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Pepp,

I would try to nail down as much as possible with ethics, FSA, and equity. I think you can't skip ANY topic 100%.

What happens if you see an item set on a topic that you skipped? You will almost guarantee a failure.

Best of luck.

wizofoz

Agree above list is pretty good. Might also e worthwhile checking which of those chapters have end of chapter questions in the curriculum. Just a suggestion.

xilinx_altera

This is a very good summary of what will be crucial and I think if we can get the below down we can definitely pass

Spanishesk Wrote:
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> heres my take and what i will focus on the last 4
> weeks
>
> Ethics - The actual standards
> Quant - Mutliple regression (time series if time
> remains)
> Econ - two big readings, Currency Exchange Rates
> (reading 18) and Parity Relations (reading 19)
> FRA - Intercorp investemnts, pension, and
> multinational
> Corp Fin - capital bud. and mergers and
> acquisitions
> Equity - the valuation models (DDM, FCF,
> Multiples, RI, Private company val. if time)
> Alternatives - Private equity
> Fixed Income - Valuing Bonds with embedded
> Options, mortgage backed securities
> Derivatives - Options, Swaps, forwards (if you
> know forwards you can prob figure out futures)
> Port Management - ICAPM
>
> This is still a TON of work, but at least
> eliminates some of smaller topics.
> In reality, i would recommend going through it all

jacksparrow

If you are remotely comfortable with the concept of a hedge fund, skip the 2 HF chapters in Alts and read the takeaways in Secret Sauce instead. They're incredibly 'duh, isn't that common sense?' readings.

bolligerallstar

heres my take and what i will focus on the last 4 weeks

Ethics - The actual standards
Quant - Mutliple regression (time series if time remains)
Econ - two big readings, Currency Exchange Rates (reading 18) and Parity Relations (reading 19)
FRA - Intercorp investemnts, pension, and multinational
Corp Fin - capital bud. and mergers and acquisitions
Equity - the valuation models (DDM, FCF, Multiples, RI, Private company val. if time)
Alternatives - Private equity
Fixed Income - Valuing Bonds with embedded Options, mortgage backed securities
Derivatives - Options, Swaps, forwards (if you know forwards you can prob figure out futures)
Port Management - ICAPM

This is still a TON of work, but at least eliminates some of smaller topics.
In reality, i would recommend going through it all

ryanlb

yeah i'd prefer that too, but FRA is not easy, it taking insane amount of time to read and understand and i am forgetting it all too easy.

i am hating FRA. equity i am trying but the last study session is not a joke either. have myself really in a hole right now. so trying to do something easy as captial budgeting so i feel a sense that i have done atleast a little bit.

Analyze_This

Maybe try to stay off analyst forum! I spent too many hours leaving stupid trolling messages all over the place, I wish I could get that time back. But answering qs on level 2 forum does help as you study. If your not working full time you still in with a gud shot, if ur realy stuck just concentrate on equity and fsa, and skim the rest, audio too might be a gud bet

Rasec

Studying capital budgeting right now, seems quite easy among all other things.

zhaoyp

Depends on what you think are your strong points, like if you have a basic knowledge in economics you might be able to wing it, maybe some of the capital bugeting, I not realy sure nothing springs to mind, gud luck though