CFA Level 1 — Wiki Index
Overview
Mock Exams
- Mock Exams Index
- Mock Test 2 — 75/180 (41.7%) — 2026-04-14
Sources
Quantitative Methods
Economics
Corporate Issuers
Financial Statement Analysis
Equity Investments
Fixed Income
- CFA Institute 2026 Curriculum — 19 modules
Subjects
Quantitative Methods
Modules
- M01: Rates and Returns
- M02: Time Value of Money
- M03: Statistical Measures of Asset Returns
- M04: Probability Trees and Conditional Expectations
- M05: Portfolio Mathematics
- M06: Simulation Methods
- M07: Estimation and Inference
- M08: Hypothesis Testing
- M09: Parametric and Non-parametric Tests
- M10: Simple Linear Regression
- M11: Big Data Techniques
Formula Sheets
Economics
Modules
- M01: The Firm and Market Structures
- Pre: Aggregate Output, Prices, Economic Growth
- M02: Understanding Business Cycles
- M03: Fiscal Policy
- M04: Monetary Policy
- M05: Introduction to Geopolitics
- M06: International Trade
- M07: Capital Flows and the FX Market
- M08: Exchange Rate Calculations
Formula Sheets
Corporate Issuers
Modules
- M01: Organizational Forms
- M02: Investors and Stakeholders
- M03: Corporate Governance
- M04: Working Capital
- M05: Capital Investments
- M06: Capital Structure
- M07: Business Models
Formula Sheets
Equity Investments
Modules
- M01: Market Organization and Structure
- M02: Security Market Indexes
- M03: Market Efficiency
- M04: Equity Securities
- M05: Company Analysis
- M06: Industry and Competitive Analysis
- M07: Equity Valuation
- M08: Margin Trading and Leverage
Formula Sheets
Alternative Investments
Concepts
- Alternative Investment Overview
- Private Capital
- Real Assets
- Hedge Fund Strategies
- Digital Assets
- Performance Measurement
Formula Sheets
Portfolio Management
Concepts
- Portfolio Risk and Return
- CAPM and Security Market Line
- Performance Measurement
- Portfolio Management Process
- Behavioral Biases
- Risk Management
Formula Sheets
Derivatives
Concepts
- Derivative Instruments
- Forward Commitments
- Contingent Claims
- Arbitrage and Replication
- Option Valuation
- Put-Call Parity
- Derivative Risks and Benefits
Formula Sheets
Fixed Income
Modules
- M01: Instrument Features
- M02: Cash Flows and Types
- M03: Issuance and Trading
- M04: Corporate Issuers
- M05: Government Issuers
- M06: Bond Valuation
- M07: Yield and Spread Measures (Fixed-Rate)
- M08: Yield and Spread Measures (Floating-Rate)
- M09: Term Structure
- M10: Interest Rate Risk and Return
- M11: Duration Measures
- M12: Convexity and Portfolio Duration
- M13: Curve-Based and Empirical Duration
- M14: Credit Risk
- M15: Credit Analysis — Government
- M16: Credit Analysis — Corporate
- M17: Securitization
- M18: ABS Features
- M19: MBS Features
Formula Sheets
Financial Statement Analysis
Modules
- M01: Introduction to FSA
- Pre1: Financial Reporting Standards
- M02: Analyzing Income Statements
- M03: Analyzing Balance Sheets
- M04: Cash Flows I
- M05: Cash Flows II
- M06: Inventories
- M07: Long-Term Assets
- M08: Liabilities and Equity
- M09: Income Taxes
- M10: Financial Reporting Quality
- M11: Financial Analysis Techniques
- Pre2: Applications of FSA
- M12: Financial Statement Modeling
Formula Sheets
Ethical and Professional Standards
Concepts
- Ethics and Professionalism
- Code of Ethics and Standards Overview
- Standards I to III (Professionalism, Capital Markets, Clients)
- Standards IV to VII (Employers, Analysis, Conflicts, CFA)
- GIPS Overview
Note: Ethics has no formula sheets — it is entirely conceptual and rules-based.
