Calculators - Texas BA plus or professional

CFA Level I
#1

Hi

I am pretty sure this question would have been asked at some point of time and I am just starting my CFA prep. I need to buy the TI calculator but i am not sure if I should go for plus or professional?

Any advice or it dosent matter which one you use? I have read the reviews and Pro has better casing and some extra features.

Thanks in advance

VK

#2

Other than aesthetic features (shiny silver, rubber feet), the Professional offers no real benefit over the Plus.

#3

I bought 2 pros. If it’s not a BA-II pro, you just don’t know!

I like the modified IRR on the pro, I’d get it for that.

#4

I’m old school, but I just like the feel of the button travel on the non-pro BA2+ – the pro feels too stiff. But that’s a personal esthetic matter. The MIRR on the PRo can be used to calculate total return on a bond in many cases, and the Net Future Value function also has some uses. But I’m not sure that’s worth the extra scratch.