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Amazing. Congratulations on passing. I’m trying for June 2020, useful to have a blueprint!
Up5Doesn’t seem like it’s in breach of anything to me. You’re working on your own personal investments and applying what you have learned.
I’m assuming you are allowed to invest under company policy.
Up4CFA L1 here, but I have some experience in post-baby careers.
IMO what you’re trying to do might be a little unrealistic. I don’t see many people trying to break into IB after starting a family. 1. Switching careers to IB from a non-related field and 2. after maternity leave is a very very ambitious target.
Bluntly speaking, I think you may find that you may not be able to compete with grads for graduate jobs.
My advice is to stick to your current field (maybe move away from manufacturing to an industry closer to banking), build up your resume past the maternity break, then try IB again. But I’d look carefully at IB and consider if that’s what you really want at this stage of your life.
Up3All FX questions have a 50/50 chance of messing me up…
Up3You cannot pay the one-time registration fee and then register later – what would be the point anyway?
I’m an L1 candidate, using Kaplan, but I considered bloomberg and IFT as well. Do your research and choose what works for you.
If you’re confused the articles on this site is a good place to start. Good luck dude.
Up3rahul12 said:my favourite snack is nachos actually, easy to make, adding greek yogurt (instead of sour cream), chopped coriander, salsa, guacamole, makes it relatively healthy and more-ish.You forgot the most important ingredient – CHEESE.
I always burn my cheese when I try to make my own nachos though.
Up3Also, what is the point of the withdrawal option if you don’t get a refund? Isn’t just not showing up the same, but easier? 🤷
Up2Thanks very much for all these questions. However, can we have questions on other topics? The previous weeks have focused on hypothesis testing, it would be good to get questions in other areas. Thanks again!!!
Up2Looking forward to your L2 guide next year B)
Up2Don’t celebrate it, but I had a massive turkey curry so…
Up1Tez4715 said:Just as an FYI for anyone else reading this, I used 2012 Schweser books sitting in the office to study for the 2018 exam. Then used the CFA portal once my employer finally enrolled me the day before registration closed. There were a fair few questions that were definitely not covered in the old content but nothing the CFA material doesn’t have notes on. I comfortably passed so don’t stress about using old 3rd party books as your baseline if that is all you’ve got access to.Interesting that you say that, the general advice that I’ve been given is to not use old materials. Did you find that you had to work extra hard to ‘compensate’ for the extra legwork around the missing bits though? 2012 for the 2018 exam is 6 years outdated so I would have thought the material would be mostly out of date.
Up1If your finals are in June I’d say go for December. It’s not worth trying to get your degree and pass CFA L1 – you’ll risk trashing both. It may not be the fastest route but it’s much more pragmatic.
Up1I remember doing this question!
I always thought this question is a bit flawed, so I agree with your assessment that strictly speaking this question does not have enough information.
Additionally, the underlying fund fees may actually be completely different, as they are (presumably) a compilation of funds, and so applying a basic 20% margin to the aggregate profit will not be right way to do it “in the real world”.
I’ve sat for L1 but honestly don’t remember if the exam questions were this confusing – it was a blurry mess of a day. I can only imagine so since this is a CFAI question.
Just my two cents, hope it helps.