Concepts
Quantitative Methods
- Interest Rates
- Time Value of Money
- Data Types
- Probability
- Normal Distribution
- Hypothesis Testing
- Simple Linear Regression
- Sampling and Estimation
- Portfolio Risk
- Simulation Methods
- Big Data and Machine Learning
Economics
- Elasticity of Demand
- Market Structures
- GDP Measurement
- Aggregate Demand and Supply
- Business Cycles
- Fiscal Policy
- Monetary Policy
- International Trade
- Exchange Rates
Equity Investments
- Market Organization and Structure
- Security Market Indexes
- Market Efficiency
- Equity Securities
- Company Analysis
- Industry and Competitive Analysis
- Equity Valuation Models
- Margin Trading and Leverage
Financial Statement Analysis
- Financial Statements Overview
- Revenue Recognition
- Expense Recognition
- Cash Flow Analysis
- Inventory Valuation
- Long-Term Assets
- Income Taxes Accounting
- Financial Ratios
- Reporting Quality
- IFRS vs US GAAP Differences
Fixed Income
- Bond Features
- Bond Valuation
- Yield Measures
- Yield Spreads
- Term Structure
- Duration
- Convexity
- Credit Risk
- Securitization
- Interest Rate Risk and Return
Derivatives
- Derivative Instruments
- Forward Commitments
- Contingent Claims
- Arbitrage and Replication
- Option Valuation
- Put-Call Parity
- Derivative Risks and Benefits
Corporate Issuers
- Organizational Forms
- Stakeholder Management
- Corporate Governance
- Working Capital and Liquidity
- Capital Investments and Allocation
- Capital Structure and WACC
- Business Models
Alternative Investments
- Alternative Investment Overview
- Private Capital
- Real Assets
- Hedge Fund Strategies
- Digital Assets
- Performance Measurement
Portfolio Management
- Portfolio Risk and Return
- CAPM and Security Market Line
- Performance Measurement
- Portfolio Management Process
- Behavioral Biases
- Risk Management
Ethical and Professional Standards
- Ethics and Professionalism
- Code of Ethics and Standards Overview
- Standards I to III
- Standards IV to VII
- GIPS Overview
Practice Questions
Quantitative Methods (SAPP)
- M01: Rates and Returns — 6 questions
- M02: Time Value of Money — 6 questions
- M03: Statistical Measures — 3 questions
- M04: Probability — 4 questions
- M05: Portfolio Mathematics — 3 questions
- M06: Simulation Methods — 6 questions
- M07: Estimation and Inference — 7 questions
- M08: Hypothesis Testing — 6 questions
- M09: Parametric Tests — 5 questions
- M10: Simple Linear Regression — 6 questions
- M11: Big Data Techniques — 8 questions
CFAI Official — Quantitative Methods (109 questions)
- M01 — 13 questions
- M02 — 12 questions
- M03 — 9 questions
- M04 — 2 questions
- M05 — 1 question
- M06 — 4 questions
- M07 — 5 questions
- M08 — 20 questions
- M09 — 2 questions
- M10 — 38 questions
- M11 — 3 questions
CFAI Official — Economics (41+ questions)
CFAI Official — Financial Statement Analysis
CFAI Official — Equity Investments
CFAI Official — Corporate Issuers
Glossary (CFA Dictionary)
Quantitative Methods
- M01 — 23 terms (interest rates, return measures, leverage)
- M02 — 15 terms (FV, PV, annuity, perpetuity, YTM)
- M03 — 37 terms (means, dispersion, skewness, kurtosis)
- M04 — 27 terms (probability rules, Bayes, counting)
- M05 — 23 terms (portfolio math, distributions, safety-first)
- M06 — 11 terms (lognormal, Monte Carlo, bootstrap)
- M07 — 29 terms (sampling, CLT, CI, biases)
- M08 — 25 terms (hypothesis testing, error types, tests)
- M09 — 7 terms (Spearman, chi-square independence)
- M10 — 33 terms (OLS, ANOVA, R², assumptions)
- M11 — 25 terms (fintech, Big Data, ML, NLP)
Economics
- M01 — 39 terms (elasticity, costs, market structures, concentration)
