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CFA Level 1 Exam Prep Masterclass PLUS 162pg CFA Smart Tips (Udemy.com)

Ethics, Quants, Economics. Corporate Issuers, Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Financial Statements & Portfolio Mgt.

Created by: Peter Alkema

Last updated November 2024

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What you will learn

  • Strategies and Tips to Smash Ethics and Score 14% out of total 15%
  • Learn how Important it is to take Score good in Ethics for the CFA Level 1 Exam
  • Know that out of the 3 sections of Ethics, which one is the most Important
  • Get an understanding of the 7 Standards of Professional Conduct
  • The most important topic of CFA Level 1 Exam: Hypothesis Testing and all the small concepts needed to deeply understand hypothesis testing topic
  • The Crown Jewel topics of CFA Level 1 Quantitative Methods include: Mean, Variance, Standard Deviation, Correlation, Normal Distribution, T-Distribution
  • Chi Square Distribution, F-Distribution, P-Values, Confidence Intervals, Level of Signifinace,
  • A Smart Chart to identify the type of test applicable for a given Hypothesis Problem
  • Some very Usefel Exam Tips and Techniques to Tackle a Difficult Topic Area of CFA Level 1 Exam i.e. Quantitative Methods

How it compares

Against the other 376 rated Udemy courses in Finance & Accounting on CourseDuck:

  • Rating3.9 out of 5higher than 1% of them
  • Reviews152#301 of 377 by number of reviews
  • Length24.6 hourslonger than 91% of them
  • Last updatedNovember 2024earlier than 60% of them

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Course Description

Understand in a few hours concepts you've been struggling with for weeks if not months

Focus your limited time on the areas that really matter, gain laser- focus and understand key concepts in less than 28 days

  • PLUS: Get instant access to a 162 Page CFA Level 1 tips and tricks workbook with key takeaways from Jhan's lessons; follow along, and keep them for reference to boost your existing institute material

  • PLUS: Extra course on How To Beat Procrastination and get your CFA studies on track by mastering your time and tasks with Kanban boards & burning your boats - set up your own Kanban board for your CFA study SUCCESS

  • Introduce yourself to our community of CFA students in this course and tell us your goals; you will need all the help you can get to pass this tough section of CFA

  • Encouragement and celebration of your progress every step of the way: 25% > 50% > 75% & 100%

  • Over 20 hours of Jhan's signature CFA training - humorous, lively and very visual step-by-step instructions, lessons, and engagement

  • CFA  Knowledge Checks to assess your knowledge and skills

The CFA isn’t hard

It's HOW you prepare for it that makes it hard.

Most prep material providers use a linear teaching system... You have to read through pages, drowning in content and details, making it extremely difficult to remember what you are expected to on exam day.

Understand in a few hours concepts you've been struggling with for weeks if not months

What you will get is powerful videos giving you sharp, concise and straight to the point explanations that will help you make the most out of the material you have (whatever it is) and get laser-focused on what’s important on exam day.

What you'll learn

  • Introduction to Ethics, It's Importance and the most critical section; Standards: Professionalism, Integrity of Markets, Duties to Clients & Employers; Standards: Recommendations, Conflicts of Interest, CFA Stuff;

  • Intro to Quantitative Methods and The Key to Unlocking Hypothesis Testing; Variance and Standard Deviation Explained; What are Confidence Intervals?; Learn Z-Score and Normal Distribution; Difference between Chebyshev’s Inequality and Normal Distribution; Given a Normal Distribution and Std Dev, how to build a Confidence Interval?; Another thing you need to know about Normal Distribution and Standard Deviation; Student's T – distribution and its differences from Normal Distribution; Log Normal Distribution and its differences from Normal and T - Distribution; Learn about Central Limit Theorem and Sampling Means Distribution; The Concept of Standard Error: When to use it instead of Standard Deviation; The Population Parameters and the Sample Statistics; Introduction to Hypothesis Testing: Stating Null vs Alternate Hypothesis; Type 1 vs Type 2 Errors; A Time Saving Chart to Identify Type of Test for a given Hypothesis Problem - 1; A Time Saving Chart to Identify Type of Test for a given Hypothesis Problem - 2; Hypothesis Testing Comprehensive Example - Part 1; Hypothesis Testing Comprehensive Example - Part 2; Hypothesis Testing Comprehensive Example - Part 3; Shortcut to Hypothesis Test: P-Value and a Final Word on Hypothesis Testing;

  • Introduction to Economics: A Plan to Deal with the Incredible Amount of Volume; Aggregate Supply and Demand Curves, GDP, Income & Expenditure Approach Part - 1; Aggregate Supply and Demand Curves, GDP, Income & Expenditure Approach Part - 2; Understanding Short and Long Run Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand Curves; Factors that can Shift Long Run Aggregate Supply (LRAS) - Full Employment GDP; Unemployment: Seasonal, Structural, Frictional, Cyclical - Learn the Difference; Theories of Business Cycle: Neoclassical, Keynesian, Monetarist, Austrian; Output Gap: Inflationary vs Recessionary - How to reduce or eliminate it?; Shifting the Aggregate Demand Curve to Eliminate the Output Gap; Learn What is Monetary Policy and the three different tools to implement it; How does the Expansionary Monetary Policy increase Aggregate Demand and GDP?; Learn What is Fiscal Policy and How does it impact the GDP?; Continuation: Connecting Fiscal and Monetary Policy to GDP; Learning the Concept of Inflation and its two types: Demand-Pull & Cost-Push; Learn about Currencies: Price Currency (Quoted), Base Currency, Bid-Ask Spread; Learn how to calculate the appreciation & depreciation of a currency in % terms; Example: Currency Appreciation/Depreciation Calculation in % Terms; Learn how to Calculate Currency Cross Rate: X Rules; Pricing a Currency Forward Contract - Part 1; Pricing a Currency Forward Contract - Part 2; Pricing a Currency Forward Contract - Part 3; Market Structures: Monopoly-Oligopoly-Monopolistic-Pure Competition; Market Structures and the Demand Curves: Part 1; Market Structures and the Demand Curves: Part 2; Market Structures  and the Economic Profit;

