Which calcualator to buy

[chinni234]

I am planning to order HP 12C platinum calculator from Amazon. Is it good one for CFA exam? Could you please compare this with TI calculator.

Thanks,
Chinni

 

[delhirocks]

Good choice with hp 12c plat, learning this calculator will not only help you over the next 3-4 years for your CFA, I believe it is a nice skill to have if you are in the quant business.

 

[plyon]

Agreed. Make sure you buy the anniversary edition. It has a faster processor than the silver edition.

 

[JoeyDVivre]

I will sell you mine for $480. It will let you pass the CFA exams 3/3.

 

[Andys]

chinni234,

I would recommend you to buy TI calculator.

 

[JoeyDVivre]

I find these questions to be really odd. A calculator costs less than a decent dinner out. Buy both. If you can't learn how to use both in about 1 hr each, better make a new plan for your life.

 

[chinni234]

Thanks for your replies. I will buy hp calculator. It is good to now about platinum edition.

I found 4 of the calcuators in Amazon if I search for "HP 12C platinum anniversary". I will buy first one listed here for $69.99. I am not sure why same titles have different prices.

1.HP 12C Platinum Anniversary Edition
Buy new: $104.99 $69.99

2. HP 12C Platinum Anniversary
1 Used & new from $149.92

3.HP 12C Platinum Anniversary
Buy new: $132.18 $98.80

4.HP 12C Platinum Anniversary
1 Used & new from $89.41


Here is the url
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_e/102-9048375-5059302?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=hp+12c+platinum+anniversary&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

 

[Young_Prof]

I'm an HP12-C guy too. Just beware that you'll have a slight learning curve to pick up on the RPN keystrokes; its different than any other calculator that you use.

However, you'll see that (in my opinion) the majority of experienced finance guys will recommend this calculator because, once you get a hang of RPN, the calculator will save you a lot of time.

When you get it, pick up the instruction book and look into the store/recall function and the statistical functions (the sigma key: sample mean and std deviation calcs). Those are a couple easy ones off the top of my head that will save you a lot of time on the exam.

 

[mwvt9]

Also look at depreciation methods and amort function.