- M02 — 15 terms (business cycle, indicators, nowcasting)
- M03 — 15 terms (fiscal tools, crowding out, lags)
- M04 — 18 terms (central banking, QE, targeting)
- M05 — 8 terms (geopolitics, sanctions, political risk)
- M06 — 13 terms (comparative advantage, tariffs, trading blocs)
- M07 — 11 terms (BOP, FDI, exchange rate regimes)
- M08 — 13 terms (spot, forward, cross rates, parity)
Equity Investments
- M01 — Market organization terms
- M02 — Index terms
- M03 — EMH and anomalies
- M04 — Equity instrument types
- M05 — Company analysis terms
- M06 — Industry analysis terms
- M07 — Valuation model terms
- M08 — Margin and leverage terms
Financial Statement Analysis
- M01 — Introduction to FSA
- Pre1 — Financial Reporting Standards
- M02 — Income Statements
- M03 — Balance Sheets
- M04 — Cash Flows I
- M05 — Cash Flows II
- M06 — Inventories
- M07 — Long-Term Assets
- M08 — Liabilities and Equity
- M09 — Income Taxes
- M10 — Reporting Quality
- M11 — Analysis Techniques
- Pre2 — Applications of FSA
- M12 — Financial Statement Modeling
Fixed Income
- M01 — Instrument Features
- M02 — Cash Flows and Types
- M03 — Issuance and Trading
- M04 — Corporate Issuers
- M05 — Government Issuers
- M06 — Bond Valuation
- M07 — Yield and Spread (Fixed-Rate)
- M08 — Yield and Spread (Floating-Rate)
- M09 — Term Structure
- M10 — Interest Rate Risk and Return
- M11 — Duration Measures
- M12 — Convexity and Portfolio Duration
- M13 — Curve-Based and Empirical Duration
- M14 — Credit Risk
- M15 — Credit Analysis: Government
- M16 — Credit Analysis: Corporate
- M17 — Securitization
- M18 — ABS Features
- M19 — MBS Features
Derivatives
- M01 — Derivative Instrument and Market Features
- M02 — Forward Commitment and Contingent Claim Features
- M03 — Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Uses
- M04 — Arbitrage, Replication, and Cost of Carry
- M05 — Pricing and Valuation of Forward Contracts
- M06 — Pricing and Valuation of Futures Contracts
- M07 — Pricing and Valuation of Interest Rate Swaps
- M08 — Pricing and Valuation of Options
- M09 — Option Replication Using Put-Call Parity
- M10 — One-Period Binomial Model
Alternative Investments
- M01 — Overview & Structures (22 terms)
- M02 — Performance Measurement (11 terms)
- M03 — Private Capital (16 terms)
- M04 — Real Estate & Infrastructure (18 terms)
- M05 — Natural Resources & Commodities (13 terms)
- M06 — Hedge Funds (16 terms)
- M07 — Digital Assets (21 terms)
Portfolio Management
- M01 — Portfolio Risk and Return (Part 1)
- M02 — Portfolio Risk and Return (Part 2)
- M03 — Portfolio Management Overview
- M04 — Portfolio Planning and Construction
- M05 — Behavioral Biases
- M06 — Risk Management
Ethical and Professional Standards
- M01 — Ethics and Professionalism (15 terms)
- M02 — Code and Standards Overview (20 terms)
- M03 — Standards I–VII Detailed Terms (40 terms)
- M04 — GIPS (15 terms)
- M05 — Ethics Application (5 terms)
Corporate Issuers
- M01 — 17 terms (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, IPO)
- M02 — 8 terms (stakeholders, ESG, leverage)
- M03 — 24 terms (agency costs, proxy, takeover, covenants)
- M04 — 10 terms (CCC, DOH, DSO, DPO, liquidity)
- M05 — 20 terms (NPV, IRR, real options, externalities)
- M06 — 18 terms (WACC, CAPM, MM, trade-off theory)
- M07 — 15 terms (value chain, pricing, unit economics)
Entities
- CFA Institute — Curriculum and LOS authority
- SAPP Academy — Source material publisher (Vietnam)
- BA II Plus Calculator — Financial calculator keys and operations
- S&P 500 — Benchmark index used in regression examples
- Normal Distribution — Foundation distribution for most CFA quant topics