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CFA® Program Level I Review
CFA-01 · Professional qualifications
CertiFi's review course for the CFA® Program Level I exam. Fifteen lessons follow the ten topics of the 2027 Level I curriculum, which applies from the February 2027 exam window – ethics, quantitative methods, economics, financial statement analysis, corporate finance, equities, fixed income, derivatives and risk management, alternative investments and portfolio construction – with worked examples, exam tips and a large original multiple-choice question bank. CFA Institute does not endorse, promote or warrant the accuracy or quality of the products or services offered by CertiFi FZ LLC. CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.
Who it's for
University students, graduates and finance professionals preparing to sit CFA Program Level I who want structured, exam-focused revision with plenty of practice.
What you'll be able to do
- Apply the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct to investment-industry cases
- Calculate returns, time value of money results, probabilities, confidence intervals and regression outputs, and explain basic financial data science
- Explain market structures, business cycles, fiscal and monetary policy, trade and exchange rates, and analyse financial statements prepared under IFRS and US GAAP
- Evaluate corporate governance, capital investments, working capital and the cost of capital
- Value equities, bonds, derivatives and alternative investments using Level I models, and measure interest rate and credit risk
- Build portfolios using risk–return principles and an investment policy statement, and answer Level I questions at the 90-second pace
Lessons
- 1The Level I exam, ethics and the Code and Standardsreading
- 2Ethics: duties to clients and employers, research and conflictsreading
- 3Quantitative Methods: returns, time value of money and statisticsreading
- 4Quantitative Methods: probability, inference, regression and data sciencereading
- 5Economics: markets, cycles, policy, trade and currenciesreading
- 6Financial Statement Analysis: framework and the primary statementsreading
- 7Financial Statement Analysis: assets, liabilities, ratios and qualityreading
- 8Corporate Finance: governance, investment decisions and cost of capitalreading
- 9Equities: markets, indices, efficiency and company analysisreading
- 10Equities: valuation models, the CAPM and factor modelsreading
- 11Fixed Income: instruments, markets, pricing and the term structurereading
- 12Fixed Income: duration, convexity, credit risk and securitisationreading
- 13Derivatives and Risk Managementreading
- 14Alternative Investmentsreading
- 15Portfolio Constructionreading