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[Sarahjon]

Help, pls. With your advice and tips on how you completed all three level exams. Tips and studying strategies??? Thanks!

[Martingale]

Help, pls. With your advice and tips on how you completed all three level exams. Tips and studying strategies??? Thanks!

Hi Sarahjon,

Good decision, I should say. CFA(chartered financial analyst) is getting popular nowadays, especially if you are going to deal with investments. But it's tough and a bit expensive:) , as I heard, and much harder than CPA(actually CPA is one of the easiest). I guess, CFA requires more years of work experience(4 years) to get the charter. Im personally planning to take the first level right after graduation and have been to the CFA conference lately.

Here is the homepage for CFA institute(by the way, they have great research works, check them out at cfapubs.org) to find more information.
http://cfainstitute.org/

As for the exam, I have been told that first level should not be that hard, if you have taken many finance classes, some accounting classes and intermediate(not principles) micro and macroeconomics. (I assume, it shouldn't be problem for you)

One tip on textbooks: if you go to their website, they give you a list of books which you need to prepare for the exam. They are way expensive(actually most companies cover all those expenses icluding books). Do NOT buy all of them. There are couple of the most important study guides and notes specifically designed for CFA exam takers. i.e. Schweser or Stella, which you can buy on ebay.

I think the best source for you would be their webpage. Good luck!;)

p.s. What area are you interested in? Are you doing Ph. D in finance?

[Sarahjon]

Thanks, M.

I think (or i hope) i will get started soon to take 1st level exam in dec 2006. am not ready for june exam.

I ve been lazy in terms of learning lately. time to get smart again.

PhD is long - it's not for me - i prefer to gain experience and the money instead, and save some time for fun.

omadlar,

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Hi Sarahjon,

Good decision, I should say. CFA(chartered financial analyst) is getting popular nowadays, especially if you are going to deal with investments. But it's tough and a bit expensive:) , as I heard, and much harder than CPA(actually CPA is one of the easiest). I guess, CFA requires more years of work experience(4 years) to get the charter. Im personally planning to take the first level right after graduation and have been to the CFA conference lately.

Here is the homepage for CFA institute(by the way, they have great research works, check them out at cfapubs.org) to find more information.
http://cfainstitute.org/

As for the exam, I have been told that first level should not be that hard, if you have taken many finance classes, some accounting classes and intermediate(not principles) micro and macroeconomics. (I assume, it shouldn't be problem for you)

One tip on textbooks: if you go to their website, they give you a list of books which you need to prepare for the exam. They are way expensive(actually most companies cover all those expenses icluding books). Do NOT buy all of them. There are couple of the most important study guides and notes specifically designed for CFA exam takers. i.e. Schweser or Stella, which you can buy on ebay.

I think the best source for you would be their webpage. Good luck!;)

p.s. What area are you interested in? Are you doing Ph. D in finance?

[Буратино]

who has the books for the exam?
Do you even meet the criteria for the exams?Let's share some preparation techniques.
I'm sure you can buy Stalla off of eBay.It shouldn't cost you too much.It's a good idea to keep your textbooks,that is of course,if you are still at school.Martingale,if you have your textbooks,make sure you keep them.
Also,there should be ways to download some practice tests,and a good idea to talk to people who took the actual test and try to get some reading material from them.Here is a good source: http://www.analystforum.com/phorums/
I wonder if there is a single Uzbek CFA here:)
that would help a bit.

[Prodigy]

I am 1st year MBA Student and have a finance background. If that Schweser's book is enough for CFA 1 level, could you please tell me exact name of the book, so that I could search for the book immediately. Many thanks.

[StU]

Help, pls. With your advice and tips on how you completed all three level exams. Tips and studying strategies??? Thanks!

a friend of me just passed the 1.Level, it took him pretty much time and efforts, but I guess all infos and books you can find on analyst forum, the link is posted above.
This forum is wrong platform for CFAs - ask better there: http://www.analystforum.com/phorums/

[melo]

no offense- but why do you want to be a CFA? Sounds like a very boring job. Is it really worth the work???

[Sarahjon]

studying is fun.

what is non-boring job, anyways? being a singer or model or actress or what? "boring" to you might be "fun" for me, and the other way around. have a nice non-boring day.


no offense- but why do you want to be a CFA? Sounds like a very boring job. Is it really worth the work???

[StU]

I wonder how many uzbek CFA's do we actually have - are there any? :?
Or may be those - who took ACCA, or CPA?