farrukhsadiq

Yah long post. This reads like 90% of the posts in the Level I forum. Maybe it should be moved there?

Honestly the secret to Level I is simply logging enough hours of study and making sure you understand the material. You can probably save your money on getting 3rd party books (The CFAI texts are probably more thorough) and spend it on practice exams from Schweser, Elan, or Stalla. Best videos I've seen are Stalla's, but to be honest it was only because I was pressed for time that I used them. If you log 300 hours you should be fine.

The people who work for the third party companies (Schweser, Stalla, etc.) probably have the CFA charter and are familiar with the test, but are most likely not the same ones who actually create the questions themselves. That would most likely be a huge conflict of interest. Whoever told you to skip the CFAI texts is really doing you a disservice. They might have been crappy back then, but they're pretty coherent and useful nowadays.

"If your not comfortable answering, as I would be competing with you for similar jobs, don't answer". Sorry, but this made me chuckle a bit =). You and everyone else will be or already is competing for the same handful of jobs.