What's Different from the Level II 2016 Readings?

Realizing that somecandidates may want to use last year’s notes, we're providing a high-leveloverview of the significant changes we made to Level II.

Seven readings were added for 2017:

• Reading 20: Integration of     Financial Statement Analysis Techniques
            by Jack T. Ciesielski, Jr., CPA, CFA (Complete rewrite of previous     reading of the same name by the same author)
• Reading 40: Pricing and     Valuation of Forward Commitments
            by Robert E. Brooks, PhD, CFA, and Barbara Valbuzzi, CFA
  

• Reading 41: Valuation of     Contingent Claims
            by Robert E. Brooks, PhD, CFA, and David Maurice Gentle, MEc, BSc,     CFA
  

• Reading 42: Derivatives     Strategies
            by Robert A. Strong, PhD, CFA, and Russell A. Rhoads, CFA
  

• Reading 46: Commodities and     Commodity Derivatives: An Introduction
            by David Burkart, CFA, and James Alan Finnegan, RMA, CFA
  

• Reading 49: Measuring and     Managing Market Risk
            by Don M. Chance, PhD, CFA, and Michelle McCarthy
• Reading 52: Algorithmic     Trading and High-Frequency Trading
            by John Bates, PhD (© John Bates)
  

Eleven readings were removed:

• Inventories: Implications for     Financial Statements and Ratios
            by Michael A. Broihahn, CPA, CIA, CFA
  

• Long-Lived Assets:     Implications for Financial Statements and Ratios
            by Elaine Henry, PhD, CFA, and Elizabeth A. Gordon, PhD, MBA
• Integration of Financial     Statement Analysis Techniques
            by Jack T. Ciesielski, Jr., CPA, CFA (replaced by new reading with     the same title and author)
• The Five Competitive Forces     That Shape Strategy
            by Michael E. Porter
• Your Strategy Needs a     Strategy
            by Martin Reeves, Claire Love, and Philipp Tillmanns
  

• Forward Markets and     Contracts
            by Don M. Chance, PhD, CFA
  

• Futures Markets and     Contracts
            by Don M. Chance, PhD, CFA
• Option Markets and     Contracts
            by Don M. Chance, PhD, CFA
• Swap Markets and     Contracts
            by Don M. Chance, PhD, CFA
• Interest Rate Derivative     Instruments
            by Frank J. Fabozzi, PhD, CPA, CFA
• A Primer on Commodity     Investing
            by Frank J. Fabozzi, PhD, CPA, CFA, Roland Füss, PhD, and Dieter G.     Kaiser, PhD
  

Two readings were revised for 2017:

• Reading 10: Multiple     Regression and Issues in Regression Analysis
  

• Reading 19: Evaluating     Quality of Financial Reports
  

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