This document contains a log of study hours for the CFA Level 1 exam organized by week and subject. It shows that over 28 weeks, 214.5 hours were logged studying various subjects related to the CFA Level 1 curriculum, including economics, quantitative methods, financial reporting and analysis, portfolio management, equity analysis, fixed income, derivatives, and alternative investments. The log includes brief descriptions of the topics studied each day. Overall completion rates are provided for each subject area and the total cumulative hours represent 91% of the minimum expected hours to pass Level 1 of the CFA exam.
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CFA Study Plan
This document contains a log of study hours for the CFA Level 1 exam organized by week and subject. It shows that over 28 weeks, 214.5 hours were logged studying various subjects related to the CFA Level 1 curriculum, including economics, quantitative methods, financial reporting and analysis, portfolio management, equity analysis, fixed income, derivatives, and alternative investments. The log includes brief descriptions of the topics studied each day. Overall completion rates are provided for each subject area and the total cumulative hours represent 91% of the minimum expected hours to pass Level 1 of the CFA exam.
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Reading # Schweser # Topic R Complete
1 Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct Yes
2 Guidance for Standards IVII No 3 Introduction to Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) No 4 GIPS No 5 The Time value of Money Yes 6 Discounted Cash Flow Applications Yes 7 Statistical Concepts and Market Returns Yes 8 Probability Concepts Yes 9 Common Probability Distributions Yes 10 Sampling and Estimation Yes 11 Hypothesis Testing Yes 12 Technical Analysis No 13 Demand and Supply Analysis: Introduction Yes 14 Demand and Supply Analysis: Consumer Demand Yes 15 Demand and Supply Analysis: The Firm Yes 16 The Firm and Market Structures Yes 17 Aggregate Output, Prices and Economic Growth Yes 18 Understanding Business Cycle Yes 19 Moneytary and Fiscal Policy Yes 20 International Trade and Capital Flows Yes 21 Currency Exchange Rate Yes 22 FSA: An Introduction Yes 23 Financial Reporting Mechanics Yes 24 Financial Reporting Standards Yes 25 Understanding Income Statements Yes STUDY SESSION 7: FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ANALYSIS: An Introduction STUDY SESSION 1: Ethic and pro standards STUDY SESSION 3: QUANTITATIVE METHODS: Applications STUDY SESSION 4: ECONOMICS: Microeconomics Analysis STUDY SESSION 2: Quantitative Methods: Basic Concepts STUDY SESSION 5: ECONOMICS: Macroeconomics Analysis STUDY SESSION 6: ECONOMICS: Economics in a Global Context STUDY SESSION 8: FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ANALYSIS: Income Statements, Balance Sheets and Cash Flow Statements 26 Understanding Balance Sheets Yes 27 Understanding Cash Flow Statements Yes 28 Financial Analysis Techniques Yes 29 Inventories Yes 30 Love-lived Assets Yes 31 Income Taxes Yes 32 Non-current Liabilities Yes 33 Financial Reporting Quality: Red Flags and