Subject: [Articles] The 2020 CFA Candidate Recommended Reading List

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"December is the Friday of the year," an ex-colleague once proclaimed tipsily at a Christmas party.


In that spirit, this week's articles all make for fun and easy reading.


If you're going on holiday soon, have a well-deserved break!

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The 2020 CFA Candidate Recommended Reading List

Rob Gowen ∙ Christine Martinez • Study Break

We've worked with the CFA Institute to assemble a book list to help solidify readers grasp on finance, but at the same time be a fun and engaging read. And you don't have to take an exam at the end of it - win-win!

20 titles for 2020 →

How The CFA Exams Are Graded

Christine Martinez • Exam Results

How are they graded? Who does it? What happens when they find errors in questions? And yes, that's a real picture of CFA exams being taken to be graded.

How your CFA exam is graded →

2020 CFA Exam Prep Packages

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When Will My CFA Exam Results Be Released?

Christine Martinez • Exam Results

Although the CFA Institute announces most of the relevant dates on the CFA exam calendar right at the start, a pretty significant date is usually missing until the last minute - the CFA exam results date. But it can be predicted, quite reliably, a year in advance.

Find out when is your CFA results day →

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective CFA Exam Candidates

Sophie Macon • Study Secrets

What do highly effective CFA candidates do? Apply these techniques, track your progress and see the difference for yourself!

Learn the 7 habits to pass →

Starting L2. How to do L2 differently to L1?

gbh • Level 2

I've been getting a lot of 'L2 is different and worse than L1' advice. Is there anything I can do differently to increase pass chances?

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When did you start studying for Level 1?

lucygao • Level 1

I thought starting around now would be a good idea, but now people at work are telling me 'just start at around 3 months before'.

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Do you invest your own assets?

gunnysarge • Career

Was just wondering if people put their own savings under their own management. If so, what % of your assets are self-managed, and what strategies do you use?

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