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I have my chartered finanial analyst (CFA) designation and the ti-ba II+ is the only calculator allowed for the 3 years of exams required to get the designation

I have my chartered finanial analyst (CFA) designation and the ti-ba II+ is the only calculator allowed for the 3 years of exams required to get the designation. It is a very simple device and this lock-in is the only way I would have paid $65 for each of the three I own.

malandrew 16y ago
There's no reason that you couldn't make a simple open-source web-app calculator that performs all the functions of that calculator. The TI-BAII+ is primitive in comparison to what is possible to program and create a web-gui. Heck they have even made their own iPhone/iPad version: http://itunes.apple.com/app/ba-ii-plus-tm-financial-calculator/id329739750?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/app/ba-ii-plus-tm-financial-calculat...
joe_bleau 16y ago
Really? I thought the HP-12C was still the gold standard in finance.
- bapadna 16y ago
  It is, and the HP-12C is allowed for the CFA exams. That said, it's a very short list of what calculators are allowed.