CFA Level 1 Notes- click in the list below:

Ethics and Professional Standards & GIPS

15-20%

Code of Ethics, Standards of Professional Conduct, and ethical decision-making framework.

Quantitative Methods

6-9%

Time value of money, statistics, probability, and hypothesis testing fundamentals.

Financial Reporting and Analysis

11-14%

Financial statements, accounting principles, and ratio analysis techniques.

Economics

6-9%

Capital budgeting, cost of capital, and corporate governance principles.

Derivatives

5-8%

Options, futures, forwards, and swaps fundamentals and pricing models.

Corporate Finance

6-9%

Capital budgeting, cost of capital, and corporate governance principles.

Fixed Income

11-14%

Bond valuation, yield measures, interest rate risk, and credit analysis.

Alternatives

7-10%

Real estate, private equity, hedge funds, and commodities overview.

Equity Investments

11-14%

Equity markets, valuation models, and industry/company analysis methods.

Portfolio Management

8-12%

Modern portfolio theory, asset allocation, and GIPS.