Why is it wrong to say "I am a Chartered Financial Analyst"???

CFA Level I
#1

does anyone know? This Q is from CFA’s self test but they don’t give you any explanations for the Qs you got wrong… Thanks!

#2

i think you can say the full thing, but you cant say i am a cfa? is that right?

#3

you cannot use it as a noun. you can’t say I am a CFA or I am a Chartered Financial Analyst

#4

I am a CFA Charterholder That’s the “appropriate” way to signify you’re a charterholder. Know it for the exam, but in real life… I’m sure plenty of charterholders say “Yeah, I have my CFA”.

#5

Yeah, you definitely cannot say I am/have a CFA but for some reason I didn’t make a connection to it when I saw “I am a chartered fin analyst”… good to know, they’ll probably test it on the exam. Thanks for your posts, guys!

#6

sorry for misleading you there, thanks for the correction