Accounting Warning Signs Yes 34 Accounting Shenanigans on the Cash Flow Statement Yes 35 Financial Statement Analysis: Applications Yes 36 Capital Budgeting Yes 37 Cost of Capital Yes 38 Measures of Leverage Yes 39 Dividends and Share Repurchases: Basics Yes 40 Working Capital Management Yes 41 The Corporate Governace of Listed Companies: A Manual for Investors No 42 Portfolio Management: An overview Yes 43 Portfolio Risk and Return: Part I Yes 44 Portfolio Risk and Return: Part II Yes 45 Basics of Potfolio Planning and Construction Yes 46 Market organization and Structure Yes 47 Securities Market Indices Yes 48 Market Efficiency Yes 49 Overview of Equity Securities Yes 50 Introduction to Industry and Company Analysis Yes 51 Equity Valuation: Concept and Basic Tools Yes 52 Features of Debt Securities Yes 53 Risks Associated with Investing in Bonds Yes 54 Overview of Bond Sectors and Instruments Yes 55 Understanding Yield Spreads Yes 56 Introduction to the Valuation of Debt Securities Yes 57 Yield Measures, Spot Rates and Forward Rates Yes STUDY SESSION 15: FIXED INCOME: Basic Concepts STUDY SESSION 9: Financial Reporting and Analysis: Inventories, Long-lived Assets, Income Taxes and Non- Current Liabilities STUDY SESSION 10: Financial Reporting and Analysis: Evaluating Financial Reporting Quality and Other Appications STUDY SESSION 11: Corporate Finance STUDY SESSION 12: Portfolio Management STUDY SESSION 13: Equity: Market Organization, Market Indices and Market Efficiency STUDY SESSION 14: Equity Analysis and Valuation STUDY SESSION 16: Fixed Income Analysis and Valuation 58 Introduction to the Measurement of Interest Rate Risk Yes 59 Fundamental of Credit Analysis Yes 60 Derivative Markets and Instruments Yes 61 Forward Markets and Contracts Yes 62 Futures Markets and Contracts Yes 63 Option Markets and Contracts Yes 64 Swap Markets and Contracts Yes 65 Risk Management Application of Option Strategy Yes 66 Introduction to Alternative Investments Yes 67 Investing in Commodities Yes STUDY SESSION 17: DERIVATIVES STUDY SESSION 18: Alternative Investments S Complete R completion rate 92.54% S completion rate 0.00% R progress rate 0.00% S progress rate 0.00% No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No STUDY SESSION 7: FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ANALYSIS: An Introduction STUDY SESSION 1: Ethic and pro standards STUDY SESSION 3: QUANTITATIVE METHODS: Applications STUDY SESSION 4: ECONOMICS: Microeconomics Analysis STUDY SESSION 2: Quantitative Methods: Basic Concepts STUDY SESSION 5: ECONOMICS: Macroeconomics Analysis STUDY SESSION 6: ECONOMICS: Economics in a Global Context STUDY SESSION 8: FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ANALYSIS: Income Statements, Balance Sheets and Cash Flow Statements No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No STUDY SESSION 15: FIXED INCOME: Basic Concepts STUDY SESSION 9: Financial Reporting and Analysis: Inventories, Long-lived Assets, Income Taxes and Non- Current Liabilities STUDY SESSION 10: Financial Reporting and Analysis: Evaluating Financial Reporting Quality and Other Appications STUDY SESSION 11: Corporate