mik82

tozerrt Wrote:
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> 99 cannon sloop Wrote:
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> > Well I went through *reading* 11 and I feel
> like
> > most of it was pretty simple. I didn't quite
> grasp
> > the ANOVA stuff as well as I did the other
> stuff,
> > but I get the general idea.
> >
> > Reading the blue box examples is very helpful
> to
> > clear things up.
>
> Quants isn't necessarily "too difficult", but it
> is VERY dry material, imo. I barely studied that
> area and (not surprisingly) scored < 50% in that
> section of Level II. FYI- Reading 11 is just a
> warm-up for 12 and 13, so it's not supposed to be
> very difficult to comprehend. Time-series
> analysis is probably the hardest part of that
> area.
>
> I think biousia's comment hit the nail on the head
> a few posts back -- if you want to know the
> "hardest" sections of Level II, those are probably
> the ones that stand out.


You're right. It's much better to focus on the areas that are important for the test.

The CFAI material isn't as gripping as a Sherlock Holmes novel or anything, but I am finding it somewhat interesting. Its well written and it does a good job of making the information relevant and immediately applicable to actual analytical work.

I've found it faster to skip a lot of the material, though, and focus on reading (1) the definitions, (2) the formulas, (3) lists, (4) figures, (5) examples, and (6) footnotes. I think the materially was written partially in mind to be a reference book for analysts, so I'm just skipping things that don't seem particularly important.

jbaldyga

The middle SS of FRA (covering pensions, multinational operations and intercorpoate investments) is pretty intense. Take some time getting through it.