Calculator

CFA Level I
#1

Hi which calculator do you advice for cfa?

Texas BA II , texas BA II plus professional, hp 12c, hp plantinum, hp 25th anniversary, hp 30th anniversary?

#2

BA II plus professional is the most advisable.

#3

Whatever you like, I use the Texas BA II. The layout similar to financial calculators I had in University.

To be honest I really don’t like any of them. None of them let you see the brakets when you are trying to open, close or correct an operation. I wish they made something like the Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS Scientific Calculator for financial calculators allowed for the CFA exam. I had that in university and loved it.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Texas-Instruments-TI-30X-IIS-Scientific-Calculator/1535939?findingMethod=rr

I would look at the different pictures and videos on the internet to decide.

When looking at the pictures and video think of:

  • the formulas you will enter how easy is it to find PV, NPV, IRR, FV, i. PMT
  • can you enter data fast to find the mean, a, b, variance and standard deviations
  • can you access ln, e with relative easy
  • how easy is to clear data from your calculator
  • can you delete a digit easily without ruining the rest of the inputs you just made
  • can you access combinations (nCr) and permutations (nPr) easily
#4

Yeah, the TI is the preferred calculator. The HP is great of course, but it’s got more of a learnin curve so if its your first financial calculator you might as well go for the more user friendly one. Plus I believe the TI has more options (may be wrong on that)

#5

texas BA II plus professional. worth the extra $s

#6

BA2+. Buy two of them.

#7

BA II+ series because you can use it for some other professional exams.

#8

Still cheaper than the hp

#9

BA II pro. Its used in all the exampples and it has extra features and fast

#10

The TI for sure. Both Elan and Schweser only illustrate the TI’s keystrokes.

#11

Thx going to fetch my ba ii pro

#12

Could you please advice where i should buy the calculator? From my country its extremly expensive… Like $300 that is rs 9000

#13

i bought it from amazon.co.uk because they deliver in my country unlike amazon.com and is much cheaper. i paid 30 pounds which is i don’t know 50 dollars. On amazon.com it was $30

#14

Thx :slight_smile:

#15

I found the buttons of BAII Plus Pro very hard to press. My fingers started to pain after using them. So I exchanged that with BA II plus with a friend of mine. smiley

#16

I use BA II plus. Feels cheap in my hands and there’s no rubber on the bottom so it slides around on the desk. I miss my TI-89

#17

I like the buttons… Except it’s gonna annoy the shit out of everyone at the exam with the constant clicking.

#18

I am a Student of engineering. I am currently using Helect H1002 Scientific Calculator. It has great functionality. Its advanced functions and features solve your all complicated examples.

StL Edit: The link is much better now.

#19

And it would be confiscated by the exam proctors if you tried to bring it into the exam room.

Blatant . . . and stupid . . . self-promotion.

#20

You bumped a seven year old thread to promote your calculator?