The IPS material matters a lot. This is true in terms of raw number of points and in how it impacts the overall structure of the CFA Level 3 Curriculum. Pay attention.

We use the geometric mean to analyze past performance over multi-year outlooks and the arithmetic mean for future (expected) performance of a single year.

There are four main testable measurement scales for the CFA Level 1 exam: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio scales. You need to know the differences between them all. 

Study the entire CFA Institute standards of practice to review the Ethics material in minutes. 

The CFA Level 1 exam is about the ability to quickly grasp the outlines of the curriculum and then answer a barrage of multiple questions that ask you to apply formulas and intuit concepts across a vast array of financial topics.

Everything the CFA Level 1 exam asks you to know about callable bonds.

An interest rate swaption is an option on an underlying interest rate swap and it can be used to remove an embedded call option on a bond or to create one synthetically.