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CFA Level II Crash Notes — the final-week review

Level II rewards linking concepts under time pressure. This is the condensed pass — the valuation formulas, the “which model, when” rules, and the vignette traps — sized to revise in the final week, with a companion Formula Sheet.

  • One Crash Note per level
  • Formula Sheet included
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Learning outcome statements

~350 hrs

Recommended study time

3×/year

Sittings · item-set vignettes

Crash cardEquity Valuation · Free Cash Flow

High-yield · a recurring item-set anchor

Must know

  • FCFF = NI + NCC + Int(1−t) − FCInv − WCInv → discount at WACC
  • FCFE = FCFF − Int(1−t) + Net borrowing → discount at r_e
  • Terminal value = FCF₍ₙ₊₁₎ ÷ (r − g)

Decision rule

Match each cash flow to its claimant — FCFF↔WACC, FCFE↔cost of equity; prefer FCFF when leverage is changing.

Trap — Forgetting the after-tax interest add-back when bridging FCFF → FCFE.

A review you can finish in the final week

  1. 01

    The last mile, not a second textbook

    A condensed pass over the whole level — the formulas, the decision rules, and the traps — sized to revise in the final week, not to relearn the curriculum from scratch.

  2. 02

    Built from where candidates actually slip

    Every entry earns its place by exam frequency and by the mistakes that cost marks, so your final review concentrates on what moves your score instead of what you already know.

  3. 03

    Formulas rendered, not screenshotted

    Each formula is real, readable math on any device, paired with the one-line “when to use it” the exam is actually testing — plus a companion Formula Sheet for the whole level.

See a real crash card

This is how a high-yield topic appears in the Crash Note — the formulas you must have cold, the one decision rule behind them, and the trap that costs marks. A companion Formula Sheet covers the whole level.

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Crash cardEquity Valuation · Free Cash Flow

High-yield · a recurring item-set anchor

Must know

  • FCFF = NI + NCC + Int(1−t) − FCInv − WCInv → discount at WACC
  • FCFE = FCFF − Int(1−t) + Net borrowing → discount at r_e
  • Terminal value = FCF₍ₙ₊₁₎ ÷ (r − g)

Decision rule

Match each cash flow to its claimant — FCFF↔WACC, FCFE↔cost of equity; prefer FCFF when leverage is changing.

Trap — Forgetting the after-tax interest add-back when bridging FCFF → FCFE.

The Crash Note ships with your study package

It unlocks with any paid plan for this level — the same access as your notes and question bank. Pick how far you want the rest of the toolkit to take you.

About the Crash Notes

No. It is the final-week review layer that sits on top of the full curriculum — a condensed pass to consolidate what you have already studied, not the place to learn a topic for the first time.

Walk into CFA Level II with the last mile covered

Preview the Crash Note free, then study the level that builds straight into it.