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Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: girlie (IP Logged)
Date: January 12, 2007 10:27AM
Hello everyone,
I just registered for the June 1007 Level 1 and would like your opinion whether it is necessary to purchase CFAI books. I have bought them already-they are in the mail, but some people have been advising me to return them. What's your opinion? Are they worth their cost? Or should Schweser notes be enough?
Thx!
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: USFbulls (IP Logged)
Date: January 12, 2007 11:36AM
I talked with a proffesor who teaches CFA test prep classes and he told me it was completely necessary to buy the CFAI books but other people i have spoken too told me just to get notes, so all i bought was the schweser notes. If you have the money get both.
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: jb7049 (IP Logged)
Date: January 12, 2007 01:57PM
I bought the books, but I plan on supplementing with schweser flashcards, practice exam book, and passpro subscription...
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: brew man (IP Logged)
Date: January 13, 2007 12:41PM
FWIW, I bought the notes for 2007 and am using them primarily, but also picked up the '06 CFAI off of e-bay as a back up to help me out on a few areas I'm rusty on. I think a lot depends on your background/education.
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: kkent (IP Logged)
Date: January 13, 2007 12:53PM
I'm with JB.
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: smgardy (IP Logged)
Date: January 13, 2007 02:12PM
i would go with the orignal books. for me it covers all bases and leaves me less anxiety as i wait for the scores knowing that i did not try to half ass my way through something. i respect the cfai and what to see what they have to say about finance.
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: Slash (IP Logged)
Date: January 13, 2007 03:01PM
maybe is a conspiracy -- the CFAI looks at all the candidates and passes the people who bought the original books over people who bought the notes. they say, "that'll teach those mofos by dissing our books"
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: zorro_3 (IP Logged)
Date: January 15, 2007 10:53AM
as i think i already posted elsewhere
i will just be using books as a reference as required and primarily the Schweser notes
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: dein_gesicht (IP Logged)
Date: January 15, 2007 05:44PM
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter which notes you buy as long as you understand all the LOS. If you can understand them using Schweser or Stella Or CFAI, it doesnt really matter. Everyone learns differently and for me I think CFAI are better as they explain everything pretty well, whereas Schweser is more of a summary than an explanation in some areas and if I could across a topic I know pretty well, then I don't read as much detail of the CFAI notes. I really enjoy reading the CFAI textbooks as they can be used for reference material later on in life.
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: mambwe33 (IP Logged)
Date: January 15, 2007 08:27PM
I bought both. I am using the Textbooks as a reference to the Schweser study notes.
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: RyanDe680 (IP Logged)
Date: January 15, 2007 09:59PM
mambwe33 Wrote:
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> I bought both. I am using the Textbooks as a
> reference to the Schweser study notes.
I am doing the same, primarily reading Schweser
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: Nik77 (IP Logged)
Date: January 15, 2007 10:39PM
me three.
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: ruhi22 (IP Logged)
Date: January 15, 2007 10:50PM
Are any of you guys reading the textbooks like Reilly Brown/ White Sondhi Freid/ etc? Because that is what I am doing actually.. reading Schweser and then directly referring to the prescribed books from the Bookstore in case I have a doubt. I don't have the CFAI Curriculum..but I remember reading somewhere in this Forum that the CFAI texts have been made using the same material from these "original" textbooks.
Any opinions?
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: girlie (IP Logged)
Date: January 17, 2007 12:29AM
thank you guys for the replies...
although, I am sending the CFAI books back tomorrow... =)
I will study using the Shweser notes...whoever I talked to in person did not use the CFAI books and passed
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: Danteshek (IP Logged)
Date: January 17, 2007 12:50AM
Unless you have a lot of recent finance coursework, I would NOT recommend forgoing the original material. Even if you scam yourself past L1 using only Shweser, the next level will expect that you know L1, and that will set you back. You really have to know your stuff, and retain it through the next levels.... Just my 2 cents.
