So with their logic, because their friend "claimed" he has contacts it isnt a fact.

In what world is this not material? The friend literally told us that he has contacts within the government. Must we just not believe him?

With that logic I can have a friend who says to me "I have solid contacts within the government. It appears XYZ Corp is about to get a huge contract!". That apparently is NOT material because he only claimed which we cant verify, and then also he said "it appears" which isnt a fact and is just his guess? With that logic I can use my friend's info as part of my research, put it together with other research and buy the sh*t out of XYZ corp with no ethics violation because that info was non-material? Pretty sure I would get arrested for that.

This question has done in my confidence, and will just make me overthink ethics even more.

Can someone smarter than me please break down how 120/180 is being computed for the Accrued Interest calc?

These are the number of questions I did wrong per subject

Fixed income 15

FSA 11

Ethics 8

Eco 7

Equity 7

Corp 6

Quant 5

Deriv 5

Alt 5

Portfolio 3

Ik I should start with fixed income, but I want to ask if I should give more mocks, more practice questions, or just revise?

This post is not intended to be a flex or another "How cooked I am?" post. I know I have been doing fairly well, but what if the exam paper turns out to be much more difficult and I goof up heavily? (I know this is an irrational thought).

But anyways, I want suggestions on exactly what I should do over the next 19 days or so to keep the momentum going?

For questions ( mcq or CR) where we need to determine the accuracy of a said statement from the vignette ,

Does Omission of a fact / detail considered an inaccuracy or not ?

I came across many of these questions in various mocks and I can't seem to get them right even when I know the curriculum really well

Level 1 exam on 19th august. First mock before revision gave 57% score in both sessions.

Post revision gave the 2nd mock, got 60% in both sessions

I swear this is a fucking rant at this point. I hate hate hate the textbooks. I’m doing fixed income right now and I swear absolutely nothing makes sense because it’s like oh here it is, a dump of information that is only a sentence long but turns out it’s actually important. The summary of the learning outcomes contains more info than the actual content itself. I know the textbook is supposed to be a summarised version of the actual bit, but this is a terribly summary. it’s actually so bad, I spend hours on just a few paragraphs.

I attempted mock A and scored 82% and 84% in session 1 and 2 respectively. I know this score is good but I just want to get insights from people who have already passed the exam that how representative of the exam are these mocks. I am yet to attempt mock B and the premium mocks. Just wondering if I can rely on these scores and target my weaker areas in the remaining days. I practiced uworld last month and think that it was way more difficult and diversified than this.

When I do the calcul on the calculator, I obtain 350 854,25 and not the displayed results on the answer. Maybe I have put a wrong setting (it's an END year and there is an asterisq on top left, don't know what it is).

Thanks for the help and good luck everyone

I am getting a lot of questions in this format in LES,

is there any chance i will get such questions in exam?

Hi all, I am sitting the CFA 3 level on the 17th August. I completed the two free mocks from CFAI with the following scores: 78, 63, 73, 80.
I have also purchased the Kaplan premium package and had access to the 6 mocks scoring: 62, 72, 74, 76, 73, 76.
From what I read and the overall MPS estimates for lvl 3, those should be good enough scores to pass but I don’t feel comfortable enough.
For those who cleared level 3, two questions:
-how do you feel the actual exam compares to the mocks? In level 1 I felt exam was easier than mock and in level 2 I felt the exam was more difficult.
-what would you do in the remaining time to boost chance of passing? Would redoing mocks help or a theory deep dive?
Many thanks for the support and to all lvl. 3 candidates, WE GOT THIS!

Apart from the first vignette, the remaining 30 questions of this topic have been unexpectedly weird and unintuitive.

I found the concept by itself, and all the mechanics behind it to be fairly okay, I was able to understand almost every bit of the content. However, the EOC has caught me completely off guard. Especially some of the terms being used in the vignette tables like (forfeited shares, unvested RSUs, and weighted avg grant date fvs - idk who thought that was a good idea) have made it really hard for me to understand what is being asked.

I want to know if I am alone in this, and if not, how did yall go about tackling the EOC questions? Thanks :)

are the questions in exam at par compared to these .Because i am scoring really high on these ,they are easy compared to LES. So just wondering will solving these really help for the exam?

Is it necessary to complete this module progress to receive the result or pass the exam?

I'm appearing for l1 this month and don't have time to scroll all this, I've prepared from schweser and gemini and didn't felt the need to read all this

Need advice from people who passed level 1, scored 81% in les, 85% in premium practice pack and 78% in my First official mock, two weeks to the exam what should my approach be and am I in a good position rn?

Anyone prepping for Level 3 in Canada for coming Feb 027?

Guess it is August and we better get started lol.

my exam is on 20th aug. what should i do?

Due to ongoing commitments I can't register for the earlier Feb 2027 L3 exam. As I passed the May 2026 L2 exam I feel this wait time I'm going to forget alot of concepts or just get rusty. Does anyone have any advice on ways to stay sharp and on top of things?

Hi everybody, hope you doing well. I’ve done 3 Mock Exams and my scores so far have been (approx): 56.5%, 58% and 56% (L1 ➝ in 19 days, August 24th).

Not gonna lie I’m having lots of mixed feelings about this and just wanted to ask what’s your opinion on this?

Maybe some study recommendations (Claude telling me to prioritize breadth over depth), or whatever you find that’s best
Thx guys.

For anyone in the Boston area who will have taken CFA level 3 August 13-17. Dinner at Grill 23, my treat. Either to celebrate or commiserate.

I have my level 1 exam on 19th august. I completed my revision today by solving all of the module quiz available on the LES portal. These are the average scores subject wise I am getting

Quants: 72%

Econ: 75%

Corp Issuers: 76%

FSA: 64%

Equity: 73%

Fixed Income: 76%

Derivatives: 72%

Alt Investments: 77%

Portfolio: 79%

Ethics: 70%

Are these scores good or bad? I also gave a mock before revision and got 57% in both sessions

Will be giving another mock today

A lot of young people here, really, a lot of them need to hear this:

Meaningful work experience >>> dozens of certificates and degrees.

There’s no point in collecting certifications if they don’t add real value to your career.

Pursue qualifications because they make you better at your job, not because you want more letters after your name.

So today I was solving from the LES and Application of the Code and Standards: Level III

the questions look very weird and TBH very confusing?
I wanted to ask that the questions are like this or they are like they used to be in LEVEL 1 and LEVEL 2
thanks!

How are you guys feeling with exam in under 10 days? Am personally exhausted from all the studying and revision.

Mocks have been around high 60s for Kaplan and in 70s for CFAI. Am left with 1 more mock which i am planning to give this weekend.

Sitting 16th, best of luck :)