Textbook is kinda hard to understand to be honest. That was da reason why I'm actually searching for other alternatives. And 1 textbook is like more than 300 pages. 6 books total up to more than 1800 pages. Dats alot of reading. Lo

-> "couldnt find any job in stockbroking/asset management industry with cfa lvl1", what so great with Level 1 that giving an illusion you will get a job in stockbroking/asset management? Any 'job' some more? Toilet cleaner? In my opinion, you don't know what you want, that is the problem why you can't get a 'job' in stockbroking/asset management.

So far I found the reading of the 6 CFA Curriculum books was the most effective ways to study the CFA program. Other non-CFA institute supplementary books may summary the study outline of the program, however the CFA Curriculum books contain the most relevant information, including the type questions going to tested in the Exam.

the industry is so saturated with cfa holders+ candidates atm, cfa lvl 1 doesnt give you any edge at all.

I am only joining cfa because my company is sponsoring me to do it, even though they explicitly told me they don't treasure cfa holders as much as an experienced employer. They are sponsoring for the sake of utilizing the training budget allocated.

Hi there folks,

I'm thinking of enroll CFA in future. But I only posses of diploma in business admin. Should I enroll degree course before proceeding to CFA?

You can enroll for Level 1 when you are in the final year of your degree. To take Level 2, you must have graduated from your degree program by a certain cutoff date. Please check CFA Institute's website for further info

i was aiming for entry position for ER, so with at least lvl1, it give u some edge compared to other candidates who doesnt have? especially those not from the industry itself and without cfa?

what i dont have is the pratical exp, have not pay any "tuition fees" yet, would like accumalate more knowledge (been reading lots of report) before paying "tuition fees" indirectly, to pay less "tuition fees".

and since no reponse from boutique research house, my alternative will be looking for any jobs in the industry, to gain some knowledge whereas you cant as a retail investor... at least you're working in the industry, but different department...

you can turnaround and say, perhaps you cant sell yourself because ur resume & letter is piece of crap.. i would say why not we use this piece of crap to apply for other clerical or back office job in the industry while improving the content of the resume/letter? to improve the probability ?

chartholder? REALLY? if you were saying lv 2 candidates, then i believe la... that is something new to me. and i do agree that malaysia doesnt value CFA that much compared to other countries.. haha..

so do how do you venture into the industry ?

I don't read textbooks as well. The syllabus is too wide to be covered in such a short amount of time. I do rely a lot of schweser, and practices as well.

Now a lot people have different opinions about Schweser but they are the ones that got me through the test.

sorry.. i wanna ask that in a portfolio beta, how to calculate retail bond's beta?

Ready, bro?

2 more days. Can't wait

Me too. Let's get this over with.

Is Noesis providing lunch this time round? I rmb last time they booked paparich eh?

Going to Trader's Hotel for lunch

Danggg. Premium suite services.

Best of luck to both of us bro!

All the best to us both ;-)

Good luck to those who are sitting the exam today.

How's exam? Rmb not to discuss exam content else risk violating professional ethics conduct

Think I almost lost my wrist in the AM session. Yourself?

As usual I'm gna fail my ethics part. The questions are quite tricky isn't it?