Is the CFA L1 curriculum interesting (On a scale of 1 - 10) like, quotient, interest, through

Siddimaula

For those that have gone through the L1 curriculum, how would you rate the interest quotient for the L1 curriculum.

Is it terribly boring to get through, moderately boring or interesting like math?

Any logical computation would be interesting...while any voluminous cramming would be boring IMO.

What do you think?

jacksparrow

Ethics - 8
Stats - 1
Economics - 5
FRA - 7
Corporate - 7
Portfolio - 9
Equity - 9
Fixed Inc - 3
Derivatives - 6
Alt Invest - 9

ohai

a mix bag here:
Ethics - 9,
Stats - 1
Economics - micro-2, macro-8
FRA - 9
Corporate - 7
Portfolio - 3
Equity - 7
Fixed Inc - 8
Derivatives - 1
Alt Invest - 6

CPATrader

I think it was very interesting to go through the first time around, even Ethics. Revision was a pain... and then of course, the fact that you had to try and memorize all definitions, theories etc was a killjoy...

strikethree

I'd give everything a 10 except Ethics, Econ, and IFRS vs. GAAP discussions.

firat

It all depends on you.

My breakdown.
Ethics - 2,
Stats - 3
Economics - 5
FRA - 6
Corporate - 8
Portfolio - 8
Equity - 7
Fixed Inc - 8
Derivatives - 7
Alt Invest - 8

Ethics, and Stats for me were a snoozer. You can imagine ethics, and I don't like stats - even though math is my strong characteristic.

This is all up for debate as people with different interest will comment accordingly.

I attended a Stalla workshop, and they mentioned that the exam is set up to be around 1/3rd calculation/math.

I didn't find the material to be hard to go through, infact you should prob go through it more than once. There are some snooze moment, and theory concepts that you need to cram in. All in all, I find it pretty comprehensive and neatly designed.