Cfa® Level 1 Quantitative Methods-Updated 2023 Curriculum

Full length mocks(192 Questions), Practice Quizes, Learn with real life data case studies. Train with CFA charterholder

What you'll learn

Interpret and calculate interest rates, discount rates, opportunity costs, present value and future value

Demonstrate understanding and application of time line in solving problems

Indentity and compare different data types

Demonstrate understanding and application of data visualization with best practices for different data types

Calculate various measures used in data analysis and interpret them

Build a probability event and determine the probability in terms of odds for and against the event

Define and compare different probability distributions

Calculate and interpret probability using various probability functions

Define shortfall risk, calculate the safety-first ratio, and identify an optimal portfolio using Roy’s safety-first criterion

Describe Monte-Carlo Simulation

Understand Probability and Non-probability sampling and its applications

Calculate and interpret confidence intervals for various sampling functions

Describe various biases involved in sampling

Understand and define various types of hypothesis testing including t-test, z-test, chi-square test

Understand different test statistics, errors and interpret results

Build a simple linear regression model and interpret its results

Requirements

All you need is a working system (Laptop or PC) and Microsoft Excel

No prior knowledge or skill required

TA B2 PLUS Calculator or free application will do

Description
Updated for 2022 and 2023 CFA curriculumChartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) or CFA® is a professional qualification awarded by CFA Institute for those looking for a career in investment banking and analysis. CFA is the world’s largest and most respected designation for completing the program’s rigorous requirements.CFA is considered the highest qualification in Investment Banking and Analysis, the preferred qualification to start or shift your career into Investment Banking.To give you the best preparation possible, we have specially designed a 10-part course for CFA Level 1. This course focuses on the Quantitative Methods subject of CFA Level 1 most easily without memorising formulas or unnecessary theories. We relate everything to the real world, and that perspective will help you in mastering this dreadful subject.What do you get:Well-designed focussed content on explaining concepts and building skillsExtensive question banks for practice for each readingFull length Mock to replicate the exam scenario(192 Questions in a mock)Get your doubts cleared within 6-7 HrsWho are the Trainers?Allen Aravindan, CFAEx-Fund Manager- Alternative Investments, Product Manager & CEO of MSQUARESKILLS LLPTrained more than 10k studentsRated 4.9 for teaching students12 years of experience in alternative investments and fund managementAbout this CourseThis course has 30-day Money Back Guarantee. We believe in providing value to the student. So you get to explore the course and make an informed choice.You will get 24x7 doubt-solving access.All concepts covered with practical applicationWe always strive to put students’ learning experience over everything else. So, we look for your feedback on how we can improve our course and give our students a better learning experience. So any suggestions for improving the learning experience is always welcomed.Who is this course for?CFA level 1 candidates for 2022 & 2023 examsCFA candidates struggling with quantitative methodsStudents with no stats and quant backgroundStudents who want to go beyond the curriculum in mastering quantitative methods and quantitative finance.
Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 A brief about CFA

Lecture 2 CFA Syllabus Changes 2022 Onwards

Lecture 3 How to register for the exam?

Lecture 4 CFA Study Planner

Section 2: Reading Material and Case study files

Lecture 5 All Content Materials

Section 3: Time Value of Money

Lecture 6 Time Value of Money Notes

Lecture 7 Interest rates & Visualising Compouning

Lecture 8 Present Value, Future Vaue & Practice Questions

Lecture 9 BA 2 Plus Calculator Tutorial for TVM Functions

Section 4: Organizing, Visualizing, and Describing Data

Lecture 10 Reading Material

Lecture 11 Data Types, Tabular Forms of Data & Selecting the visualisation

Lecture 12 Central Tendency, Means & Quantiles, Percentiles

Lecture 13 Dispersion ,Correlation,Skewness, Kurtosis,Covariance Practically

Section 5: Common Probability Distributions

Lecture 14 Reading Material

Lecture 15 Discreet & Continous data, Probability Distribution & Types

Lecture 16 Bnomial Distribution

Lecture 17 Normal Distribution, Standad Normal Distribution & Estimating Probabilites

Lecture 18 Application Of Normal Distribution( Roys safety ratio) & Log Normal Distribution

Lecture 19 Continous Compounding,T Distibution,Monte Carlo Simulaton, Chi Square Dist

Section 6: Sampling and Estimation

Lecture 20 Reading Material

Lecture 21 Sampling Method with Real Example

Lecture 22 Central Limit Theoram,Point Estimates & Confidence Intervals

Lecture 23 Constructing Confidence Intervals & Sampling Biases

Section 7: Hypothesis Testing

Lecture 24 Reading Material

Lecture 25 Basics Hypothesis, One Tailed Vs. Two Tailed Tests, Type 1& 2 (Covid 19 Case)

Lecture 26 Decision Rules, False Discovery, Testing For Single Means

Lecture 27 Testing Difference Between Means with Dependent & Indepedent Samples

Lecture 28 Testing for Varances,F Test

Section 8: Introduction to Linear Regression

Lecture 29 Reading Material

Lecture 30 Simple Linear Regression- With Practical Casse

Lecture 31 How Linear Regression Actually Works- In Python( USA HousingPrices)

Lecture 32 Goodness of Fit, Annova Practically In Excel

Section 9: Probability Concepts

Lecture 33 Reading Material

Lecture 34 Odds for or Against, Conditional Probability,Covid Test Accuracy Case

Lecture 35 Expected Value using Probability

Lecture 36 Permutation & Combination- Using Data

Section 10: Full Length Mock Test- Quantative Methods CFA level 1 2023 Pattern

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