CFA Level 1 notes · 11–14% of the exam
Quantitative Methods
CFA Level I Quantitative Methods notes. 11 readings, about 10 h 1 min.
How to measure and compare returns, discount cash flows, describe return data with statistics and probability distributions, test hypotheses and fit a simple regression. It ends with simulation and an introduction to financial data science.
- 1Returns of Financial Assets and Instruments
- 2Types of Financial Returns
- 3Benchmarking Returns
- 4The Time Value of Money in Finance
- 5Statistical Characteristics of Asset Returns
- 6Statistical Distributions for Financial Asset Prices and Returns
- 7Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
- 8The Return and Risk of a Financial Portfolio
- 9Simulation of Financial Asset Prices and Returns
- 10Applications of Simple Linear Regression in Finance
- 11Introduction to Financial Data Science