Tuesday, August 19, 2014

2015 June CFA Level III - Study Plan

  • CFA Institute
  • Schweser
    • 2013 CFA Level III Notes
      • Level I and II Refresher
        • 2014/8/14-9/10
      • Book 1 to 5
        • *
      • QuickSheet
        • *
    • 2015 CFA Level III Notes: SchweserNotes Volumes 1-5 & Quicksheet Kit (eBook Materials)
      • SchweserNotes Book 3 (eBook) (Est. 2014/9/4) 2014/9/10-10/2
      • SchweserNotes Book 4 (eBook) (Est. 9/12/2014) 
      • SchweserNotes Book 5 (eBook) (Est. 9/20/2014)
      • SchweserNotes Book 2 (eBook) (Est. 9/25/2014) 2015/1/3-1/26 p.93 Economic Forecasting*
      • SchweserNotes Book 1 (eBook) (Est. 10/3/2014) 2014/10/2-2015/1/3
      • Schweser's QuickSheet (eBook) (Est. 10/4/2014)
    • SchweserPro QBank (Online)
    • Schweser Study Calendar (PDF)
    • Errata (on Kaplan Schwer's website)
  • CFA Institute
    • CFA Institute Level III 2014
      • Vol. 1
        • 2014/9/*
      • Vol. 2
        • *
      • Vol. 3
        • *
      • Vol. 4
        • 2014/10/*
      • Vol. 5
        • *
      • Vol. 6
        • *
    • Errata
      • http://www.cfainstitute.org/programs/cfaprogram/courseofstudy/Pages/study_sessions.aspx
      • http://www.cfainstitute.org/Eratta/2015_level_III_errata.pdf
  • CFA Glossary
  • Schweser
    • Practice Exams
    • QuickSheet (2013)
      • 2015/*
    • Errata (on Kaplan Schwer's website)
  • CFA Institute
  • CFA Institute
    • Exam Date
      • 2015/6/6 (Sat)



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Sunday, June 15, 2014

The Financial Journal

To all readers of this blog,

Thank you very much for visiting and reading this blog.

I'm going to start a new blog for all financial industry professionals. I hope that the blog will be interactive,  intellectually stimulating, and open platform for all readers.

"The Financial Journal"
http://thefjg.blogspot.com
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Friday, June 6, 2014

2013 CFA Level III Exam - belongings

    In the night before the exam day
  • Admission Ticket
  • Map
  • ID(Passport)
  • Mechanical pencil
  • Eraser
  • Extra lead
  • Earplug
  • Eye mask (for lunch break)
  • Financial Calculator (TI BA II Plus Professional)
  • Battery (for the financial calculater)
  • Watch(G-SHOCK)
  • Mobile phone (with mobile Suica; electronic money/commuter pass in Japan)
  • Materials (notebook, Schweser's QuickSheet, etc.)
  • Handkerchief
  • Folding umbrella
    In the morning on the exam day
  • Lunch box
  • PET bottle (mineral water)
  • Snack (chocolate or something sugar-rich)
    Unnecessary
  • Wallet

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Sunday, October 13, 2013

2014 June CFA Level III - Study Plan & Results




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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

2014 June CFA Level III - Registration

Registered on the CFA Institute website.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

I passed the June 2011 Level II CFA exam!!


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Dear X X,

Congratulations. I am very pleased to inform you that you passed the June 2011 Level II CFA exam. You are one step closer to achieving your goal of earning the globally respected CFA charter.

43% of candidates passed the June 2011 Level II CFA exam. Registration for the June 2012 Level III CFA exam will be available 27 July on the CFA Institute website. (Please note that you must have a valid international travel passport to register. Learn more about the candidate ID policy.)

Your detailed exam results, including a matrix outlining your strengths and weaknesses, are in the table below.

As you continue your educational journey with CFA Institute, please contact us if you have questions or comments about the CFA Program.

Again, congratulations on your achievement.

...

The three columns on the right are marked with asterisks to indicate your performance on each topic area.



Item Set
Q#TopicMax Pts<=50%51%-70%>70%
-Alternative Investments18--*
-Corporate Finance36-*-
-Derivatives36-*-
-Economics18--*
-Equity Investments72-*-
-Ethical & Professional Standards36-*-
-Financial Reporting & Analysis72-*-
-Fixed Income Investments36--*
-Portfolio Management18--*
-Quantitative Methods18-*-

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

2011 CFA Level 2

Now it's fnishished and I don't know how to express how glad I am. I have been under the really heavy pressure due to not only the exam itself, but also the feeling that I haven't been a good father nor husband. I have been studying almost all the weekends although I often drove a car to have a dinner with my family.

On top of that, we had a huge earthquake and tsunami; nuke plant crisis in Fukushima continues now. I and my family were temporarily relocated to Singapore in last March for a few weeks. I couldn't study during that time at all.

Additionally, I thought a CFA charter is a ticket to a new career; somewhere not in the asset management industry. (CFA is said to be a qualification mainly for buy-side, but I think it's also beneficial for investment banking and global markets.) I have been feeling stressed because my job was not intellectually stimulated and I could't even imagine that I am doing the same job in the long run. This situation requires me to pass the exam, and increases the importance of the exam. It was a stressful situation, indeed.

I somehow found a job in a boutique financial advisory firm; I was just lucky. The president just wanted to have someone who has an experience in derivatives pricing and risk analysis. Their business is so-called FAS, financial advisory service like BIG4 auditing firms' FAS subsidiary. They specializes in fair valuation of companies and financial products. It's part of an investment banking industry and I'm so excited to join the firm, although it's just abeginning and I need to prove myself. (By the way, I declined a top-tier global investment management firm's offer for a portfolio manager.)

I did a good job in the exam, but I cannot be sure until I get an official result. Anyway, I just finished two import "jobs" and it's time to do two more, most important jobs:(1)doing an excellent job in my new firm to have knowledge, experience, skills, and human network to survive in the financial industry, and (2)being a great father and husband for my family.
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