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: dopey (IP Logged)
Date: January 17, 2007 01:51AM
Depends on time availability. Reading the same book again or reading two books
is based on what will help one remember all teh LOSs. Sometimes one may understand
things in one book or find them confusing. Then it helsp to read another. Schewer
gives you a cover to cover read while Riley and Brown and White are huge books which
you have to read sections. I liked reading some of these two books as I did not have
Schweser. I liked the notes (non-Schweser) and these helped me in the end.
BUt most of all set aside dedicated 45 days for test taking and relearning things you
are weak in. Because after a test one has to go over questions.
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: Shakil (IP Logged)
Date: January 17, 2007 07:30AM
I think doing lots of practice exams is the most important. Schweser is more than enough for Level I.
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: dluce (IP Logged)
Date: January 17, 2007 09:04AM
My biggest issue with Schweser is that giving a quick summation of some topics actually makes you spend more time than necessary trying to figure out the underlying story and can be inadequate. I found that on the L1 exam in Dec., there were far less computational problems than I anticipated and much more of the "two column" questions. (i.e. True/False, True/True, etc.) With the CFAI text, the greater detail can be easier, albeit longer, because it is more comprehensive and delivers the full story.
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: quitap (IP Logged)
Date: January 17, 2007 10:07AM
Shakil Wrote:
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> I think doing lots of practice exams is the most
> important. Schweser is more than enough for Level
> I.
yes! study notes alone should be fine as long as you take MANY practice exams.
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Re: Schweser notes or CFAI books?
Posted by: zorro_3 (IP Logged)
Date: January 17, 2007 11:46AM
where can I get more questions from apart from the concept checkers at the end of each Schweser topic?
I also have Book 6 with all exams but its too early for that
is there a place I can get questions by topic?
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Re:SchweserNotes or CFAI books? (2015/8/31 下午 07:47:32 )
台灣菲利浦有一位高材生，姓王。他三關都只用金證照的講義，s參考書連看都沒看，一樣過關。
他說金證照教的好
我說他的資質有夠棒 |
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CFAI 模考 (2011/9/8 上午 10:43:36 )
CFAI 模考跟真正考試最像。 |
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You must need SchweserNotes if you want to pass (2009/11/2 下午 01:31:01 )
Scwheser can save your valuable time.
Stalla is too wordy.
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Re:Schweser notes or CFAI books? (2008/7/18 下午 02:37:01 )
A set of Study Notes is necessary if you wanna save time to get key concepts quickly. |
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CFAI books = study notes (2007/6/18 下午 04:56:40 )
偶認為CFAI應該購併SCHWESER，將STUDY NOTES列為ASSIGNED READINGS |
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Re:CFAI books 比 study notes 省時間 (2007/3/23 上午 09:25:23 )
2008起報考CFA強制買教科考，不用再花錢花時間在簡陋的study notes了
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http://www.cfainstitute.org/cfaprog/courseofstudy/bundledcurriculum.html
Bundled Curriculum
Beginning with the 2008 exams, CFA Institute will include the assigned CFA Program curriculum and one online sample exam in the registration fee paid.
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關天祥 |
CFAI books 比 study notes 省時間 (2007/1/25 下午 08:10:29 )
對，教科書才是最好的選擇
讓你融會貫通，輕鬆過關 |
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Re:CFAI books 比 study notes 省時間 (2007/1/25 下午 06:28:30 )
STALLA IS ALSO A GOOD CHOICE.
IT'S MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN SCHWESER
BUT LESS WORDY THAN TEXTBOOKS. |
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真相大公開 |
CFAI books 比 study notes 省時間 (2007/1/25 下午 01:03:40 )
"... biggest issue with Schweser is that giving a quick summation of some topics actually makes you spend more time than necessary trying to figure out the underlying story and can be inadequate. I found that on the L1 exam in Dec., there were far less computational problems than I anticipated and much more of the "two column" questions. (i.e. True/False, True/True, etc.) With the CFAI text, the greater detail can be easier, albeit longer, because it is more comprehensive and delivers the full story ..." |
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