JGovender

I passed the CPA by cramming for 1.5 weeks for each part and passing all 4 in 6 weeks back in 2006. Its hard to compare the two, although understanding GAAP/IFRS will make studying for the Financial Statement Analysis portion easier. The CFA requires more time due to the need to master general concepts instead of situation specific type scenarios (in the CPA I noticed that a large majority of ?s I answered I had seen in some form through the question bank from Becker). Generally speaking, if you can remember the economics/corp finance from college, and master the quant concepts then you should be in good shape...