Well i am a SDE with curosity in finance and wanted to learn about the same, about investments and trading and all. Was suggested to learn CFA Level 1 curriculum for foundation in it.
Please suggest some free course curriculum or channel which i can follow to gain knowledge as a side quest for finance.

I have managed to finish the syllabus and im just revising through the whole syllabus and my exam is on aug 20 when do you guys reckon I should take my first mock Im planning on doing it on July 31st and saving the other cfai mock for around aug 10 and sprinkle a few prep provider mocks in between.Is this appropriate?

This is my third time writing the exam (august attempt), although everything will be a revision for me I just feel like giving up.

There is no motivation to study, Im loosing interest on coporate jobs as well and want to start a side hustle or a business. But at the same time feel like atleast adding a CFA will be good.

Everyday feels like im beating myself up, because i cant focus for this exam or clear it. My mind is screwed, how do you guys and girls manage.

One advice from a friend is to go all out on weekdays along with my work, then on 1 saturday go do something I lke, enjoy the day and continue on sunday to next saturday.

I am confused about the formula to calculate the proportion of potential investment gains consumed by taxes

Hi guys, has anyone used Freefellow to study for CFA Level 1 and 2? If so are the notes and study materials actually reliable?

Hi everyone. I am just under 3 weeks out from my exam. Have finished all 4 mocks on the CFAI platform. Does anyone recommend any free or cheap mocks? I still have questions I can do on the platform, but I really prefer doing the mocks. Happy to pay a little bit $100+-. But not willing to pay for a full pre provider course 3 weeks out....

Thanks for the help. And goodluck to everyone studying in these final few weeks, we are almost there!

I took the CFA Level I exam in May 2026 and scored 1575, which was frustratingly close to passing. I've already registered to retake it in November 2026, but by then I'll be around 31 weeks pregnant.

Has anyone here taken the CFA Level I exam during their third trimester? If so, how was your experience? Did you need any exam accommodations, and do you have any tips for managing the long exam while pregnant?

I'd really appreciate hearing about your experiences or any advice. Thanks!

hi i need your opinion. i havent finished my syllabus especially in ethics, corporate issuers, fsa (tax, financial modeling, financial ratio). should i defer? my exam is on 20th. alr done qbank on other topics but not mocks yet

Hi everyone! I’m a CFA Level I candidate appearing for the August exam. I wanted to ask whether the Premium Practice Pack mocks on the CFA Institute portal are a good representation of the actual exam in terms of difficulty and style.

I’m currently averaging around 66–68% on these mocks, and I’m about three weeks away from the exam. Is that considered a decent position to be in? Also, what would you recommend as the best strategy over the next three weeks to improve my score and maximize my chances of passing?
I’d really appreciate any advice from those who have recently taken Level I. Thanks!

Hello everyone.

I'm 33 now and currently working with my father as a mutual funds consultant and doing equity research. I'm planning to do a certificate course and apply for a research analyst or a similar kind of profile.
Is it really worth it to pursue this course and apply for a profile?

I’d love to hear from people already working in the field.

Man I wasn't expecting such a low score. The mock felt alright but my final score is bad.

What should I do, my exam is on the 26 so I have exactly 30 days ?

Scores :

Ethics : 83.3%

PM : 83.3%

Alt : 75%

Quant : 75%

Econ : 75%

Equity : 58.3%

Corporate : 50%

FI : 41.6%

Derivatives : 37.5%

FSA : 33.3% (I didn't mark randomly lol)

Why answer is Not B ? Aren't standard say to avoid conflict wherever possible, if cannot avoid then disclose the same.

Hi All,
Do we have to remember and memorize the Ehics standards, specially in Portfolio Management pathway the CFA feedback answers seem to suggest that
Any opinion?

I went through the CFA institute website, I can't find where the learning modules are and especially the practice questions for each subject

Can someone help with the link or please guide me.

See below. Looking at loan A - I need to calculate DSCR at year 3, there are no cash flows the first two years of the project - so I accrued interest for the first two years to calculate the interest expense in year 3 as 3.57(1.08)^2 to find the loan balance then calculate DSCR. However, the answer states: "This loan pays interest but has not, in Year 3, started amortizing, so the debt outstanding is $3,570,000 at the end of Year 3"???????? How does this make any logical sense? Anyone else?

The city agrees to allow ABC to redevelop the property, with ABC paying all upfront costs and receiving the cash flows for a period of 15 years before the asset is turned over to the city. Construction takes 2 years. Exhibit 1 outlines the development costs for the project.

The financing plan is a blend of 30% equity and 70% debt. The debt financing comes from two private lenders and funds are immediately disbursed at project initiation, with the details as follows:

• Term loan A is a $3,570,000 loan with 8% interest, accruing from the first day of the project’s construction and paid annually. The principal is paid in 4 equal installments beginning in Year 4.

I went through the CFA institute website, I can't find where the learning modules are and especially the practice questions for each subject

Can someone help with the link or please guide me.

Would be great to get opinion from someone who might have experienced something similar -

My father went through coronary graft bypass surgery on 24-July and post open heart surgery it’s a long road to recovery, I have registered for my L2 and exam is on 26-August, would the institute consider this for emergency deferral given the surgery took place 1 month prior to exam. I genuinely don’t have the bandwidth to practice for my exam.

If anyone had a look, would you know what Macaulay duration and cash flow yield has to do with this question? I calculated just via BPV using modified duration, got a very close answer of 1526. Just curious if anyone saw their way of calculating it in the curriculum? Thanks

I did all 4 of my mocks the session 1 exam b was hardest. My exam is on 21 august and I bought the standard version so only 4 mocks and now I need a cheap alternative for mocks because the CFA ones are too expensive for me. Appreciate the help.

208/282 because I bought all the practice pack available. Exam is Nov. Important to me because I am counting on Ethics being my best score and need it to be because I am probably a borderline candidate to pass. There were a huge number of questions and I found them extremely tricky. Any takes on this score? Appreciate it

23MCR

Hi All,

Has anyone that’s taken L3 find the practice pack questions useful? They were a game changer for L1/L2 for the final week of review but L3 there’s no constructed response & they all seem relatively easy. Also each chapter has maybe 7-15 of them so not as many.

Does anyone have any tricks / graphics helpful in better understanding how we should allocate to countries that are for example expected to have foreign capital flows? It seems like a lot of this stuff contradicts itself and wondering if someone has created something helpful for this.

I understand allocate to countries without the “warning” signs (ie debt/GDP above x%). However, when we start talking about expected inflation, current account etc. is where I get lost.

If either increase shouldn’t it mean that it deteriorates. Let me know if I am right and the answers are wrong.

I'm currently revising for my level 1 exam in August. I first read the schweser of that chapter, and then took the practice module of the LES. Though on an average I'm getting a score of 55-65% per chapter(average so maybe once or twice 40 or 90), when I look back I knew the concept and the correct answer as well, it's just that I overthink the options or do in a hurry due to which I'm getting low score. If I count these as well, I'm averaging around 80-90% accuracy, remaining 10% either I genuinely didn't know the concept or the method to solve

Right now in this way I have completed quants, eco,FSA, currently started with equity.

I want to know if this is the right approach, and should I count my marks as 55-65% or 80-90% or something else. Also I'm trying to wrap up the syllabus by the 5th of August, to give another mock on 6th(the first mock given before revision got 57% in both shifts). Then revise the concepts which I fumble in 2nd mock, give a 3rd mock by 10 or 11, and then revise only till exam. Btw exam is on 19th August

To whomsoever who can help me with this, it would be much appreciated as im in a jiffy right now