FRM exam - help

shadi · June 8th, 2004, 11:00 am

Did any one of you guys passed FRM exam using books ??you help and comments are highly appreciated..

Petrus · June 8th, 2004, 12:37 pm

Hi ShadiNo books required. The exam was very "work experience" oriented. (ie a lot of the qsns asked were not your standard textbook stuff) If you are a market person, you should purchase the Scheweser study guide. That should suffice.Cheers.

shadi · June 8th, 2004, 1:07 pm

so y there is a huge bunch of books listed in the FRM study guide, and manyn chapters assigned, it seems like endless way to go through books!! right?

Graeme · June 8th, 2004, 5:07 pm

I just read the Jorion workbook quite thoroughly and did the past problems. I think they have started 'hiding' the past problems in the last couple of years though (that was 2000). The recommended reading is (was) absolutely not necessary.

shadi · June 9th, 2004, 6:31 am

there is a huge amount of reading (using books) , is it doable?

beatarmy96 · June 9th, 2004, 3:51 pm

I passed using the Jorion guide and found that it covered it adequately. In my experience with this and the CFA, I've found that the Schweser guides are the best and reading the actual texts will be a waste of your time IMHO. The guides compile all the readings into one or two books and cuts through all the basic stuff to give you what you need.

Graeme · June 9th, 2004, 6:44 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: shadithere is a huge amount of reading (using books) , is it doable?No, it is not. And the selection of books are typically not books that you would treasure on your shelf anyway,.

shadi · June 10th, 2004, 5:03 am

Why ??

Droplet · June 22nd, 2004, 3:48 pm

Jorion's book was quite enough for me. I had some market experience b4, and Jorion just added enough theoretical base to pass the exam. However, for serious work (for any risk manager) this book is far from being a sufficient guide.