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RoyD said:

@Stuj79 you’re scoring 75-85% and not feeling safe? That scares me even more lol. Well I took another test today and scored 75 and 73 %. Still not feeling anywhere close to comfortable. Really hope the actual exam is easier than Schweser. Btw do you feel the CFAI mock is a must answer test? There are just 3 more days before the exam and I was wondering if I should do that or just do some last minute revision.

Should definitely do the CFAI one @RoyD!

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come here @vijay >:D<

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Wouldn’t it be (10%)^(1/4) for quarterly, and (10%)^(1/12) for monthly?

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Are you a member of the CFA UK society @MockTurtle‌ ?

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AAARGH. @PassedTense‌ I thought TIPS have purchasing power risk!

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edmundbp83 said:

Failed. Band 7. Damn.

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Schweser or Elan works great. Those are the two I’ve used, but are many others (check here) that you can try out as well.

You definitely should use qbanks – practicing without Qbanks is like going to war without weapons. 

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Congrats @Dr_Pain28! I passed as well 🙂

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Credit tranches are relating to default situations (addressing credit risk), whereas time tranches are for cash flow and payments (prepayment risk).

So time-tranching (or prepayment tranching) determines how principal cashflows are allocated. This can be sequential (senior tranche first) or some other custom parameters, depending on why/how the product was structured.

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I’m in AM at the moment at entry-level – let’s just say it’s CFA or my ass out of the door. Plus it really helps me do my job as I majored in history in university…

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I think I might go back to Quant Methods and do the rest in order…

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I’m taking a similar approach to you @sophie. Weekends but trying to squeeze in some work in the office and on the commute.

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That’s awesome @diya. Did you take Dec or June?

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I have a few contacts in the UK if you like, PM me @tim

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Kind of sorted it out – took an entire Saturday but in the end managed a solution. Thanks for all the advice guys! 🙂

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Old school is winning by a landslide!

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This is super interesting. Work experience clearly helps a lot, and in my case it’s in 2 ways:

1. There are areas where the topics are really, really clear for me because I face these every day in my role;

2. Peer pressure. Since quite a few colleagues are charterholders, and also current candidates, I have an extra bit of determination to make sure I pass (hopefully!)

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Bawstun!

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I’m monitoring but not invested in it @imdnextbuffet

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Yay @rhino6187! I’m June 2013 but I’m sure we’ll both meet at June 2014 Level 2! 😀

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