Cfa Level 1 Complete Quantitative Methods

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Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.6

- Make present value and future value calculations
- Use TVM functions on your calculator
- Use net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) for evaluating cash flow streams

What you'll learn

Make present value and future value calculations
Use TVM functions on your calculator
Use net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) for evaluating cash flow streams
Systematically measure portfolio returns
Calculate money market yields
Learn the basic concepts of statistics
Apply statistical concepts to financial returns distributions
Learn the basic concepts of probability
Use probability tools in financial analysis
Use uniform
binomial
normal
and lognormal distributions in investment analysis
Understand Monte Carlo Simulation
Understand sampling process
and use sample information to estimate population parameters
Perform and design hypothesis tests
in particular
tests concerning mean and variance
Spot and interpret technical chart patterns
trends and cycles
Understand and apply common technical analysis indicators

* Requirements

* Basic mathematics knowledge
* CFA Institute approved calculator (TI BA II Plus recommended)

Description

  • Make present value and future value calculations
  • Use TVM functions on your calculator
  • Use net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) for evaluating cash flow streams
  • Systematically measure portfolio returns
  • Calculate money market yields
  • Learn the basic concepts of statistics
  • Apply statistical concepts to financial returns distributions
  • Learn the basic concepts of probability
  • Use probability tools in financial analysis
  • Use uniform, binomial, normal, and lognormal distributions in investment analysis
  • Understand Monte Carlo Simulation
  • Understand sampling process, and use sample information to estimate population parameters
  • Perform and design hypothesis tests, in particular, tests concerning mean and variance
  • Spot and interpret technical chart patterns, trends and cycles
  • Understand and apply common technical analysis indicators

Course content

10 sections • 51 lectures

Introduction 2 lectures

How To Get The Most Out Of This Course Preview 03:40

Formulas, Definitions, Diagrams at your FINGERTIPS! Preview 00:46

Time Value of Money 9 lectures

Feel free to skip ahead Preview 00:18

Understanding Interest Rates Preview 06:11

Future Value of a Single Cash Flow Preview 10:30

Present Value of a Single Cash Flow Preview 06:08

Financial Calculator is Essential for CFA Exam Preview 00:33

Set Up Your CFA Exam Calculator for Maximum Efficiency Preview 00:26

Series of Cash Flows Preview 09:53

Annuities Preview 10:47

Test Your Understanding Preview 00:09

Discounted Cash Flow (2019) 5 lectures

Discounted Cash Flow has been removed from 2020 Exam onwards Preview 00:15

NPV and IRR Preview 18:47

Portfolio Return Measurement Preview 13:01

Money Market Yields Preview 12:35

Test Your Understanding Preview 00:09

Organising, Visualising, and Describing Data (2022) 7 lectures

Data Types and Data Organisation Preview 06:31

Summarising and Visualising Data Preview 15:56

Measures of Central Tendency Preview 20:44

Measures of Dispersion Preview 16:05

Skewness and Kurtosis in Returns Distributions Preview 06:45

Covariance and Correlation Preview 06:23

Test Your Understanding Preview 00:09

Probability Concepts 7 lectures

Definitions in Probability Concepts Preview 05:36

Joint Probability and Total Probability Rule Preview 12:40

Expected Values and Variance Preview 06:54

Portfolio Return and Variance, Covariance and Correlation Preview 16:42

Bayes' Formula Preview 07:18

Principles of Counting Preview 06:29

Test Your Understanding Preview 00:09

Common Probability Distributions 5 lectures

Discrete Random Variables Preview 14:31

Continuous Random Variables Preview 21:40

Regarding Student's t-distribution, chi-square distribution, and F-distribution Preview 00:07

Monte Carlo Simulation Preview 04:26

Test Your Understanding Preview 00:09

Sampling and Estimation 5 lectures

Sampling and Central Limit Theorem (2022) Preview 11:42

Point and Interval Estimates Preview 17:26

Resampling Methods (2022) Preview 05:31

Biases in Sampling Preview 03:31

Test Your Understanding Preview 00:09

Hypothesis Testing 6 lectures

Hypothesis Testing Procedure Preview 15:00

Hypothesis Tests Concerning the Mean Preview 16:31

Hypothesis Tests Concerning Variance Preview 10:16

Hypothesis Tests Concerning Correlation (2022) Preview 09:34

Test of Independence Using Contingency Tables (2022) Preview 07:07

Test Your Understanding Preview 00:09

Introduction to Linear Regression (2022) 4 lectures

Simple Linear Regression (2022) Preview 10:27

Measures of Goodness-of-Fit (2022) Preview 13:31

Hypothesis Tests on Slope Coefficient (2022) Preview 12:41

Functional Forms for Simple Linear Regression (2022) Preview 07:58

BONUS: Further resources for your exam prep 1 lectures

BONUS: Further resources for your exam prep Preview 00:34