if i start studying in january for the june 2012 exam, and only on weekends. do u think i will make it?

and btw, what's ur advice to study level 2 most effeciently? ie. what notes, study strategy etc etc

Studying only on weekends from Jan? How many hours can you put in per weekend? About 20 weeks only to the exam. That sounds like suicide to me. I'm not doubting you but it's risky doing that.

Best way to study is of course going through the textbooks. I'm doing that too. If you are planning on weekends only, better get Schweser or Stalla guides, cause I don't think you can finish reading the textbooks in that time period. All the best!

P/S Are you taking the Research Assistant job?

ya. should be

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Added on November 23, 2011, 1:32 pmbtw, between stalla and schwesser, which one do u recommend?

This post has been edited by Knight_2008: Nov 23 2011, 01:32 PM

about 200-250 hours

does this includes revision and practicing the questions?

This post has been edited by Knight_2008: Nov 23 2011, 02:20 PM

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

siew u're not slow

some of my classmates havent even gotten their text books


knight, have u passed level 1? if u havent, then better think of passing level 1 first

i've passed it already

nice! then take level 2 and study hard for it! don't only study on weekends!

but how to study on weekdays when you're working. i understand that research house are always busy.

btw,u are a veteran in this industry right? cna u give me some advice. between alliance research or public mutual, which one will u recommend?

i am not a veteran, i am new in this area too.. trying to make a career switch.

i would not know which option would be better for u.. but if u ask me, i'd go for public mutual

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).

icic. thanks for the advice

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Added on November 25, 2011, 11:01 amwhy ar?

This post has been edited by Knight_2008: Nov 25 2011, 11:01 AM

hahaha, im biased towards public bank (some of my family have an account with them)

not very familiar with alliance bank. i don't associate myself with something i don't really know very well

i'm not racist but public bank seems to be more of a Chinese bank ( they probably squeeze u and u might learn more from that )

This post has been edited by gooni3: Nov 25 2011, 05:24 PM

Ini CFA forum sound banyak serious. Anyway, I salute to all CFA exam sitters....so brave, so tough. Good luck

hehehe. i heard last year they added technical analysis in quantitative methods.

That means, level 1 -ers are now expected to be able to call HEADS AND SHOLDERS hahahaha.

My colleagues all struggling very hard. o.O still 6 months to go till June.

Yeah, technical analysis is now added into Quantitative Methods but the coverage is very superficial.

6 months will be over very soon.

fino u're scaring me!

I'm sitting for Level 2 in 6 months' time. I should be more scared. Best that you finish studying 2 months before exam so you will have enough time to revise.

i enrolled in sept and its end of nov now, 3 months and im still at quantitative methods, do i still have a fighting chance? i read word by word from the text book, thats why it took so long..do i still have time? but only after 2 months i realized that its not gonna workout if i read word by word..

how long did it take to study for you guys? like 5 months?

This post has been edited by Disciple: Nov 27 2011, 07:10 PM