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Marginal Utility

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BLUE NELUMBO™MARGINALUTILITYEvery CFA® Level 1 reading scored0–10 on marginal exam impact93READINGS · 10 MODULES1. Rates and Returns · 10.02. Time Value of Money in Finance · 9.93. Market Organization and Structure · 9.84. Fixed-Income Instrument Features · 9.75. Fixed-Income Cash Flows and Types · 9.66. Analyzing Balance Sheets · 9.57. Understanding Business Cycles · 9.38. Introduction to Financial Stateme… · 9.29. Analyzing Income Statements · 9.110. Forward Commitment and Contingent… · 9.011. Probability Trees and Conditional… · 8.912. Fixed-Income Bond Valuation: Pric… · 8.813. Capital Structure · 8.714. Statistical Measures of Asset Ret… · 8.615. Yield and Yield Spread Measures f… · 8.516. Alternative Investment Features, … · 8.417. Derivative Instrument and Derivat… · 8.318. The Firm and Market Structures · 8.219. Credit Risk · 8.020. Overview of Equity Securities · 7.921. Portfolio Mathematics · 7.822. Analysis of Long-Term Assets · 7.723. Analyzing Statements of Cash Flow… · 7.624. Security Market Indexes · 7.525. Ethics and Trust in the Investmen… · 7.426. Organizational Forms · 7.327. Introduction to Geopolitics · 7.228. Arbitrage, Replication, and the C… · 7.129. Financial Analysis Techniques · 7.030. Topics in Long-Term Liabilities a… · 6.831. Analysis of Inventories · 6.732. Estimation and Inference · 6.633. Industry and Competitive Analysis · 6.534. The Behavioral Biases of Individu… · 6.435. Portfolio Management: An Overview · 6.336. Analyzing Statements of Cash Flow… · 6.237. Simulation Methods · 6.138. Alternative Investment Performanc… · 6.039. Hypothesis Testing · 5.940. Business Models · 5.841. Fiscal Policy · 5.742. Portfolio Risk and Return: Part I · 5.543. Pricing and Valuation of Forward … · 5.444. Fixed-Income Issuance and Trading · 5.345. Fixed-Income Markets for Corporat… · 5.246. Code of Ethics and Standards of P… · 5.147. Investors and Stakeholders · 5.048. International Trade · 4.949. Pricing and Valuation of Options · 4.850. Yield-Based Bond Duration Measure… · 4.751. The Term Structure of Interest Ra… · 4.652. Monetary Policy · 4.553. Introduction to the Global Invest… · 4.354. Introduction to Big Data Techniqu… · 4.255. Interest Rate Risk and Return · 4.156. Capital Investments · 4.057. Guidance for Standards I–VII · 3.958. Corporate Governance · 3.859. Fixed-Income Securitization · 3.760. Capital Flows and the FX Market · 3.661. Yield and Yield Spread Measures f… · 3.562. Yield-Based Bond Convexity and Po… · 3.463. Simple Linear Regression · 3.364. Introduction to Digital Assets · 3.265. Fixed-Income Markets for Governme… · 3.066. Real Estate and Infrastructure · 2.967. Working Capital · 2.868. Ethics Application · 2.769. Introduction to Risk Management · 2.670. Natural Resources · 2.571. Derivative Benefits, Risks, and I… · 2.472. Analysis of Income Taxes · 2.373. Company Analysis: Past and Present · 2.274. Introduction to Financial Stateme… · 2.175. Asset-Backed Security (ABS) Instr… · 2.076. Market Efficiency · 1.877. Basics of Portfolio Planning and … · 1.778. Hedge Funds · 1.679. Parametric and Non-Parametric Tes… · 1.580. Financial Reporting Quality · 1.481. Valuing a Derivative Using a One-… · 1.382. Curve-Based and Empirical Fixed-I… · 1.283. Exchange Rate Calculations · 1.184. Portfolio Risk and Return: Part II · 1.085. Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS) In… · 0.986. Pricing and Valuation of Futures … · 0.887. Option Replication Using Put–Call… · 0.788. Pricing and Valuation of Interest… · 0.589. Company Analysis: Forecasting · 0.490. Investments in Private Capital: E… · 0.391. Credit Analysis for Government Is… · 0.292. Equity Valuation: Concepts and Ba… · 0.193. Credit Analysis for Corporate Iss… · 0.0MODULESQuantitative MethodsEconomicsCorporate IssuersFinancial Statement AnalysisEquity InvestmentsFixed IncomeDerivativesAlternative InvestmentsPortfolio ManagementEthical and Professional StudiesWEIGHTIMPORTANCE BAND10 – 8.58.5 – 77 – 66 – 55 – 3.53.5 – 22 – 0