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Realized I left out the jobs I’m applying for, kind of important detail isn’t it! I’m applying for i-banking positions and brokerages. I’m an economics graduate but joined the family business on graduating (shipping). But I’m hoping there are some transferrable skills.
I did put it in my CFA status on my resume and in the one interview I’ve had so far the interviewer did bring it up from reading my resume, so that worked.
Up4Thanks both! I’m still only about 50% through but will aim to finish by end of this month…
Up4tolly66 said:Six-hour sessions will melt your brain, but they are good for building your endurance on Exam Day. For Level 1, I managed to get just under 21.5 hrs/wk (I was going to school last year, which gave me enough free time). Overall, my study time totaled 410 hours. Thankfully, I passed, however, I sacrificed time that I could have used for job hunting.I think the 6-hour session thing really varies from person to person. My roommate and I are both taking the CFA exam, and I can’t go for any longer than 2-3 hours, but he basically grinds it out from morning till evening during weekends, stopping only to eat some pizza. It’s unnerving.
Up4Thanks! halfway through vol 2 and I think either way it would be enough until the exam, but I don’t think the quality is as good as vol1.
Up4I think you mean mid-August, CFA institute also indicates it will be sometime in august.
Up4Thanks! Got one week off from my holiday allowance and even managed to get 2 extra ‘free’ days off!
Up4Just another hour and I’m done for the day…. and year.
Up3It’ll be hard to comment unless we know in more detail what your experience is. Although in a small market some experience could be highly transferable.
Are you looking for a larger foreign institution in Bulgaria or another country?
Up3For the most part there is a lot of crap floating around CFA whatsapp groups. It’s hard to follow unless you’re on it all the time. There’s quite a lot of filesharing requests as well. Your mileage may vary, but my recommendation is to join one, but not participate actively unless you have a specific question to ask.
Up2Might sound stupid, but the Dummies book on investment banking is actually quite good.
Up2Anyone having restless nights already?
Up2Just had a look through most of the CFA courses on Udemy after the black friday sale. for the most part they are utter crap. there are some helpful videos here and there, but not worth the time to view them all to benefit from them.
Up2analyst0718 said:@genetemp Could you please describe your process for solving DCF questions? Maybe someone can help if we see the process you are using.I was just more commenting that I’m probably somehow entering in numbers wrongly into my calc. Each time. Ah well. Thanks for trying to help though!
Up2mjgavilanes said:retaking level 2. what’s the best material Schwesser and Wiley?I was planning on going for Schweser, worked well for me in L1 but @ellieb19 is giving me doubts! Are there any differences in L2 that may call for a different provider? Schweser has a discount right now I think, so would want to decide soon.
Up2My take: hard to tell, but probably yes.
I’m L2 at the moment and have put my candidacy in my CV. Am getting interviews and mentioning it in interviews, but is it helping? No idea. But I think it is a good extra to have and I would have less to talk about in an interview otherwise. Not just about the qualification itself, I also use knowledge learnt from the program in interviews and case studies.
Up1Jumping in on this topic: when is the latest that is recommended that we should start mock exams? It’s taking a bit longer than expected for me to finish up. I’m still stuck in Equity and not touched at least half the topics…
Up0There is a group that does CFA exams as well as other finance topics: https://www.meetup.com/nycfinance/
Looking for a venue though so any suggestions welcome.
Up0Didn’t know GIPS is a popular skipping topic! I think I’ll leave GIPS until the absolute last minute and give it a good read 1-2 days before the actual exam. Might get lucky for those 1-2 questions!
