Which are the best books to refer for CFA exam preparation?
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Candidates can prepare for the CFA 2025 certification course by reading many reference materials mentioned below-
Name of Books
Authors
Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers & Acquisitions
Pearl and Rosenbaum
2021 CFA Level I
Kaplan Schweser
Strategic Value Investing: Practical Techniques of Leading Value Investors
Stephen M. Horan, Robert R. Johnson and Thomas R. Robinson
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
Roger Lowenstein
The Cartoon Guide to Statistics
Larry Gonick and Woollcott Smith
CFA Level I
Bhupesh Ananad
The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities
Frank J. Fabozzi
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