Boring material .... something, material, concrete, actually, interest

Viceroy

Is it just me, or is 50% of this material extremely boring???

Not that I got off on level 1 or 2 stuff but it was actually pretty concrete stuff where as this seems to drag on and on about stuff that I have no interest in..... its a hard task to keep focused, I just look further in the book to something that is a bit more applicable and stimulating than this crap in the second half of book 3!

Chuckrox

Hey Guys!

L3 can be somewhat "fuzzy" but rest assured, you'll want your head "clear" and ready to rock n roll come exam time! Sometimes the L3 material is cool; sometimes analytical; sometimes compliance-like, etc. I look at like the last pieces of the whole CFA Body of Knowledge jigsaw puzzle.

On the exam, and pardon me if this sounds extremely simple:

--Answer the Question asked! If the question asks for 3 solutions and why?? You have got to give them the 6 answers.

--Put yourself in the position to Win every question.

--Give the Grader a reason to pass you!

Keep plugging away on your studies...you have plenty of time to thoroughly understand the material.

canadiananalyst

another vote for the coolness of L3 compared to the others for me. Some (though not all) of you may change your mind after you get through the full curriculum as I think it did a nice job of pulling everything together.

skycfa

thommo77 Wrote:
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> CFABLACKBELT Wrote:
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> > smileygladhands Wrote:
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> > > ive finished my first pass through the
> material
> > -
> > > i can tell you it never gets better - outside
> of
> > a
> > > few small parts in fixed income, and the risk
> > > management stuff, its all absolutely,
> > > mind-numbingly boring. At least in L1 and L2
> i
> > > felt like i was learning stuff. Not here.
> >
> >
> > Agreed. Hats off to those who find this
> material
> > interesting and for having positive attitudes.
>
> >
> > For me, I feel like I'm studying for a huge
> > compliance-like exam.
>
>
> I agree. I am trying to convince myself and I
> tell myself daily that this material is really
> interesting and I love it, but deep down I feel
> like I am studying for the Series 7.

Haha ya I was thinking that this is very similar to S7 language. Unfortunately it won't nearly be as easy =(

jmh530

Somebody please tell me that readings on corporate governance and emerging markets finance are not very important for the exam, at least for the morning part... I can't understand why they have chosen to include such extremely theoretical readings.

ll11

i miss the objectivity of the quant section, but whatever.

zwjy

Corporate governance stuff was terrible...

liangfeng

I'm enjoying l3 more than the other 2.

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bboo

TheAliMan Wrote:
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> The best part of level 3 is behavioral finance.
> Who agrees?

I wouldn't say the best, but it definitely isn't the worst.

NO EXCUSES

Iginla2011

So far i have done 3 Study Sessions: Behavioral Finance, Private Wealth Mgmt and Institutional Wealth Mgmt.

I found all of them very interesting.

Now, I have started with Capital Market Expectations and my impression has started to change Good part is, i was anyways expecting this reading to be boring.