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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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                      | Zee and Christine, 300 Hours We're now on Instagram! Check out our feed → |  |  | 
 
              
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                      | 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 → |  |  | 
 
              
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                      | 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 → |  |  | 
 
              
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                      | Kaplan Schweser • Promoted |   
                      | One-size fits all study plans don’t work. Get the personalized study plan you need to pass. |   
                      | Start right for June 2020 → |  |  | 
 
              
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                      | Fitch Learning • Promoted |   
                      | Try out Fitch Learning Cognition and find out how the adaptive online portal efficiently guides you. You also get a discount with code 300HOURS. |   
                      | Get a free trial → |  |  | 
 
              
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                      | 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 → |  |  | 
 
              
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                      | 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 → |  |  | 
 
              
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                      | 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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                      | 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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                      | 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? |   
                      | Read more → |  |  |