What are the prospects of an engineer getting a CFA?
I am a engineering Undergrad. I am in fourth year and I am taking the exam in December. I love finance and want to see myself as an equity analyst/IB rather than an engineer. I have planned to get an...
View ArticleQuestion of the Week - Equity
You are provided with the following information on a non-callable, non-convertible preferred stock: Face value: £65.00Annual dividend: £6.35Maturity: PerpetualEmbedded options: NoneRequired rate of...
View ArticleNPV/IRR Generalities - Question
Can someone please translate this into English for me? Thanks!A company prepares a chart with the net present value (NPV) profiles for two mutually exclusive projects with equal lives of five years....
View ArticleTVM Anyone has methods/exercices for easily solving annuity due problems?
Hello everyone!! Question on TVM I'd be glad to have a good technique to easily solve annuity due problems (Diagrams, etc) Thx
View ArticleQuestion of the Week - Corporate Finance
Meta Corp. sells 15,000 units of its product at a price of $10 per unit. The company’s fixed costs are $12,000 and interest expense is $3,000. The variable cost per unit is $7, and the company’s EBIT...
View ArticleOption strategies question (CFA L1)
Guys, I am going through the chapter on Risk Mgmt.applications (one of the last chapters of the last book), specifically, the derivative combinations and suddenly realized the following. Covered Call...
View ArticleWill using 2013 Kaplan Schwesser notes screw me for the Dec 2014 Level 1 exam?
I'm sitting the Level 1 exam in December and have the 2013 copy of the Schwesser notes, am I missing vital content by not having up to date material?
View ArticleQuestion of the Week - Financial Reporting
Given the following data, determine the cash flow from operations (All figures are in $m):Sales = 2,100Increase in inventory = 200Depreciation = 125Increase in accounts receivable = 75Decrease in...
View ArticleOn the TI BA plus II , when calculating , APR and APY for given the PV and...
When N is equaled to 12 , we get APR and APY when N is set 1 , can somebody explain , how the monthly compounding effect is not being considered by setting N to 12(for APR) and how is considered when N...
View ArticleDoes anyone have a dynamic Excel study timetable for the December Level 1 Exam?
I see there's a good timetable out for June but naturally it's too late for that now. Hopefully someone's got one lying around which they could put forth?
View ArticleDividend Discount Model
I'm sure this has been asked before, but it trips me up each time.When do I use D/P + g and when do I use D(1+g)/P + g?
View ArticleDerivatives - Swaps Markets and Contracts
I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how an interest rate swap can be used to hedge an interest rate risk? Preferably with an example.
View Articlebooks weight
Hi everyone, Do you know how much is, approximately, the weight of the level 1 books ?Thanks
View ArticlePassedTense
Hi all! Been following this forum a while and finally I have a question to ask myself. I've been doing the practice exam on passedtense the last couple of days and I'm getting worried that the level of...
View ArticleQuestion of the Week - Corporate Finance
Meta Corp. sells 15,000 units of its product at a price of $10 per unit. The company’s fixed costs are $12,000 and interest expense is $3,000. The variable cost per unit is $7, and the company’s EBIT...
View ArticleIf you're a CFA L1 smartypants, you can win $50 from Passed Tense's qbank
Hey guysPassed Tense is running a contest to reward the top 20 performers in their ADAPT qbank. The top 20 participants with the highest Earned Level (their gauge of how well you're doing in their...
View ArticleModified Duration
I'm looking at CFAI's explanation of why ModDur is the way to go for bonds with embedded options, and it's not getting through. How would you explain this to a 10-year old?Thanks.-Bob
View ArticleWhich of the following is most likely considered an example of matrix pricing?
A. Debt-rating approach only B. Yield-to-maturity approach only C. Both the yield-to-maturity and the debt-rating approaches The practice test I took had the answer listed as A but in my notes I had...
View Articlewhen to take last practice exam
I have 8 practice exams (6 Schweser and 2 CFAI). I can only take exams on the weekends, and have three under my belt so far. Any recommendations on when the last one should be taken? I'm taking the...
View ArticleQuestion of the Week - Quantitative Methods
George purchases a share of stock for $35. At the beginning of the next year, he purchases another share of the same stock for $40. At the end of each of the two years, the stock pays a dividend of...
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