AMA at reddit.. .we are chop liver...

CFA Level III
#1

Last year, someone from CFAI hosted an AMA (ask me anything) session that answered all kinds of questions about the exam

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFA/comments/8qv1bi/i_am_peter_mackey_developer_of_the_cfa_exam_ask/

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This year, they are doing it again on 4/17/2019 :

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFA/comments/bb6x96/ama_with_chris_wiese_cfais_head_of_examination/

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Go there in a few days to get your questions answered from the actual developers of exam. but my question is, why does reddit get special treatment and our forums is chop livar(sic)?!

#2

Hey that’s my birthday.

Since I don’t have a reddit account - can you make sure to ask the question of if I can get away with abbreviations?

Like, for example. can I write the word “AND” by using the & sign? (I’ve become exceptionally proficient at writing this symbol since I began these exams). and can I use “30-yr” to mean “30 year”??

Those are the sorts of things I care about.

#3

is that legit?

#4

Yes you can abbreviate as long as it’s clear and not totally out there. For example, rather than writing $4,000,000 you can write $4M. “&” is definitely appropriate for “and.” That question was asked in the previous year’s reddit post and the dude confirmed it was OK.