Level I CFA® Prep – Quantitative Methods

Rates and Returns [89min]
9 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Interest Rates and Time Value of Money
Future Value and Compounding
Financial Calculator
PRE: Present Value of A Single Cash Flow
PRE: Series of Cash Flows
PRE: Annuities
PRE: NPV and IRR
Measures of Return
Money-Weighted and Time-Weighted Return
QUIZ: Rates and Return
The Time Value of Money in Finance [36min]
3 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Time Value of Money in Fixed Income
Time Value of Money in Equity Instruments
Cash Flow Additivity
QUIZ: The Time Value of Money in Finance
Statistical Measures of Asset Returns [74min]
6 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
PRE: Data Types and Data Organisation
PRE: Summarising and Visualising Data
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Dispersion
Skewness and Kurtosis
Covariance and Correlation
QUIZ: Statistical Measures of Asset Returns
Probability Trees and Conditional Expectations [40min]
5 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
PRE: Definitions in Probability Concepts
PRE: Joint Probability and Total Probability Rule
Expected Values and Variances
Bayes’ Formula
PRE: Principles of Counting
QUIZ: Probability Trees and Conditional Expectations
Portfolio Mathematics [49min]
4 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Portfolio Return, Variance, Covariance and Correlation
PRE: Discrete Random Variables
PRE: Continuous Random Variables
Portfolio Risk Measures
QUIZ: Portfolio Mathematics
Simulation Methods [10min]
3 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Lognormal Distributions
Monte Carlo Simulation
Bootstrap Resampling
QUIZ: Simulation Methods
Estimation and Inference [40min]
4 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Sampling and Central Limit Theorem
PRE: Point and Interval Estimates
Resampling Methods
PRE: Biases in Sampling
QUIZ: Estimation and Inference
Hypothesis Testing [44min]
4 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Hypothesis Testing Procedure
Hypothesis Tests Concerning the Mean
Hypothesis Tests Concerning Variance
Parametric vs Non-parametric Tests
QUIZ: Hypothesis Testing
Parametric and Non-Parametric Tests of Independence [17min]
2 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Tests Concerning Correlation
Test of Independence Using Contingency Table
QUIZ: Parametric and Non-Parametric Tests of Independence
Simple Linear Regression [46min]
4 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Introduction to Simple Linear Regression
Measures of Goodness-of-Fit
Hypothesis Tests on Slope Coefficient
Functional Forms for Simple Linear Regression
QUIZ: Intro to Linear Regression
Introduction to Big Data Techniques
1 Nugget | 1 Quiz
Introduction to Fintech
QUIZ: Introduction to Big Data Techniques
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Statistical Measures of Asset Returns [74min]

Level I CFA® Prep – Quantitative Methods Statistical Measures of Asset Returns [74min]
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PRE: Data Types and Data Organisation
PRE: Summarising and Visualising Data
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Dispersion
Skewness and Kurtosis
Covariance and Correlation
QUIZ: Statistical Measures of Asset Returns
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