Chuckrox

> the home/self study approach, seeing how I have a
> business background and most of this stuff should
> be a re-fresher.


This will not all be a re-fresher just a heads up. Some of this is beyond the scope of your undergrad degree. I was an accounting ungrad as well and I found it helped a lot in FRA (the biggest section) so you have an advantage. However, topics will be discussed that you might not have seen before.

Read the CFAI books, take notes in each of the sections, make flash cards of important concept/things you have dificulty remembering. Buy the schweser QBANK. Do 1000+ Questions. That is the best way to prepare IMO. Repetition. Remember this when you're reading the CFA books and you should do well: The exams are like that one professor that said 'anything in the book is fair game' focuses on a few things in depth then asks questions you would only remember if you read the chapter. You're going to learn those topics and they know that, so be prepared for little factoids. The QBank tries to throw those in, which is why I suggest doing a lot of problems from it.