LokiDog2

spartanag07 Wrote:
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> I came across an interesting realization today
> after I read the income statement chapter in
> Stalla's study guide. I immediately started
> reading the CFAI books for the same topic and
> noticed that the Stalla study guide closely
> resembles it, and uses similar examples and
> thoughts. I'm not sure how I should feel about
> this - is that all study guides are - a summarized
> version of the actual curriculum?
>
> It just makes me wonder if I'm wasting my time by
> reading both, CFAI and Stalla. What do you think?


I can't speak for Stalla because I used Schweser, but I thought Schweser did a good job condensing the CFAI text. It probably cut down my reading time by half and I liked how it was organized by LOS. I didn't even touched the CFA text.