CFA Discussion Sessions (For Dec 11 Exam) Guest Series : Discussion Moderated by shivgan3@yahoo.com
I am not a teacher of CFA, this series for the mutual discussion
In fact I am looking for some teacher to moderate these sessions CFA Discussion Sessions (For Dec 11 Exam) Guest Series http://www.freegregmatclass.com/
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Content : Content Introduction to this series
Study material & Resources available
Discussion of Strategy for studying
Class Sessions Scheduling
Four of my favorite areas that I will talk about are:
Quantitative Methods
Financial Reporting and Analysis
Ethical and Professional Standards
Time value of Money
Disclosure : Disclosure Not a class but a discussion session, intended to keep students with similar goals together
I am not a teacher of CFA, in fact I am looking for some teacher to moderate these classes
Class for students to meet and discuss their progress and/or present what they have studied
Sharing of information among students
Course Buildup : Course Buildup Total 18 sessions with 75 readings
Ideally we have 520 hours that makes it to 30 hours per subject for full time prep
We will do it in 1 hour per session to introduce a little about what each session of 20 hrs will look like (Intro Series)
Course Buildup : Course Buildup Introduction to the study sessions and reading concept as given by CFA board.
Three main study material:
Official Books
Schweser books
Wiley books
Economics : Economics 3 Sessions as per CFA Board
Largest Content
Ethical and Professional Standards : Ethical and Professional Standards 1 session, mandatory to pass this one to pass level 1
It has 4 readings
Quite interesting area
Video of Schwezer are good for this area
Readings for Ethics : Readings for Ethics Reading 1 Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct
Reading 2 Guidance for Standards I–VII
Reading 3 Introduction to the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)
Reading 4 Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)
Standards of Practice Handbook, Tenth Edition
My Talks on Quant Methods : My Talks on Quant Methods Probability Theory
Probability Distributions
Statics
Hypothesis testing
Monte Carlo Methods
Past Engineering Background and Math study helps
Quant Methods SS 2 : Quant Methods SS 2 Quantitative Methods for Investment Analysis
Reading 5-8
Quant Methods SS 3 : Quant Methods SS 3 Quantitative Methods for Investment Analysis
Reading 9-12
Time value of Money : Time value of Money
Financial Reporting and Analysis : Financial Reporting and Analysis 4 study sessions
20% of total questions, the largest area for the exam
Totally new for Engineer
Fixed Income : Fixed Income Good Quant Involved
For some people this is toughest after QM
250-350 hours as CFA Board says : 250-350 hours as CFA Board says 18 days (5-6 hours per day) = 100 hours
18 Study sessions ( 1 hr per day)= 18 hrs
After 18 days or this session decide a strategy
Conclusion : Conclusion CFA Dec 2011 Exam Strategy discussed