Finance STUDY SESSION 12: Portfolio Management STUDY SESSION 13: Equity: Market Organization, Market Indices and Market Efficiency STUDY SESSION 14: Equity Analysis and Valuation STUDY SESSION 16: Fixed Income Analysis and Valuation No No No No No No No No No No STUDY SESSION 17: DERIVATIVES STUDY SESSION 18: Alternative Investments Days remainning -267 CFA LEVEL 1 LOGGED HOURS Subject Minimum expected hours DATE HOURS Description 400 6-Mar-13 2 5 Quant 1 7-Mar-13 1 6 8-Mar-13 1 5,6 9-Mar-13 0.5 5,6 10-Mar-13 0.5 7 Week 2 11-Mar-13 1 7 12-Mar-13 2 7 13-Mar-13 1 8 14-Mar-13 1 8 15-Mar-13 2 8 (Fin) 16-Mar-13 2.5 9 17-Mar-13 1.5 7, 8 Week 3 18-Mar-13 3 Q- bank 5678 19-Mar-13 3 9 20-Mar-13 3 10, 11 21-Mar-13 3.5 11 22-Mar-13 2 10, 11 +12 23-Mar-13 1 12 24-Mar-13 0 Weekend Week 4 25-Mar-13 0 Viet SVNCKH 26-Mar-13 3 22, 23, 24 27-Mar-13 0 Dissertation 28-Mar-13 0 Dissertation 29-Mar-13 2 25 30-Mar-13 1.5 9, 10, 11 31-Mar-13 1.5 26 Week 5 1-Apr-13 2.5 26, 27 2-Apr-13 1 28 3-Apr-13 1 Mock exam quant 4-Apr-13 0 Dissertation 5-Apr-13 0 Dissertation New target 6-Apr-13 0.5 7-Apr-13 0 Week 6 8-Apr-13 3 28 9-Apr-13 4 28 + 29 10-Apr-13 0 Dissertation 11-Apr-13 1 29 12-Apr-13 3 30 13-Apr-13 1.5 24, 25 14-Apr-13 0.5 30 Week 12 20-May-13 21-May-13 3.5 31 22-May-13 1.5 32 23-May-13 1.5 32 24-May-13 1.5 32 25-May-13 2 33 26-May-13 Week 13 27-May-13 2.5 34 28-May-13 2.5 35 29-May-13 30-May-13 31-May-13 1-Jun-13 2-Jun-13 Week 14 3-Jun-13 4-Jun-13 5-Jun-13 6-Jun-13 7-Jun-13 0.5 36 8-Jun-13 9-Jun-13 Week 15 10-Jun-13 2.5 36,37 11-Jun-13 2 37 12-Jun-13 3.5 13-Jun-13 2 38 14-Jun-13 3.5 39 15-Jun-13 Target: 16-Jun-13 3 40 Week 16 17-Jun-13 1 42 18-Jun-13 2 42 19-Jun-13 2 43 20-Jun-13 2 43 21-Jun-13 1.5 44 22-Jun-13 1.5 44 23-Jun-13 1 44 Week 17 24-Jun-13 2.5 45 25-Jun-13 2 46 26-Jun-13 2 46 27-Jun-13 2 46 28-Jun-13 2 47 29-Jun-13 1.5 47 30-Jun-13 1 48 Week 18 1-Jul-13 0.5 49 2-Jul-13 2 49 3-Jul-13 2 50 4-Jul-13 1.5 50 5-Jul-13 2 51 6-Jul-13 3.5 51 7-Jul-13 2 52 Week 19 8-Jul-13 2 52 9-Jul-13 2 SS15 10-Jul-13 2.5 53 11-Jul-13 3.5 54 12-Jul-13 2 55 13-Jul-13 2 56 14-Jul-13 2.5 57 Week 20 15-Jul-13 2.5 57 16-Jul-13 1.5 58 17-Jul-13 1.5 58 18-Jul-13 1 59 19-Jul-13 1 59 20-Jul-13 2 59 21-Jul-13 1.5 60 Week 21 22-Jul-13 2 61 23-Jul-13 2 62 24-Jul-13 1.5 63 25-Jul-13 1.5 63 26-Jul-13 1 64 27-Jul-13 2 65 28-Jul-13 2.5 66 Week 22 29-Jul-13 2 66 30-Jul-13 2 67 31-Jul-13 1 13 1-Aug-13 1.5 13 2-Aug-13 1.5 13 3-Aug-13 2.5 14 4-Aug-13 1.5 15 Week 23 5-Aug-13 2 15 6-Aug-13 2 16 7-Aug-13 2.5 16 8-Aug-13 1.5 17 9-Aug-13 2 17 10-Aug-13 0 0 11-Aug-13 3 17 Week 24 12-Aug-13 1.5 17 13-Aug-13 1.5 18 14-Aug-13 2 18 15-Aug-13 2 19 16-Aug-13 2 19 17-Aug-13 2 19 18-Aug-13 0 Week 25 19-Aug-13 1.5 20 20-Aug-13 1.5 20 21-Aug-13 2 20 22-Aug-13 1.5 21 23-Aug-13 0 24-Aug-13 1.5 21 25-Aug-13 1.5 21 Week 26 26-Aug-13 1 21 27-Aug-13 1 2 28-Aug-13 29-Aug-13 30-Aug-13 31-Aug-13 1-Sep-13 Week 27 2-Sep-13 3-Sep-13 4-Sep-13 5-Sep-13 6-Sep-13 7-Sep-13 8-Sep-13 Week 28 9-Sep-13 Round 2 10-Sep-13 11-Sep-13 12-Sep-13 13-Sep-13 14-Sep-13 15-Sep-13 Week 29 16-Sep-13 17-Sep-13 18-Sep-13 19-Sep-13 20-Sep-13 21-Sep-13 22-Sep-13 Week 30 23-Sep-13 24-Sep-13 25-Sep-13 26-Sep-13 27-Sep-13 28-Sep-13 