Archive for the 'Accounting' Tag
Saturday, November 24th, 2012
Another CFA Level 1 exam is almost here and that means more random web surfers downloading the study materials I made available for free. Before you rush off to download them, here is some text that tries to explain why each question was selected along with some tips on how to solve the questions in [...]
Posted in CFA |
and Tagged: Accounting, Beta, bond valuation, cash flow, CFF, CFO, Corporate Finance, Cost of Equity, covariance matrix, derivatives, discount yield, dividend growth rate model, duration, EPS, finance, Financial Reporting Analysis, FRA, free cash flow, Operating Cycle, P/E, t-bill, time value of money, WACC, yield |
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
I’ll have to look at my previous results, but I knew why I would fail, too many questions about European VS American accounting standards. I actually managed to get over 70% in many categories including Corporate Finance. The sad part is I used to be pretty good at accounting, but they changed the curriculum sufficiently [...]
Posted in CFA, Depression |
and Tagged: Accounting, anxiety, Economics, Ethics, exam, FSA, illness, standards, stress |
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Monday, December 14th, 2009
I’m finished with the CFA at least for a while. I can honestly say I have not profited in all senses of the words from doing the CFA or my MBA. I’m too honest and apparently too generous as once again I’ve made study materials which I’m making available to the free world.. There is [...]
Posted in CFA, Excel |
and Tagged: Accounting, bonds, CFA Level One, Economics, finance, financial statement analysis, FRAs, practice problems, statistics, stocks, study materials, swaps, valuations |
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Saturday, November 4th, 2006
I’m pretty much self taught as far as Excel goes. I learned how to use Microsoft Word and PowerPoint in my technical writing class at UVIC. I was surprised just how weak some people are at using Microsoft Word during my MBA program. People didn’t know how important styles are or how to automatically generate [...]
Posted in Excel, Macintosh Computers, MBA, Sauder |
and Tagged: Accounting, Allen Wyatt, finance, Jeffry Timmons, John Walkenbach, Macintosh, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, statistics, Steve Keller, tips, tricks, tutorials |
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