CFA L1 Today!
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on 12/1/12 at 7:37am
Im heading out to kill this thing in like 10min. Goodluck all.
Post your thoughts after the fact, but keep it ethical!





Good luck!
Good luck!
"That dude is so haole, he don't even have any breath left."
Just finished up here in
Just finished up here in Milan, we're in the future - good luck buddy!!!
Musings to come. For now cooking up a nice dinner at my buddy's flat with my GF and drinking a ton of wine and smoking a Cohiba.
if you like it then you shoulda put a banana on it
How much studying time did
How much studying time did you put in? I'm kind of coasting between now and b-school starting in the fall so I've been tossing around the idea of registering for the Level 1 in June.
Half time here on the west
Half time here on the west coast. My head is starting to spin from a combination of sleep deprivation/exhaustion/caffeine/dehydration. Am I the only one who thinks the CFA exam is more taxing than marathon races?
All in all, I think I have a
All in all, I think I have a good shot at passing. I only wish I could have slept more last night, but the formulas spinning in my head kept me awake.
The lack of sleep made this more grueling than the mocks. In addition, I didnt appreciate the 1hour wait before the start of each half.
...now how long do we have to wait for the results?
howd everyone do? Did anyone
howd everyone do? Did anyone else find it very hard compared to the mocks?
I thought it was okay. The
I thought it was okay. The level of difficulty I thought was comparable to mock exams. I think I have a good chance of passing it.
Cries, out of curiosity, why
Cries, out of curiosity, why are you doing CFA if you're in IB?
Cries: All in all, I think I
All in all, I think I have a good shot at passing. I only wish I could have slept more last night, but the formulas spinning in my head kept me awake.
The lack of sleep made this more grueling than the mocks. In addition, I didnt appreciate the 1hour wait before the start of each half.
...now how long do we have to wait for the results?
Results will come out mid-January.
PFWizard: I thought it was
I thought it was okay. The level of difficulty I thought was comparable to mock exams. I think I have a good chance of passing it.
I thought the Econ section was harder- probably just me..
reformed: . How would you
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How would you compare how you think you did on each section compared to how you did on the mocks?
txjustin: Cries, out of
Cries, out of curiosity, why are you doing CFA if you're in IB?
I wanna transition to credit investing, and ultimately raise funds
Very cool, good luck man.
Very cool, good luck man.
Is it just me or everyone
Is it just me or everyone else that found the fixed income and derivatives sections the hardest sections to tackle ?
I think the fixed income and
I think the fixed income and derivative sections can be tackled with enough practice and intution. I personally find FRA to be the most difficult section since some of the topics have no rhyme or reason to them, just rote memorization of inane concepts - primarily all of the IFRS vs. GAAP nonsense.
Its not so easy when you have
State of Trance: Is it just
Which session did you guys
I certainly found the