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2017 CFA Level II Curriculum Changes

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Vital CFA Exam Prep
[No Change in the Topic Area Weights]
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Financial Reporting Analysis !
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Reading 16 Inventories: Implications for Financial
Statement and Ratios
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Reading 17 Long-lived Assets: Implications for Financial
Statement and Ratios
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Equity Valuation !
Reading 31 The Five Competitive Forces that Shape
Deleted&Readings& Strategy
Reading 32 Your Strategy Needs a Strategy
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Derivative Investments !
Reading 47 Forward Markets and Contracts
Reading 48 Futures Markets and Contracts
Deleted&Readings& Reading 49 Option Markets and Contracts
Reading 50 Swap Markets and Contracts
Reading 51 Interest Rate Derivative and Instruments
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Reading 40 Pricing and Valuation of Forward
New&Readings& Commitments
Reading 41 Valuation of Contingent Claims
Reading 52 Derivative Strategies
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Alternative Investments !
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Reading 42 A Primer on Commodity Investing
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New&Readings& Reading 46 Commodities and Commodity Derivatives:
An Introduction
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Portfolio Management
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Reading 49 Measuring and Managing Market Risk
New&Readings& Reading 52 Algorithmic Trading and High Frequency
Trading
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Note: Credit Default Swap (old reading 52) has been shifted from Derivatives
to Fixed Income (new reading 39).
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