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yoyogi
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June 1st, 2005, 12:33 am

Are we going to bring pencils only, not pen for CFA Level 1? Why do we need to put our calculator and eraser under the chair or in pocket?BA has keystroke note, can i bring that too?
 
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June 1st, 2005, 3:18 am

All the answers to your questions can be found as part of the preliminary information regarding the CFA exam. This document can be download from the CFA Institute website.
 
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June 1st, 2005, 12:32 pm

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June 2nd, 2005, 1:27 am

Good luck yoyogi! I'm taking the exam this weekend as well (Level 3).
 
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June 4th, 2005, 12:35 pm

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June 5th, 2005, 9:57 am

Backed up for a second go at Level II todayIt was hard to tell whether it will be any better to pass this time around .. doing both sessions as MC seemed to help manage the time better, but there wee only a couple of questions which necessitated an outright guess .. you'd be impressed that CFAI are adding marginally more complexity with the derivative questions .. don't laugh though, but you still see candidates get whiteknuckled about put-call parity .. to be fair, I can't stand the accounting crap (hence last year's debacle)The one thing that CFAI like to do a lot now is this double whammy, test whether multiple combinations of statements are correct or not .. there are still the old favourite double negative questions (which statements are least likely..), which nearly caught me on one question.Overall I thought the exam was reasonably fair, made a better fist of it than last year, but who knows whether it's sufficient to pass
 
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June 5th, 2005, 11:56 pm

Took Level III. The portfolio management essay was decent but the item set in the afternoon was quite difficult in some parts. I know I've seen those topics in the readings but didn't pay too much attention to some of them. I can't tell if I passed or not.
 
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June 6th, 2005, 12:04 pm

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June 6th, 2005, 12:17 pm

quick questions for you guys- does it have anything to do with the FSA exams? i'm taking fsa in august, and thinking of taking CFA L1 in december, can i hope for some overlap?- are the exams during the week? or week end?
 
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June 6th, 2005, 12:51 pm

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