haha bostonkev … could be a joke in there somewhere … I seem to remember a similar one and it ended with “rub it and you get a suitcase!” I am still puzzled as to why they’d take a rubber band. For things to read, I started reading a book that I’ve had for ages and it’s very appropriate right now: “Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises”. Also the WSJ today mentions a older book that I want to get, "The best explanation for today’s credit crisis came in a 1921 book by University of Chicago economist Frank Knight, “Risk, Uncertainty and Profit.” Risks can be known for individual corporate bonds with long histories, for example. But uncertainty is about unknowable probabilities, as happens when there are multiple variables with unknown relationships, such as a falling dollar, a housing recession and complex asset-backed securities. Financial historian Peter Bernstein, who described the odd-shaped astragali in his classic on risk, “Against the Gods,” wrote that “Knight’s ideas are particularly relevant to financial markets, where all decisions reflect a forecast of the future and where surprise occurs regularly.”
A very enjoyable read is “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator,” by LeFevre (sp?). In fact, it was the first book related to trading I read when i started on the floor of one of the exchanges in Chicago back in '90…It is a classic and definitely worth the read. I would also recommend “Fooled by Randomness,” by Taleb. And i heard, but haven’t read yet, that “Bad Money” is good as well. I will most likely read that last one right after I finish the Narnia series with the kids, and a revolutionary war history that I got for Christmas and has been on my nightstand ever since.
I do. it is sad. I feel that I cannot stop. Everyday, after work. the first thing----CFA. My bf said i am going to be mad…
lily1229 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I do. it is sad. I feel that I cannot stop. > Everyday, after work. the first thing----CFA. > My bf said i am going to be mad… You ARE mad
but are you hot?
you guys are ridiculous. reading any of this stuff again is the last thing i want to do right now.
ng30 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you guys are ridiculous. reading any of this > stuff again is the last thing i want to do right > now. exactly. i’m really enjoying the time off. maybe too much.
lily1229 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I do. it is sad. I feel that I cannot stop. > Everyday, after work. the first thing----CFA. > My bf said i am going to be mad… Can I be your bf? We can recite parts of the CFAI texts to each other when we’re having fun in bed!
Ok that did it. I will not open this thread again.
I’ve felt guilty ever since stepping out of that exam room. I cracked the books open on the day after, but quickly closed them after going over material that confirmed an incorrect answer. I haven’t touched them since but have been looking for other courses/books to study in the meantime.
Im glad Im not alone… I feel a strong urge to keep studying. Very odd. I took the last of my books out of my apartment though (and to the office) after I started re-reading a little and realized I had made some stupid mistakes on the test. Lets just hope we all get the chance to study Level III starting whenever…
Yea, and I bet after a couple of realizations you were quick to put those books away. That sums up my experience with this urge 