CFA Level I: Cost of Inventories
With the IFRS, the costs of inventories include purchase costs, conversion costs and transport costs. Purchase costs include duties, insurance, …
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CFA Level I: Deferred Tax Assets & Liabilities
Financial reporting standards sometimes differ from tax reporting standards. This can give rise to differences in taxable assets and liabilities …
CFA Level I: Bond Duration
Bond duration is one of the measure of interest rate risk on a bond. It measures the sensitivity of a …
CFA Level I: Dividend Discount Model & Gordon Growth Model
The simplest present value model for estimating the worth of company is the dividend discount model. It assumes that the …
CFA Level I: Hedge Fund Fee Structures
Hedge fund fees are commonly quoted with “x and xx” structure, like “2 and 20.” This would refer to a …
CFA Level I: Short-Term Investments
Short Term Investment Yields Short-term investments are investment assets that are meant to be held for less than a year. …
CFA Level I: Share Repurchases
When a company buys back its own shares with corporate cash, this is a share repurchase. Repurchased shares become treasury …
CFA Level I: Leases
An alternative to purchasing assets is to lease them. Leases have advantages over outright purchases, but are treated for differently …
CFA Level I: DuPont Analysis
The DuPont system is widely taught because by interpreting the ROE of a company through various other ratios, we can …
CFA Level I: Cash Flow Statements
The three major financial statements analysts look over to evaluate a company are the income statements, balance sheet and cash …