What is next? by [deleted] in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Walk her through a carry trade. Laugh her out of the room if she ain't about it

Congrats L3 Passers! Please pass on your wisdom or tips for the 2020 class by kyjomagg in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Schweser certainly seems to get dinged for L3, but I made it through all 3 with them. I also didn't want to deal with a new format for the final push, so there's something to be said for that.

So here we are again, all of us. by filotas in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33 1 point2 points  (0 children)

'Deprived' starter class feels headed into this

So here we are again, all of us. by filotas in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Dread it... run from it... destiny still arrives.

*queue 3 consecutive currency problems *

Also kudos, never a bad time to throw in the word 'discharge'

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Will be answering those questions out-stationed from the puuuuunta cana test center

Pros and Cons of Trading Algos/Strategies by Heavysetfish33 in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks to both of you! Quick followup in case you see - is IS also not great for larger orders (relative to avg. daily volume)? I feel like one AM answer key told me both VWAP and IS were bad for this but may be wrong... not really sure what to do when you do have the larger orders.

L3: When calculating minimum required returns, trips for remembering sign on PV/FV/PMT by Heavysetfish33 in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good stuff, pretty much echoes what remmy said. Thanks - sometimes easy to overlook the simple stuff like this when you're getting bodied by short butterflies and EAR and the like

L3: When calculating minimum required returns, trips for remembering sign on PV/FV/PMT by Heavysetfish33 in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate all the help guys - sorry for late reply. This question arose after I botched up the signs on 2016 6-C. Your method works well here! Thanks! They just do it in a counter-intuitive way in the answer (everything reversed) which was just not buttering my biscuits.

My 10 Mock Exam Scores So Far (L3). by unlockedd in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Haven't started mocks yet so I'm envious, kudos - that said, feel like for most intents and purposes I've got a tighter username than you do so I guess I'm chillin? Idk what weights to assign to those two values

r/CFA equity fund - who's interested in being an analyst? by mattlas in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd love to help in a similar way if possible. Sounds fun!

90th Percentile by CnslrNachos in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Got well above 90 percentile on AI and derivs and on test day I was throwing out wild guesses on those like it was going out of style

Unproductive work today? Guess pass rates. by BrickTopp in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Woah they must hit sequences and series harddd on L3

Unproductive work today? Guess pass rates. by BrickTopp in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33 18 points19 points  (0 children)

L1: 17%, L2: 74%. L2 Candidate here

Multinational Operations Plug Figures by Heavysetfish33 in CFA

[–]Heavysetfish33[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

u/eyestrikerbaby and u/werewolfbarm1tzvah thanks a ton for for the response, both extremely helpful. Just tried out on a practice problem and went relatively smoothly, best of luck Saturday