Good stuff Bobby thank you for your input
srksag
April 30, 2015, 12:46am
#22
Let me know if anyone in NJ/NY area wants Level 2 scheweser practice books.
srksag
April 30, 2015, 12:46am
#23
Let me know if anyone in NJ/NY area wants Level 2 scheweser practice books.
CapdYa
April 30, 2015, 1:05pm
#24
BobbyBraveheart:
my biggest change is I am not using Schweser this time around. My opinion on schweser is they do a good job of teaching the biggest LOS’s in the curriculum but they don’t go into enough detail on many topics and skip over the finer details, which at the time lead me to believe I could briefly read through them and not learn the material. Big mistake. Another thing I would do differently is not take the weekly schweser video class with Dr Holmes. Nice guy but gives too much opinion on what he thinks you should do for the exam and what he expects to see on it which sent me down the wrong study path. My own fault.
second time around I’ve bought the elan guides and practice Q’s. Their material is so much better than schweser it’s not even close. The Peter olinto videos are the best CFA content you can spend your money on in my opinion. I’m seeing things in the Elan notes that got almost no mention in schweser that I know was on the exam last year
based on how CFAI has changed up their weighting this year I am putting a big focus on fixed income in addition to equity, FRA, corp fi and derivatives. Those five topics are at least 50% and more likely 65%-70% of the exam. Quant just know reading 10, Econ know reading 12, PM there’s a ton of material but I’m willing to gamble it’s only 5% this year and alt investments I already find easy because I do real estate valuation for a living
Good post Bobby, good to hear about Elan as that is what I am using as well. Definitely agree with you on the weightings, that is my plan of attack to focus on.