Yes. Studied with CFA textbook but practice with Schwaser Q-Bank and Schwaser Practice Exam

Working in research house is not that busy till you need to work till 1-2am everyday. Probably happen during corporate announcements season when you have like 3-4 results in a day.

You can try to wake up early and study for 1-2 hours everyday before you go to work (though i never did so).

No offense to anyone, but IMHO, the CFA exams itself are relatively much more easier compared to the CFA syllabus itself.

So, passing the exam is one thing. Whether you learnt or understood the material is another thing.

Having said that, this actually also applies to tertiary and secondary education system as well

Analyst is such a dream job for everyone lol

Ouch!! So harsh T_T

Getting all subjects above 70% is easy. Just be discipline and study as early as possible with the final 1 month or 2 weeks focusing on practice exam.

And also focus more on Alternative Investments. Why? Because it have the least questions. Just a few wrong questions and you can kissed your 70% goodbye.

Alternative Investments for both my Level 1 and Level 2.

But anyway, i self-study so i don't really mind

+1 to your relative. Having a CFA to your namecard looks cool but won't carry much weight. Not the textbook knowledge, but it is the 4-year related experience that you accumulated is the more important and relevant.

Has been many times hearing stories of newbies (passed CFA L2/L3 examination) using textbook materials to support their arguments or other things

Noesis seems to go for the "premium" brand route. lol

this year CFA exam they even booked Paparich and prepared food in advance for their students.

bet you won't have a life if you do all that papers/degree and working at the same time.

you might think it's cool to have so many qualifications, but as you rightly pointed out, most people will think it as ridiculous.

If you really into studying, might as well take a PhD and be a professor.

running away from forum topic lol.

stlove, you are putting yourself in the crossfire for most of the forumers here. FYI, most of us here might not have the luxury like you to be able to pursue Masters or tons of professional qualifications, whether in term of time or financial resources.

Also, since u studied finance, i assume you are well-versed in the concept of "return on investment". Just ask yourself whether the additional qualifications you pursue will add incremental value to you or not. Period. That will answer your question.

You can write "Passed CFA Level 2". Not sure whether "have CFA Level 2" is politically correct or not. Also, not entirely sure if you can put it under professional qualification

CFA Institute has a strict requirement on this. So better check.

because every ah chu, ah kau and ahmad can sign-up for Level 1. Not because it is super hard

Untrue

1. Your competition is probably from ppl that graduated from Australia universities or some UK university. Definitely not top Ivy League. If i am top ranked university graduate from the likes of LSE or Wharton, I might as well aim for at least the IBs in Singapore. Pay is way better, not even considering the conversion rate.

2. Which specific area of IBs are you actually looking for? Some departments are fairly easy to enter for graduates (i.e. need slaves to do tedious boring work) and some don't even want to consider freshie (unless u really outstanding and/or u are Bumiputra and/or you know or is the relative of someone bigshot)

This post has been edited by tohff7: Mar 2 2013, 10:30 PM

Depends on what the background for those LSE grads i guess. Not uncommon in finding people that want stay closer to parent