What’s goes well with CFA® Prep?
Studied Economics during undergrad and didn’t get enough finance/accounting under my belt apart from what I learnt in the finance/investing club, and have been using online resources to learn as much as I can. My goal is to get to the investing, asset management side of the business.
I decided to enroll in the CFA® to really get the technical material under my belt. I was wondering if there was anything else that would go well with the CFA®? I was thinking Wall Street prep, researching companies, reading philosophy and value classics (security analysis etc)
Thoughts?
I would describe CFA Level I as a course summary of everything that you should have learned in 4 years of business school undergrad.
Okay thanks, is there anything you would personally study alongside the level 1 material?
Just focus on the CFA exam. Be sure to do well in FRA in L1 as L2 builds on it. Once you get to L2, you probably won’t have much free time.
I study everyday.. I just don’t want to fall into the camp of exam stud but practical novice, that’s why I was curious about any beneficial supplements
The CFA material is good enough by itself to pass the exam. But as I noted, Level I is really a summary of 4 years of undergrad.....hard to say that cramming 4 years of undergrad textbooks is a practical strategy. However, if I could make one textbook suggestion, it would be to read a solid fixed income textbook....at least halfway through. It will serve you well from Level I to III.
Also, many people get good valuation experience in their IB and ER jobs. Few of us have brushed up on convexity and duration which are both important topics throughout the test.
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