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Following on from last week’s blog, let’s continue to think about how to prepare yourself for the upcoming exam... When we asked our BPP students how time pressured people found the exam, 11% of people said that they didn’t finish the paper, and a further 34% replied that they only just finished, i.e. had no time to look over their answers. Bear in mind that this is a sample of people who had already been very well schooled in exam technique and time management. more

CFA Quiz: When assessing an investor’s risk tolerance, what two factors need to be considered? more

CFA Quiz: GIPS: What are the real estate and private equity valuation frequency requirements? more

CFA Quiz: What are the three board committees that investors should look into to indicate the quality of a company’s corporate governance? more

CFA Quiz: What is a classified board, and is it likely to act as a takeover defense or not? more

CFA Quiz: How can an analyst’s accuracy in forecasting alphas be quantified in relation to the Treynor-Black model? more

CFA Quiz: GIPS: What are the rules on presenting carved-out returns from 1 Jan 2010? more

CFA Quiz: GIPS: What are the three allowed internal dispersion methods? more

CFA Quiz: What does the following credit term mean: 2/20 net 60? more

CFA Quiz: When using the Treynor-Black model, how is the weight of a security in the active portfolio determined? more

CFA Quiz: List three ways to deal with the instability in the minimum variance frontier. more

CFA Quiz: GIPS: What are the three “available on request” GIPS disclosures? more

CFA Quiz: When will a share repurchase increase the BVPS? more

CFA Quiz: GIPS: What are the rules as regards in the inclusion of fees in a “gross-of fees” return figure? more

CFA Quiz: When will a share buyback increase EPS? more

CFA Quiz: What is the difference between the Capital Market Line and the Security Market Line? more

It is time to start thinking seriously about the forthcoming exam, so let’s delve further into the advice that BPP students have generously provided for future exam candidates. more

CFA Quiz: Put the following in the correct order and indicate when the share price should drop as a result of the dividend more

CFA Quiz: When discussing the non-normality of hedge fund returns, what are the higher moment risks related to hedge funds? more

CFA Quiz: GIPS: What is the required frequency of valuation as of 1 January 2010? more