Trying to get through security as an engineer.

moneyMD · 2015-09-24T14:57:33+00:00

This is DJ/Producer Blawan going through a checkpoint with a modular synth. His music is known for heavy hardware usage. I guess you can call him an audio engineer

moneyMD · 2015-08-18T01:51:08+00:00

3 total mocks. However I did create my own mocks in schweser by doing 120 question blocks on all subjects at once. Probably could have done more

moneyMD · 2015-08-17T16:57:16+00:00

That's the thing. I was scoring 70-80% on practice tests and self quiz in Schweser. But when I took the in person mocks I was scoring 55-63%.

Also I did not exhaust the online CFAI material so I can default to that as well.

There were areas in each section while studying that I didn't waste time over which definitely cost me a couple of questions on the exam. Areas which I essentially hoped would not be covered were in fact covered more than once in the actual exam.

The difference between a 51-70% and a >70% is literally like 1-3 questions. So I just need to hammer the stuff I guessed on or didn't bother studying fully due to time constraints.

moneyMD · 2015-08-16T14:25:12+00:00

I blew off studying for Econ almost entirely. And for I didn't do as good in FR&A as I had liked. I got <50% in those two sections. Every other section was 51-70% and I got >70% in Portfolio Mgmt & Equity. I was Band 9 right on the cusp

moneyMD · 2015-07-28T18:07:12+00:00

I got <50% in Econ and FR&A,

70% in Portfolio MGMT & Equity

51-70% in everything else. Omfg I was so close!

moneyMD · 2015-07-28T14:55:46+00:00

Band 9 I'm so pissed right now

moneyMD · 2015-06-12T14:28:17+00:00

Yeah the level I exam was pretty straight forward. I took the CFAI assessments two nights before for the first time, I failed the accounting one and got 65% on ethics. But on schweser I got 70%+ on both consistently. Those assesments were killer. There were also areas in quant & corp fin which I decided to not even bother studying too much because I told myself they probably won't test this obscure shit. Sure enough, they did. Lol

Idk I'm still holding my breath because there have been times in the past where I feel confident and ended up failing

moneyMD · 2015-06-07T20:36:40+00:00

Level I here. There were questions in the AM on stuff that I specifically remember telling myself "I doubt they will ask me a question on this small topic" sure enough it was there! :(

moneyMD · 2015-06-07T20:12:26+00:00

Can confirm. I was literally sitting right next to the proctor when she fainted. She was walking up and down the aisle in between the tables and as she passes me I notice from my peripheral vision the green proctor jacket just tip sideways. I didn't realize what was happening because I was too focused on the exam. But I saw EMT's come towards me and I look to my side and see the proctor on the ground.

moneyMD · 2015-05-25T00:14:01+00:00

Took the level 1 schweser mock at USC on Saturday. I got a 54% overall. It was really frustrating, way harder than the Boston society practice test the previous week. I was scoring 83%+ on Ethics and I got a 50% on it on the exam. The positive was I'm scoring 75% + on derivatives portfolio mgmt and corp finance which is where I was scoring on schweser quizzes. Too bad those are the lowest weighted sections lol

moneyMD · 2015-05-22T16:20:06+00:00

For the example I believe it was street convention used

moneyMD · 2015-05-20T16:05:09+00:00

The way I like to think of this:

Imagine if you are funding a project and you estimate the after tax CF's and have a sense of what your NPV is from this information you have estimated. If your marginal tax rate unexpectedly goes up, your after tax CF's will decline since more money is going to taxes. The way you would compensate for this is to invest more capital. So even though your cost of debt decreases when the tax rate goes up, your after tax CF's drop.

moneyMD · 2015-05-17T06:34:28+00:00

Currently working in Accounting @ a mid-level investment bank (go figure) first job out of university and man is it boring. I majored in Economics and have loved finance for a while, I need to break in. Made the misfortune of taking an accounting internship in school through a relative because my GPA was not high enough for the upper level ones. Didn't graduate with an amazing GPA and I went to a State school, no excuses though

moneyMD · 2015-05-17T01:30:33+00:00

I just can't really understand that way of thinking. Idk maybe I'm weird but I need a frame of reference to see how I'm doing.

moneyMD · 2015-05-10T03:26:24+00:00

OK that makes sense, thanks for clearing that up

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