CPA vs CFA

Golden Point Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I passed the CPA last year and just passed L2. > Having the CPA made it much easier to study for > the Financial Analysis section but I would say CFA > is much more difficult. In addition, the pressure > is completely different when you have to take a 6 > hour exam which you are allowed to take only once > a year vs. a 2 or 3 hour exam which you can take > up to 4 times a year. > > The best way to think of it is that CPA is bottom > up accounting vs. CFA top down financial analysis. > having both will give you a different perspective > because you will know more about where the > financial numbers came from. i think the cpa must be different from the UK qualification i have. I had to sit 8 3 / 3.5 hour exams, 4 of which were in the same week and could only be taken once (some twice) per year. Certainly agree with your second paragraph

Thanks Golden Point! Makes lots of sense and congrats on the passes