and Forward Curves3 steps
  • 35Interest Rate Risk and Return · Yield-Based Bond Duration Measures and Properties · Yield-Based Bond Convexity and Portfolio Properties · Curve-Based and Empirical Fixed-Income Risk Measures4 steps
  • 36Credit Risk · Credit Analysis for Government Issuers · Credit Analysis for Corporate Issuers3 steps
  • 37Fixed-Income Securitization · Asset-Backed Security (ABS) Instrument and Market Features · Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS) Instrument and Market Features5 steps
  • 38Derivative Instrument and Derivative Market Features · Forward Commitment and Contingent Claim Features and Instruments · Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Issuer and Investor Uses3 steps
  • 39Arbitrage, Replication, and the Cost of Carry in Pricing Derivatives · Pricing and Valuation of Forward Contracts (and underlying with varying maturities) · Pricing and Valuation of Futures Contracts · Pricing and Valuation of Interest Rates and Other Swaps4 steps
  • 40Pricing and Valuation of Options · Option Replication Using Put–Call Parity · Valuing a Derivative Using a One-Period Binomial Model4 steps
  • 41Alternative Investment Features, Methods, and Structures · Alternative Investment Performance and Returns3 steps
  • 42Investments in Private Capital: Equity and Debt · Real Estate and Infrastructure · Natural Resources3 steps
  • 43Hedge Funds · Introduction to Digital Assets4 steps
  • 44Portfolio Risk and Return: Part I · Portfolio Risk and Return: Part II4 steps
  • 45Portfolio Management: An Overview · Basics of Portfolio Planning and Construction3 steps
  • 46The Behavioral Biases of Individuals · Introduction to Risk Management5 steps
  • 47Guidance for Standards I–VII · Ethics Application2 steps