zephyranalyst

waiguoren Wrote:
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> Hello all,
>
> 1st post here, but just finished studying for the
> day and thought I'd kill some time:
>
> Just some info about my situation-
>
> 33yrs old, married, newborn child (2 months),
> employed full time (flexible work hrs)
>
> I passed level 1 in December 2010 and decided to
> jump into level II for June so I could finish this
> stuff before my son realizes I am neglecting him!
> So far my plan is as follows:
>
> 1 reading per day + EOC?s and a cumulative Qbank
> test (15, 30, or 60 min depending on how much
> steam I have left in me). I am doing .5 readings
> per day for all FSA and Equity readings cause that
> is rough stuff. Anyway, I am on reading 28 and the
> plan is working pretty well. It's usually 3-6 hrs
> / day on average, but I have to say that it is
> working and retention is pretty good (75-80% on
> cumulative testing). It ain't easy and my family
> is VERY supportive. Just wanted to put that out
> there for anyone else that might be I. My
> situation.
>
> BTW- my academic background is I'm Econ and math
> and I currently work as a financial advisor.
>
> Good luck to all and please reply if you share the
> pain of doing all this with a family, job, etc...
> We gotta stick together!
>
> Cheers!


waiguoren, just curious about why you decided the CFA over something like for CFP for financial advising? Don't most people in financial advising world take the CFP?