jaihave you looked at passpro ?Also, in general, between PRM and FRM why do people select what they select ? any viewsshailesh

my choice:unlike CFA, for FRM Schweser is the only available "book-style" study notes in the market, its revised 2003 version seems to be better than previous one. Pass Pro & eFRM provides on-line study notes. I personally prefer "off-line" method. As for PRM or FRM, it's because FRM excels in visibility, accessiblility, recognizability (in my country) & the vendors support only FRM. I hate its member fee & exam cost, but they're within my tolerance.HTH.BTW, I have just lost my Schweser book 1 (module 1 & 5) for 2003 FRM together with my stolen motorcycle, and I am only half done with it. Anyone can help me? I cannot afford to buy a whole set (5 books) because of missing one.

Hi,so what's the latest verdict on course providers for FRM? i was hoping for something of the "mock FRM databank" variety, in addition to the regular Jorion etc. but i don't think anyone apart from Passpro is offering that sort of a package, from what little i know. i'd really appreciate some information and comments on this. what is the quality of these notes and study programs? i checked eBay but couldnt see any relevant used stuff there for FRM; feel that Schweser's study notes are a wee bit expensive. anyone there who'd like to sell off their notes etc.?thanxaton!

Well, the exam is just about a month away. To those that have yet to study seriously, good luck. You'll need a huge dose of it. There is no short cut. You'll have to cover all the required reading.

Dear all How was the exam.There were lot of questions on operations risk.Can we discuss some questions?

Hi,I notice that no one give any attention to assigned books, Y ???

Took the FRM in 2001, passed it.I used primarily the Schweser notes, since I was too lazy to read everything in the recommended reading and I think you would go nuts if you tried.Haven't seen the new sylabbus yet, but I've heard that the standard has increased and judging from the new reading list I would assume the quant section increased in difficulty.I did spend some time reading Hull's options textbook and Jorion's VAR book, simply because my background in market risk was weaker. I would suggest anyone preparing to spend time reading the actula reference books for subject matters in which they are weak in. Schweser DOES NOT COVER ENOUGH MATERIAL.The new Kennedy book is an excellent book on econometrics although one might only appreciate more it if one was actually practically developing econometric models. (which is not necessarily what a quant does - since they have other basket of tools to use).I already did my CFA Level 1 and had been working on CFA 2, so I had a firm foundation on financial math. You need to be able to price Bonds, NPV, annuities, and dissect hybrid options in your sleep.The options section in FRM was tougher than the CFA.the math section is OK, except that GARP placed ALL the quant questions in the first paper and none in the 2nd paper, which meant that I had a good 50 mins of excess time in the second paper and a major shortage of time in the first.Truthfully, I think PRM has a more rigorous standard, but FRM is more well known (which is what counts). In addition, GARP's local administration varies considerably, local chapters can be very active or absolutely useless or non-existent.

there's supposed to be a study cd or something this year ?