Schweser Level III notes are in received

Viceroy

I received the level III notes in the mail today.

nannan66

CHRISTMAS IS HERE EARLY FELLAS!

yeah i got the UPS notification. now the big question is do I completely switch over to schweser or continue reading through the CFAI?



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SkipE99 Wrote:
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> CHRISTMAS IS HERE EARLY FELLAS!
>
> yeah i got the UPS notification. now the big
> question is do I completely switch over to
> schweser or continue reading through the CFAI?


I have read SS 3, 4 and 5 from the CFA text. I am making the jump to Schweser for the rest of the material.

First run through (w/o Ethics) will be complete by late Jan. for me.

mik82

i noticed on the CFAI website the % breakdown is absurd. it seems to be oriented towards L1 and 2 only. anyone else know what I am talking about?

In L1 and L2 they gave you a much narrower spread on % breakdowns per topic. maybe 10-15% for econ, 5-15% for quat...etc...On the L3 breakdown that i saw in CFAI, 50% of the topics have a 0% weighting and they cram everything into Wealth Management and something else and give it a 0-55% range or something. am i missing something here?



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bboo

Has anyone recvd the books? What's the color of the cover this time?

Windjammer

They're purplish blue. With a lady on the cover. I'm trying to guess her age, but I'm at a loss. I'm gonna go with 33.

This is my first year with Schweser (Former Stalla-ite). Are the texts usually this bad with highlighter? The good news is I breezed through the Estate Planning reading (#16) last night and I think I have a fairly decent grasp on it.

Zestt

DEFINITELY use CFAI for all IPS stuff and Fixed Income. Otherwise, huge probability of failure.

Darien

ChickenTikka, thats actually a little disturbing...

bodhisattva

I personally would not waste my money on the Schweser Level III notes. Plus the Schweser customer service is lousy.

The CFAI books are more comprehensive and much more useful. Don't waste your money on third party materials or classes. They are a big con job.

skycfa

"not waste my money on the Schweser Level III notes"

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I understand you but can't fully agree: i passed frm, caia and cfa1&2 with schweser and it went fine.
Of course you have to complement your study work by practising the exercises and mock exam from CFAI to get use to their specific format, and maybe spot weak areas, but Schweser is pretty good finally.

CardShark => why specifically IPS ? I might follow your advice on this

See you guys! The road is dam long til june 2011!!

Greg