29-Sep-13 Week 31 30-Sep-13 1-Oct-13 2-Oct-13 3-Oct-13 4-Oct-13 5-Oct-13 6-Oct-13 Week 32 7-Oct-13 8-Oct-13 9-Oct-13 10-Oct-13 11-Oct-13 12-Oct-13 13-Oct-13 Week 33 14-Oct-13 15-Oct-13 16-Oct-13 17-Oct-13 18-Oct-13 19-Oct-13 20-Oct-13 Week 34 21-Oct-13 22-Oct-13 23-Oct-13 24-Oct-13 25-Oct-13 26-Oct-13 27-Oct-13 Week 35 28-Oct-13 29-Oct-13 30-Oct-13 31-Oct-13 1-Nov-13 2-Nov-13 3-Nov-13 Week 36 4-Nov-13 5-Nov-13 6-Nov-13 7-Nov-13 8-Nov-13 9-Nov-13 10-Nov-13 Week 37 11-Nov-13 Round 3 12-Nov-13 13-Nov-13 14-Nov-13 15-Nov-13 16-Nov-13 17-Nov-13 Week 38 18-Nov-13 19-Nov-13 20-Nov-13 21-Nov-13 22-Nov-13 23-Nov-13 24-Nov-13 Week 39 25-Nov-13 26-Nov-13 27-Nov-13 28-Nov-13 29-Nov-13 30-Nov-13 1-Dec-13 Week 40 2-Dec-13 3-Dec-13 4-Dec-13 5-Dec-13 6-Dec-13 7-Dec-13 D-day 214.5 Days passed Daily target 2 hrs 543 2816 Minimum expected hours 53.63% % weekly Total page Cummulative hours 214.5 3124 100% Daily Production 185.5 65 -0.695 90 102% Subject 158 Quan 1 Done Corporate Finance Done 100% 26 FRA Done 22 Equity Done 42 Fixed Income Done 37 Derivatives Done 15 Alternative 8 Eco Quan 2 Done 83% Ethics 64 9 33 23 59% 65 26 7 days = 4 days dessertation * 4.5 pages = 18 trang va 3 day CFA Moi ngay xong 1 reading 92% 42 43 0 10 32 0 15 66% 35 8 19 22 18 33% 22 29
8% 12 107% 30 20 17 28 40 Weekdays: 2.5 hours 31 Weekends 3 hrs (3morning, 3afternoon, 2 evening) 77% 16 27 33 26 20 21 11 98% 34 28 20 43 32 24 14 87% 5 29 30 Duration 31 Tax-equivalent yield 47 Pure expectation 31 91% 24 24 23 40 47 24 91% 37 21 29 18 19 31 27 88% 16 29 19 28 22 36 26 82% 28 13 26 15 20 32 30 71% 26 23 23 26 12 0 31 64% 19 15 20 27 24 22 0 65% 29 21 32 18 0 14 15 14 23 Cum. Page 90.14% 2816 CFA LEVEL 1 LOGGED HOURS Subject DATE HOURS Description Week 23 5-Aug-13 2.5 CR 6-Aug-13 2.5 CR 7-Aug-13 2.5 CR 8-Aug-13 2.5 CR 9-Aug-13 2 CR Finish CR Bible 10-Aug-13 2 Verbal test Gmatclub 11-Aug-13 0.5 Week 24 12-Aug-13 2 SC 13-Aug-13 2.5 SC 14-Aug-13 3 SC 15-Aug-13 1.5 16-Aug-13 2 17-Aug-13 1.5 18-Aug-13 4 MGMAT 1 CAT 1 Week 25 19-Aug-13 3 20-Aug-13 3 21-Aug-13 2.5 22-Aug-13 3 23-Aug-13 4.5 GMAT Prep 1 24-Aug-13 3.5 25-Aug-13 2.5 Week 26 26-Aug-13 4.5 27-Aug-13 28-Aug-13 29-Aug-13 30-Aug-13 31-Aug-13 1-Sep-13 Week 27 2-Sep-13 3-Sep-13 4-Sep-13 5-Sep-13 6-Sep-13 7-Sep-13 8-Sep-13 Week 28 9-Sep-13 10-Sep-13 11-Sep-13 12-Sep-13 13-Sep-13 14-Sep-13 15-Sep-13 Week 29 16-Sep-13 17-Sep-13 18-Sep-13 19-Sep-13 20-Sep-13 21-Sep-13 22-Sep-13 Week 30 23-Sep-13 24-Sep-13 25-Sep-13 26-Sep-13 27-Sep-13 28-Sep-13 29-Sep-13 Week 31 30-Sep-13 1-Oct-13 2-Oct-13 3-Oct-13 4-Oct-13 5-Oct-13 6-Oct-13 Week 32 7-Oct-13 8-Oct-13 9-Oct-13 10-Oct-13 11-Oct-13 12-Oct-13 13-Oct-13 Week 33 14-Oct-13 15-Oct-13 16-Oct-13 17-Oct-13 18-Oct-13 19-Oct-13 20-Oct-13 Week 34 21-Oct-13 22-Oct-13 23-Oct-13 24-Oct-13 25-Oct-13 26-Oct-13 27-Oct-13 Week 35 28-Oct-13 29-Oct-13 30-Oct-13 31-Oct-13 1-Nov-13 2-Nov-13 3-Nov-13 Week 36 4-Nov-13 5-Nov-13 6-Nov-13 7-Nov-13 8-Nov-13 9-Nov-13 10-Nov-13 Week 37 11-Nov-13 Round 3 12-Nov-13 13-Nov-13 14-Nov-13 15-Nov-13 16-Nov-13 17-Nov-13 Week 38 18-Nov-13 19-Nov-13 20-Nov-13 21-Nov-13 22-Nov-13 23-Nov-13 24-Nov-13 Week 39 25-Nov-13 26-Nov-13 27-Nov-13 28-Nov-13 29-Nov-13 