Climb to the charter,
one level at a time.
A playable run at the CFA® Level I curriculum. Start at Base Camp with ethics, the quant toolkit and economics, scale the financial statements, traverse the asset classes, and reach the Summit — portfolio management and the charter.
Every climb starts here. Learn the Code and Standards that govern the profession, the quantitative toolkit — time value, returns and statistics — and the economics that move whole markets.
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Level 1 · ▶ NEXT The Code of Ethics ★★★ ◆
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Level 2 The Seven Standards ★★★ ◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L01
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Level 3 GIPS & Applying the Code ★★★ ◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L02
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Level 4 Time Value of Money ★★★ ◆ 🧩 Builds on L01
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Level 5 Rates, Returns & Money-Weighting ★★★ ◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L04
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Level 6 Statistics & Probability ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L04
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Level 7 Microeconomics: Firms & Markets ★★★ ◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L01
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Level 8 Macro, Cycles & Currencies ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L07
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👑Level 9 · EXAM Base Camp Exam ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L03, L06, L08
A sheer face of numbers. Learn to read the three financial statements, turn them into ratios, and understand how companies are governed, funded and valued from the inside.
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Level 10 Statements & the Reporting System ★★★ ◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L05
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Level 11 The Income Statement ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L10
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Level 12 Balance Sheet & Cash Flows ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L11
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Level 13 Ratios & Financial Analysis ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L12
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Level 14 Corporate Structures & Governance ★★★ ◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L10
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Level 15 Capital Budgeting ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L05, L14
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Level 16 Cost of Capital & Structure ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L15
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👑Level 17 · EXAM The Analyst's Exam ★★★ ◆◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L13, L16
The long traverse across the asset classes: how equity and bond markets work and are priced, how derivatives transfer risk, and where alternatives fit. The widest world.
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Level 18 Market Organization & Indexes ★★★ ◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L06
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Level 19 Equity Valuation ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L18
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Level 20 Fixed Income: The Basics ★★★ ◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L18
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Level 21 Bond Pricing & Yields ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L20
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Level 22 Yield Curves, Duration & Risk ★★★ ◆◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L21
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Level 23 Securitization ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L20
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Level 24 Derivatives: Forwards & Futures ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L18
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Level 25 Derivatives: Options & Swaps ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L24
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Level 26 Alternative Investments ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L18
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👑Level 27 · EXAM The Markets Exam ★★★ ◆◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L19, L22, L25
The final push: combine every instrument into a portfolio, price risk with the CAPM, plan around a real investor, and account for the biases that trip people up. Reach the Summit.
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Level 28 Portfolio Risk & Return ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L19
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Level 29 CAPM & the Efficient Frontier ★★★ ◆◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L28
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Level 30 Portfolio Planning & the IPS ★★★ ◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L28
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Level 31 Behavioral Finance & Fintech ★★★ ◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L30
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👑Level 32 · EXAM The Summit — Charter Final ★★★ ◆◆◆◆◆ 🧩 Builds on L29, L31, L27
Reach the Summit
Clear all 32 levels and the four end-of-world exams to summit Charter Climb with a working command of every CFA Level I topic — ethics, financial analysis, the asset classes and portfolio management — the ground every candidate is expected to own.
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