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Vessey Jane |
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ExamInsight for CFA 2006 level I certification : the candidate's guide to chartered financial analyst learning outcome statements / / Jane Vessey |
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Friendswood, TX, : Total Recall Publications, 2006 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Title from title screen. |
"Practice exam provided by The Center for Financial Certification, Inc., Friendswood, Texas." |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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ExamInsight For CFA 2006 Level I Certification: -- About the Book: -- Online Information: -- 2006 CFA Level I Study and Examination Program Textbooks: -- Dates Regarding the June 2006 CFA Examination -- Preface -- Practice Questions and Answers -- CFA Program -- Requirements -- Study Program -- Taking the Exam -- On the Exam Day -- STUDY SESSION 1 -- Ethical and Professional Standards -- Overview -- Reading Assignments -- 1 Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Standard I: Professionalism -- Standard II: Integrity of Capital Markets -- Standard III: Duties to Clients and Prospective Clients -- Standard IV: Duties to Employers -- Standard V: Investment Analysis, Recommendations, and Action -- Standard VI: Conflicts of Interest -- Standard VII: Responsibilities as a CFA Institute Member or -- 2 Guidance for Standards I - VII -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Standard I: Professionalism -- Standard II: Integrity of Capital Markets -- Standard III: Duties to Clients -- Standard IV: Duties to Employers -- Standard V: Investment Analysis, Recommendations, and Action -- Standard VI: Conflicts of Interest -- Standard VII: Responsibilities as a CFA Institute Member or -- 3 Introduction to the Global Investment Performance Standard -- 4 Global Investment Performance Standards -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Composites -- |
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Verification -- GIPS objectives -- Private equity -- 5 The Corporate Governance of Listed Companies: A Manual for -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Independence -- External consultants -- Committees -- STUDY SESSION 2 -- Quantitative Methods: Basic Concepts -- Overview -- Reading Assignments -- 6 The Time Value Of Money -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Interest rate and risk. |
Future value and present value of a single sum -- Stated and effective annual interest rates -- Value of money for periods other than annual -- Series of cash flows (annuities) -- Time lines -- 7 Discounted Cash Flow Applications -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Net Present Value (NPV) -- Internal rate of return -- Measuring portfolio returns -- 8 Statistical Concepts and Market Returns -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Statistics -- 1. Mean -- 2. Median -- 3. Mode -- 4. Harmonic mean -- Measures of dispersion -- Chebyshev's inequality -- Coefficient of variation -- Symmetric and skewed distributions -- Kurtosis -- Semi-logarithmic scale -- 9 Probability Concepts -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Random variables -- Calculating probabilities -- General rule of multiplication -- General rule of addition -- Covariance -- Correlation -- Bayes' formula -- Multiplication rule of counting -- The general formula for labeling problems -- Combination formula -- Permutation formula -- STUDY SESSION 3 -- Quantitative Methods: Applications -- Overview -- Reading Assignments -- 10 Common Probability Distributions -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Probability distributions -- Binomial distributions -- Binomial probability distribution -- Mean and variance of binomial random variables -- Binomial trees -- Continuous uniform distribution -- Normal distribution -- Lognormal distributions -- 11 Sampling and Estimation -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Sampling -- Central limit theorem -- Estimating a population parameter -- Confidence intervals -- Student's t - distribution -- Confidence intervals for the population mean -- Biases impacting on data selected -- 12 Hypothesis Testing -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Hypothesis testing. |
