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my best year by this metric.
68.9%
might as well start a thread in attempts to pinpoint the MPS
 
I got 65% with the 40/60/80 rule and still failed. :(
Just a two years ago, a 56% was enough to pass.
 
Mine was 67.3% and I passed (just barely it seems).
I just pasted my stuff into excel. Using =IF(F3=”*”,0.8,IF(E3=”*”,0.6,0.4)) gave me the correct percentage. Multiply that by the number of points, fill down, etc.
 
Can anyone tell me what I did?
Essay
Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
1 Portfolio Management - Individual 26 - * -
2 Portfolio Management - Individual 9 * - -
3 Portfolio Management - Institutional 24 - - *
4 Portfolio Management - Institutional 11 * - -
5 Economics 19 - * -
6 Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation 10 - - *
7 Equity Investments 17 - - *
8 Alternative Investments 15 * - -
9 Portfolio Management - Risk Management 16 * - -
10 Portfolio Management - Monitor&Rebalance 15 - - *
11 Portfolio Management – Performance Eval. 18 - - *
Item Set
Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
- Derivatives 18 * - -
- Economics 18 - - *
- Equity Investments 36 - - *
- Ethical & Professional Standards 36 * - -
- Fixed Income Investments 36 - - *
- Portfolio Management 18 - - *
- Portfolio Management - Individual 18 - - *
 
there is no link anymore .. cfasuccess.com is down.
Use Excel and calc yourself.
TOPIC MaxPoints 40/60/80 Value(PtxValue)
 
67.77% per 40/60/80 - FAILED !! Thought I deserved to pass, put in the hours for sure, not as smart as I thought I was I guess. I guess I’m very close to the cutoff.
Essay Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
1 Portfolio Management - Individual 26 - * -
2 Portfolio Management - Individual 9 * - -
3 Portfolio Management - Institutional 24 - * -
4 Portfolio Management - Institutional 11 - - *
5 Economics 19 - * -
6 Portfolio Management - Asset Allocation 10 - - *
7 Equity Investments 17 - - *
8 Alternative Investments 15 * - -
9 Portfolio Management - Risk Management 16 - - *
10 Portfolio Management - Monitor&Rebalance 15 - * -
11 Portfolio Management – Performance Eval. 18 - - *
Item Set Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
- Derivatives 18 - * -
- Economics 18 - - *
- Equity Investments 36 - - *
- Ethical & Professional Standards 36 - - *
- Fixed Income Investments 36 * - -
- Portfolio Management 18 - - *
- Portfolio Management - Individual 18 - - *
Performance band of your overall score among all candidates who failed the exam: 10
 
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