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,Book 2: Portfolio Management (Part
One) and Corporate Issuers
SchweserNotes™ 2024
Level I CFA®

,SCHWESERNOTES™ 2024 LEVEL I CFA® BOOK 2: PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (PART ONE) AND CORPORATE
ISSUERS

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,CONTENTS
Learning Outcome Statements (LOS)

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (PART ONE)

READING 20
Portfolio Risk and Return: Part I
Module 20.1: Historical Risk and Return
Module 20.2: Risk Aversion
Module 20.3: Portfolio Standard Deviation
Module 20.4: The Efficient Frontier
Key Concepts
Answer Key for Module Quizzes

READING 21
Portfolio Risk and Return: Part II
Module 21.1: Systematic Risk and Beta
Module 21.2: The CAPM and the SML
Key Concepts
Answer Key for Module Quizzes

CORPORATE ISSUERS

READING 22
Organizational Forms, Corporate Issuer Features, and Ownership
Module 22.1: Features of Corporate Issuers
Key Concepts
Answer Key for Module Quizzes

READING 23
Investors and Other Stakeholders
Module 23.1: Stakeholders and ESG Factors
Key Concepts
Answer Key for Module Quizzes

READING 24
Corporate Governance: Conflicts, Mechanisms, Risks, and Benefits
Module 24.1: Corporate Governance
Key Concepts
Answer Key for Module Quizzes

READING 25

, Working Capital and Liquidity
Module 25.1: Liquidity Measures and Management
Key Concepts
Answer Key for Module Quizzes

READING 26
Capital Investments and Capital Allocation
Module 26.1: Capital Investments and Project Measures
Module 26.2: Capital Allocation Principles and Real Options
Key Concepts
Answer Key for Module Quizzes

READING 27
Capital Structure
Module 27.1: Weighted-Average Cost of Capital
Module 27.2: Capital Structure Theories
Key Concepts
Answer Key for Module Quizzes

READING 28
Business Models
Module 28.1: Business Model Features and Types
Key Concepts
Answer Key for Module Quizzes

Topic Quiz: Corporate Issuers

Formulas
Index