yodacaia

I just used the CFA curriculum for L1, which was not too difficult to digest and I passed. But I don't think you want to read the curriculum for L2.. those 500 page monsters will put you to sleep before you know it.

I suggest the Schweser notes for L2. I passed thanks to the notes. However, I think it's not enough to just use the notes for sections on portfolio management and commodities on alt inv. The notes didn't cover the most important materials on those two sections. So read the curriculum on those and do the practice questions at the end of the chapters.

I never used Elan for L2 so I don't know.

To be safe, you might want to use the notes (Schweser or Elan) and try to do all the practice questions on the CFA curriculum to get a solid hold of the material (this is what I did).

One last thing, start early on your study for L2. It's a totally different animal compared to L1.