30-Nov-13 1-Dec-13 Week 40 2-Dec-13 3-Dec-13 4-Dec-13 5-Dec-13 6-Dec-13 7-Dec-13 8-Dec-13 57.5 9-Dec-13 10-Dec-13 11-Dec-13 12-Dec-13 13-Dec-13 14-Dec-13 15-Dec-13 16-Dec-13 17-Dec-13 18-Dec-13 19-Dec-13 20-Dec-13 21-Dec-13 22-Dec-13 23-Dec-13 24-Dec-13 25-Dec-13 Days remainning Daily target 2 hrs -249 Minimum expected hours 19.17% % weekly 300 Cummulative hours 57.5 V29 CR (9/14) SC(9/15) RC (6/12) Q46-V25-590 CR (5/14) SC (10/15) RC (4/12) Q50-V21-600 CR (12/14) SC(10/15) RC (6/12) Prey Emit Echo Stun Plight (of the poor) ubiquitous annul corrode /sent/ scent preposterous marijuana con mi n pht ra v ting di li n echoes gy chong vng v hon cnh kh khn n u cng c adj bi b v n mn v mi hng n v l adj cn sa n In order to direct your reading -- to give you something READ FOR 1. What's the point of the passage The point is NOT JUST TO LIST these facts If the passage presents facts or details, WHY ARE THEY THERE WHAT IS JUSTIFIED/EXPLAINED by those facts or details. Concentrate on WHAT THE FACTS DO, not what the facts are ABRUPT SHIFT IN THE LAST FEW LINES, --> this is NOT part of the main idea Source Test No. Q No. MGMAT CAT 1 40 CAT 1 19 V Review 26 37 38 39 43 45 80 88 98 MGMAT/Ron V Review 51 Gmatclub Link GMAT Prep CAT 1 11 12 29 Detail The verb to rise is an irregular verb. The simple past tense is not raised, but rather rose. Correct idioms are "suspect that" and "suspect X of VERBing Correct idiom is "X is attributed to Y" Mistake X for Y Complex gerunds and simple gerunds are not used in parallelism Verb tense "Quicker" is an adj, quickly is an adverb Idiom: elect to Error In demonstrating the time-gap "thus" can mean "the same way" "in this way" can't refer to a physical state "In that", "so that" modify the entire clause while "that" only modify the preceding noun. the steps of the process should be presented in chronological order careless about the part that is not underlined. "X,Y and Z" is not a proper list of three things. "X,Y, and Z" is a list of three things Always use "compared to" and "compared with" with quantities/statistics Ex: Compared with 10% in 2010 "including" shoud give a list of some, but not all, of that noun. Idiom: owed restitution to X for Y Check the SUBJECT and verb carefully you don't use "x itself" unless you are trying to emphasize some element of the inherent nature of x (as opposed to something associated with x, or with some part of x). Idiom: "On the ground that" NOT "on the ground of" idiom: dedicated to V-ing In CR, must identify THE FACTS, which cannot be attacked. "Due to" must modify a noun. Without preceeding noun, it is incorrect. "Because of" modifies an entire clause. If the appositive is concrete, it must modify the preceeding noun. If the appositive is abstract, it can modify the whole idea of the preceeding clause. But if the preceding noun is also an abstraction, then these can also modify the preceding noun http://gmatclub.com/forum/under-high-pressure-and-intense-heat-graphite-the-most-59736.html#p598626 http://gmatclub.com/forum/under-high-pressure-and-intense-heat-graphite-the-most-59736.html#p598626 SC CR RC Videos 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2