Choice of test -- Tests for means of two different groups -- Paired comparison tests -- Testing for variance -- Differences between variances -- 13 Correlation and Regression -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Scatter plots -- STUDY SESSION 4 -- Economics: Macroeconomic Analysis -- Overview -- Reading Assignments -- 14 Economic Fluctuations, Unemployment and Inflation -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- The business cycle -- The labor force -- Types of unemployment -- Inflation -- 15 Fiscal Policy -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Keynesian economics -- 16 Money and the Banking System -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Money supply -- The banking system -- 17 Modern Macroeconomics: Monetary Policy -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Money demand and supply -- Interest rates -- 18 Stabilization Policy, Output and Employment -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Index of leading indicators -- Expectations -- STUDY SESSION 5 -- Economics: Microeconomic Analysis -- Overview -- Reading Assignments -- 19 Demand and Consumer Choice, including Consumer Choice and -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Other terms -- LOS. 1. A. b) and LOS. 1. A. c) (as in preliminary reading) -- Shifts in Demand -- Price elasticity of demand -- Income elasticity -- Consumer indifference curves -- 20 Costs and |
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the Supply of Goods -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Business costs -- Costs -- The law of diminishing returns -- 21 Price Takers and the Competitive Process -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Price-taker market -- 22 Price-Searcher Markets with Low Entry Barriers -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Competitive price-searcher markets. |
23 Price-Searcher Markets with High Entry Barriers -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Entry barrierss -- Monopoly -- Oligopoly -- 24 The Supply of and Demand for Productive Resources -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Shifts in the demand curve -- Supply of resources -- 25 The Financial Environment: Markets, Institutions and Inte -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Cost of capital -- Nominal rate of interest -- Inflation premium -- Default risk premium -- Liquidity premium -- Maturity risk premium -- STUDY SESSION 6 -- Economics: Global Economic Analysis -- Overview -- Reading Assignments -- 26. Gaining from International Trade -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Impact of free trade on supply and demand -- Trade restrictions -- 27 Foreign Exchange -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Bid-ask spreads -- Forward exchange rates -- Forward premiums and discounts -- Interest rate parity -- 28 Foreign Exchange Parity Relations -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Balance of payments -- Current account -- Financial account -- Factors affecting exchange rates -- Monetary policy -- Fiscal policy -- Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) -- Absolute Purchasing Power Parity (Absolute PPP) -- Relative Purchasing Power Parity (Relative PPP) -- STUDY SESSION 7 -- Financial Statement Analysis: Basic Concepts -- Overview -- Readings Assignments -- 29 Framework for Financial Statement Analysis -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Role of FASB -- Role of the auditor -- 30 Long-Term Assets -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Long-term assets -- 31 Accounting Income and Assets: The Accrual Concept -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Income statement -- Revenue and expense recognition. |
Revenue recognition -- Expense recognition -- Software revenue recognition -- Installment method -- Cost recovery method -- Percentage-of-completion method -- Completed contract method -- Nonrecurring items -- Balance sheet -- Stockholders' equity -- 32 The Statement of Cash Flows -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Cash flows from operating activities -- Cash flows from investing activities -- Cash flows from financing activities -- 33 Analysis of Cash Flows -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Statement of cash flows -- Classification of individual items -- Direct method -- Indirect method -- Acquisitions and divestures -- Foreign subsidiaries -- Analysis of cash flows -- 34 Future FASB Changes and the Analytical Challenges of GAAP -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Projects related to international convergence -- Revenue recognition -- STUDY SESSION 8 -- Financial Statement Analysis: Financial Ratios and Earnings -- Overview -- Reading Assignments -- 35 Analysis of Financial Statements -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Financial information used in Examples 35-1 to 35-7 -- 1. Common-size statements -- 2. Internal liquidity (solvency) -- 3. Operating performance -- 4. Risk analysis -- 5. Growth analysis -- 36 Dilutive Securities and Earnings per Share -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Simple capital structure -- Weighted average number of shares -- Complex capital structure -- Convertible |
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securities -- Options and warrants -- Simple capital structure -- Complex capital structure -- 37 Seek and Ye Shall Find 38 Searching for Shenanigans -- Learning Outcome Statements (LOS) -- Introduction -- Why do people resort to shenanigans? -- STUDY SESSION 9 -- Financial Statement Analysis: Assets -- Overview -- Reading Assignments. |
39 Analysis of Inventories. |
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