Pace of December 2011 studying studying

EastCoastJ

I am done with Economics, Derivatives, and Alternative investments. Could somebody please comment on the pace of my studying? I plan to sit for the December 2011 exam.

mkytz15

Done with quants, econ and FRA and had a quick read through ethics at the very beginning.

So far the material is not so bad (I am using Elan) it is actuallt pretty easy mostly review. However I have finally struggled on a couple of chapters FRA Income taxes and IFRS/US GAAP differences are the 2 chapters out of 43 so far that i have had less than 70% in EOC questions (59% and 68%). ALl the other chapters I usually get over 85%. I definitely flagged these 2 for further intensive review in my final weeks oof review. I also realize that as im moving forward old material seems far and tough to remember but I m hoping that because I had no problem understanding it when I do my final review and the practice exams and questions it will be fine.

ap0258

Wow.. u guys are a lot ahead. Even though i got my books one month ago, actually 40 days ago, i am just starting now. First chapter of first books ethics, after reading for half an hour i feel tried and came here to check out you guys..Hope i will do better on next days...

badonkus

I actually think Goodwill's plan is not that bad. Start with the easy things, then focus on the main topics. Better to have the main topics fresh comes exam day than the easy ones.

Done with ethics, quant, econ...moving into FRA

Good luck everyone

DSquaredSlim

finished wid quants so far...bt still need a review on it...will start wid corporate finance next..

cjs238

Start doing questions, even if you haven't read the material, especially the calculation questions. It will be an incentive to study and it will not only test your knowledge and give you facts, but the solutions will also encourage a problem-solving mindset. And who knows, they might even ask a similar question on the exam.

I would get through the readings as quickly as possible and go right to any questions.

Learn by doing questions because that's all you'll be doing on the exam...questions...not regurgitating material from memory.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 04:55PM by jonathankyim.

canadiananalyst

first post here. I'm finishing ethics and quant today after 2 months. I need to step it up. Havent changed my lifestyle at all, so sometimes a week goes by that I dont open the book. 5 books left, 4 months to go. Any suggestions?

jcfa2011

i started about 1 month ago and have glances at everything except ethics... its all an undergrad review which makes it quite boring.....

the difference for me is that I have seen it all but I am far from ready to attack this on an exam.. but I am using a lot more skimming

rohitdoshi

at Jordanwang007

I am also on FRA, halfway through its taking me a bit more time than anticipated. (probably because Its my weakness, least exciting)

I felt Ethics was indepth but not too bad, Economics I found the quickest so far, Quant was a bit of work and I will need to revisit it but thats ok.

FRA is just dragging! just finished ratios and DuPont ROE decomposition today.

I have found my pace right up to recently to be quite good, spending about 2 hours on CFA everyday and about double on the weekends for the past 3 - 4 months but i must say i have finally hit a wall.

My motivation just dropped in the last week. what to do? perhaps take a few days off.

Once i get past FRA I feel I will enjoy the rest of the material moreso, Equity, FI, Alt, PM perhaps with the exception of corp finance. anyone done these? which did they find the most challenging?

thommo77

Going to start end of the month.