The CFA Qualification
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SUBJECT HOURS EXAM WEIGHTAGE
Financial Reporting & Analysis 20 13- 17%
Quantitative Methods 15 8 – 12%
Alternative Investments 5 5 – 8%
Economics 15 8 – 12%
Corporate Finance 15 8 – 12%
Equity Investments 13 10 – 12%
Fixed Income 15 10 – 12%
Ethical & Professional Standards 10 15 – 20%
Portfolio Management 12 5 – 8%
Derivatives 10 5 – 8%
TOTAL 130 Hours
Complexity Scale
Experience shows that students find the following 4 subjects more complex and difficult to understand than others:
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Fixed Income
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Derivatives
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Quantitative Methods
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Financial Reporting & Analysis
Stratadigm offers each of these separately, on a standalone basis for those students who are confident of studying the remaining topics on their own.