标题: Level 2 done...now Series 65...pretty easy? [打印本页] 作者: stockjaguar 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44 标题: Level 2 done...now Series 65...pretty easy?
I have to get my Series 65 now. Has anyone taken this and is it easy? Did you just use the Kaplan book?作者: senlinlang 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
Yes. Ive done the 7 and 66, and just finished LII as well. This should be a cake walk (and much less studying) than the CFA. Also much more boring, which could make it a little harder to study haha.作者: Swanand 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
Agreed. I've done the 7 & 66 (65+63) and it's fairly easy. My firm bought the kaplan prep material. I got bored reading it and went straight to the qbank. The 65 is unnaturally boring. I finished around 2500 questions in the qbank and scored in the mid 80s on the 66.
All you want to do is pass. It doesn't mean sh!t if you score a 90. Nobody cares.作者: madaochenggong 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
I took and passed the Series 65 in December of 2009. It was my first run at any type of organized financial test. I thought it was fairly easy if you had a financial mind and studied for it. CFA tests are about ten times as hard, and require about 100x the studying.作者: xilinx_altera 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
Series 65 is super easy, kinda weird though. I took the Series 66 (65+63) after my Series 7;studied for 3 days and got an 86.
Cfa Levels are more like 100 times harder than blue sky laws, it's not a challenge.作者: needhelp1700 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
Don't you have to be sponsored to take these exams?作者: Pegasus2008 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
Series 7 and 63 yes
Series 65 no作者: economicz 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
It should be a joke compared to what you just went through.作者: sameeragarwal 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
I took the 66 (63+65) back in 2008. I'd recommend getting the Kaplan Qbank and taking a test to see if you score above 70%. My score on that think was the same I got on the real test, so I'd take that until you score a 75% and then go sit.作者: President1988 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
Series 65 is a JOKE compared to CFA Level II. I took the 65 literally the day before Level I last year, passed both.作者: ryanlb 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
If you give enough bananas to a monkey it can pass any FINRA exam.
It's not even close. CFA Level II = giving up seven months of your life and then praying for two months that you pass. Series 65 = one weekend of studying stuff most people in the industry should already know.作者: SFoyil 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
S7 is a grind but easy. Ditto the financial portion of the S16. S24 is a beyatch, as is the regulatory part of S16.
S65 is a breeze.
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If you think hiring a professional is expensive...
wait until you've hired an amateur.作者: busterbluth 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
If I want to take the 7, what prep materials should I get to study for it?
How do I go about getting sponsored if I'm not affiliated with a financial institution (I'm in the Navy).作者: luda002 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
In order to take the Series 7 you need to be sponsored. I don't believe there are any exceptions to this rule.
You should use Kaplan for your prep materials.作者: ppls 时间: 2011-7-13 16:44
The 7 is not a hard exam but does require some studying. It's a lot of information and you have to get used to the test format. Again, it's not hard but you do have to study.
