Secret weapon has been acquired. Now must rid the errors.
How to get them for level 2? or Where?
Oh nevermind, $149 is expensive AF.
I scored in the top 10 percentile in the AM section.
this test was horrible last year. I was pissed I wasted my time taking the AM (PM section is fine to run through). so many errors. You have enough old CFAI mocks on hand. I recommend using the CFAI AM and w/ the Boston PM.
Yes it its expensive. Last year’s level 2 was decent. Maybe you can find it from someone, not that I condone that kind of thing 
I totally agree with you. A lot of errors and has nothing to do with real exam. really nothing. just a waste of time and money.
Yeah, those things are worse than schweser. And that says a lot about the quality.
Trying to find all the errors is probably the only value-add I get from Boston mocks.
I’d say Boston Mocks > Schweser but both are pretty damn sh!tty
so it’s not worth taking Boston exam?
How do you think 125mph? do you recommend this year’s?
I did the AM last night. Regarding the AM:
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Good exam for the most part. There were 8 questions and I think 6 of the questions were very good. Two questions were way out of wack…
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The FI section was no bueno. It felt like old material rather than updated FI section. They asked an obnoxious question to calculate portfolio modified duration and annualized dispersion… and gave 3 bonds with par values, maturities and coupons… ya right, I dont remember that specific calculation! (For only 8 points… No way is that testable for 8 points on exam day)
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It didnt give typical “circle the correct choice” and justify… Instead, for example, it would ask the bias and justify. Typical exams would list 6 biases and you circle one and then justify.
So minor issues, for the most part I though the exam was good. Was it worth $150? Probably not, but it depends… Have you done Konvexity, MM, and CFAI papers and looking for more practice? If not, then head to the affordable exams.
I would rate this one similar to Konvexity and MM for the most part. However, Konvexity you get 3 exams and MM you get 4 exams for less cost of a single boston!
Will do the PM tonight
If all you had was the CFAI mocks and 20 years of past AMs, what would you choose to supplement with? Based on what you’ve taken so far & considering cost
I have done pretty much every CFAI paper, Konvexity, Schweser, IFT, MM, Boston, and Finquiz. Based on best Value:
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CFAI (the best and free)
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MM (4 sets) Tied with Konvexity (3 sets) – I got a 50% off Konvexity
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Schweser - 6 sets – came with my package
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Finquiz - 6 sets and an additional 5 AM papers, so its 11 AMs and 6 PMs (had like a 90% off – so costed about $90)
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Boston - 1 set - by far the most expensive
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IFT - 3 sets (questions are practically old CFAI questions with maybe some numbers changed… deja vu!). I also got the IFT completion portfolio (questions to replace with irrelvent CFAI questions… this was junk… just other CFAI questions reworded again.)
Wow, nice work man. I felt like you were in the top 2-3 most prepared AF’ers last year and it looks like you’re treating #3 no differently. Keeping the competition tough. Are you just coasting for the next month?
No coasting but I am definitely taking it easier than Level 2… I was doing one full mock per day from May onward in level 2… This time, only doing half a session a day.
Have the following scheduled from 5/8 to finishline, all of which will be 2nd attempts:
5/6/2019 Boston 2019 AM #1 5/7/2019 Boston 2019 PM#1 5/8/2019 MM 2019 AM #1 5/9/2019 MM 2019 PM #1 5/10/2019 Konvexity 2019 AM #1 5/11/2019 Konvexity 2019 PM #1 5/12/2019 CFAI 2004 Essay 5/13/2019 Konvexity 2019 AM #2 5/14/2019 Konvexity 2019 PM #2 5/15/2019 CFAI 2005 Essay 5/16/2019 MM 2019 AM #2 5/17/2019 MM 2019 PM #2 5/18/2019 CFAI 2006 Essay 5/19/2019 CFAI 2007 Essay 5/20/2019 CFAI 2008 Essay 5/21/2019 Kaplan 2019 Live #1 AM 5/22/2019 Kaplan 2019 Live #1 PM 5/23/2019 Kaplan 2019 Live #2 AM 5/24/2019 Kaplan 2019 Live #2 PM 5/25/2019 MM 2019 AM #3 5/26/2019 MM 2019 PM #3 5/27/2019 MM 2019 AM #4 5/28/2019 MM 2019 PM #4 5/29/2019 CFAI 2009 Essay 5/30/2019 CFAI 2010 Essay 5/31/2019 Konvexity 2019 AM #3 6/1/2019 Konvexity 2019 PM #3 6/2/2019 CFAI 2011 Essay 6/3/2019 Blue Box 6/4/2019 CFAI 2012 Essay 6/5/2019 CFAI 2013 Essay 6/6/2019 CFAI 2019 Mock AM 6/7/2019 Blue Box 6/8/2019 CFAI 2014 Essay 6/9/2019 CFAI 2015 Essay 6/10/2019 CFAI 2019 Mock PM 6/11/2019 CFAI 2016 Essay 6/12/2019 CFAI 2017 Essay 6/13/2019 CFAI 2018 Essay 6/14/2019 Rest 6/15/2019 Test
Keep it up dude. You’ll definitely pass at this rate.
Dear God. Did someone from the Institute hurt your family or something? Is this your way of exacting revenge?
If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career.
LOL how funny.
$149.00 is expensive? You maaaaaaaaaay want to reconsider your career choices.
Plot flaw: The boston Afternoon session is scheduled from 1:30AM - 4:30PM