  • Intro to Corporate Finance and its most important topic: WACC; Three different methods of calculating Cost of Common Equity to compute WACC; Cost of Preferred Equity and Cost of Debt: Learn how to calculate them;

  • Introduction to Equity Investments; Deriving formula for Preferred Share (perpetuity) and Gordon Growth Model; Deriving formula for Justified/Fundamental Price to Earnings Ratio; Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and Three-Factor Du-Pont Analysis; Easy and Simple Approach to Understand five-factor Du-Pont Analysis; Building up the Equity Formula and Connecting it to WACC; Cost of Common Equity Formulas and Connecting it to Portfolio Management Content; Beta Formula and Derivation;

  • Introduction  to Fixed Income Securities: The Toughest Nut to Crack; Fixed Income Securities: Defining Elements; Valuing a Fixed Income Security: Annual Coupon Paying Bond; Discount Bonds vs Premium Bonds - Coupon Rate vs Yield to Maturity (YTM); Mathematically Understanding the Inverse Price-Yield Relationship; Graphically Understanding the Inverse Price-Yield Relationship; Understanding the Yield Curve - Term Structure of Interest Rates; Interest Rate Risk also known as Duration & Its Three Different Measures; Macauley Duration: Explanation and Calculation; Duration Gap: Macauley Duration - Investment Horizon -Price vs Reinvestment Risk; Recap: Bond Valuation-Price to Yield Curve-Macauley Duration-Convexity;

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Instructor Details

Peter Alkema

"What an amazing course! After finishing this course, I have confidence. Thank so much Dr Peter Alkema" ... "This is exactly the jump-start I needed. Very clear and concise"

I lead Digital Transformation & Architecture at ABB and I've been featured on CNBC Africa and won the Gartner CIO Of The Year in 2016. I founded and led the largest banking hackathon in South Africa which was published in 2019 as a case study by Harvard Business School.

I've taught over 100,000 students about technology, business, academics and self-development. In 2020 I completed my PhD at Wits University In Johannesburg. The study introduced a ground-breaking theory of Agile software development teams. My woodworking book was published in 2014 and has sold over 10,000 copies.

Olugbenga Gbadegesin: "Excellent delivery" / Lebogang Tswelapele: "This is what I have been longing for" / Paskalia Ndapandula: "Peter speaks with so much clarity" / Amantle Mangwedi: "It was straight to the point and the sections are cut into nice short segments which made it easier to go through" Kathy Bermudez: "Excellent material. Well organized..."

Werner van Wyk: "Thank you Peter, once again your lesson and course have given me so much knowledge and understanding" / Yvonne Rudolph "I really look forward to take everything i learned in action" / Josephine Mahlangu: "exactly what I needed to know, absolutely valuable and helpful for my personal growth"

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Reviews

3.9

152 ratings on Udemy

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By Ebonie La Fear on 2/28/2025

Great content. However, some of it was inaccessible due to replay lacking audio or frozen segments. Would love to view in its entirety.

By Alan Braganza on 10/12/2024

The Resources (pdf) given is definitely helpful. Jhan Burger is a great teacher explaining concepts in a very simple language. The only problem is there are sections in certain topics where the recorded lectures are missing/ the rec. is stuck/ the audio of the video cuts off. Looking at past comments of the lectures this has been an issue for a long time and nothing has been done to repair it. Though the concepts missed out are still there in the pdf, the loss of Mr. Jhan's explanations of certain important concepts is disappointing. Overall a 3.5/5 rating.

By Ana M Vargas Calvo on 10/2/2024

The training is clear and provides examples that are easy to understand and specially to remember as you prepare for the CFA exam.

By Paul Lukunku on 5/22/2024

Hi, the video freezes at about 6:30 minutes into the video. Afterwards there is no sound.

By Saboor Ahmad on 2/17/2024

This is an incredible course. I would have given it 5 stars for sure, but some of the video lectures are without sound which really irritates. If this bug is removed, this definitely is a 5 starts course.

By Santhiyal Ekka on 1/30/2023

Hi I am Santhiyal , I am fresh graduate from my college from where I have taken finance from MBA program I want to become investment banker and I want to go for such job only CFA exam curriculum will help me to understand thing, practices and apply it in finance industry.

By C S Anantha Subramanian on 12/11/2022

The Explanations were excellent as concepts made clear with some very simple examples.

By Tshepiso Letta Radebe on 8/17/2022

It's a great course, it will help me to improve and gain the knowledge and skills I need.

By Zanele Yenziwe Ngcobo on 8/8/2022

This course has been really good, learning a whole lot. The info given is excellent.

By Nkosingiphile on 7/15/2022

so far so good loving the experience a lot can be done to improve the length of videos they play so long please improve in sticking to what's important and for us to grasp

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Overall Score : 78 / 100