Andy Holmes >= Jon Bone > BJ Tolia > Marc LeFebvre

Who did you think the best Schweser video presenters were? My ranking was:

  1. Andy Holmes

Most interesting presenter, only complaint was sometimes he went a little fast. Had lots of insight and little tips to keep you going.

  1. Jon Bone

A good presenter, slightly dry at times but informative. Some of the FSA videos dragged on forever!

  1. BJ Tolia

Boring and explanations were not very helpful

  1. Marc LeFebvre

Boring and confusing because he kept making mistakes and then going back and correcting them

Andy holmes ftw! Best by far… And love how keeps losing and gaining weight between recording videos lol

Andy Holmes is the man, too bad he lost his election

Andy is the man, but Bone has an accent that helps me remember things better. I can hear the Brit making a few jokes in my head during the practice exams, good sign. Don’t think you could go wrong with either. :slight_smile:

I remember watching some videos from 2010 where Doug Van Eaton was the presenter. I found those a bit rough.

I’m a Marc LeFebvre fan.

He explains things in very simple ways – which I appreciate.

LeFebvre is way better in person FYI

I love Richie Owens and his Manchester-like British accent :slight_smile:

But he left Schweser:(

Marc LeFebvre for L3 prep - I’m pretty sure if I pass, his 3 day Boston course will be the reason why. He has a very unique approach, and took his personal time one evening to give us an extra lesson. LeFebvre is very talented at connecting the dots across subjects, and his prep recommendations proved very helpful for me on the L3 exam.

I had Andrew Holmes L2, and he is also a very incredible teacher. Holmes helps to make complicated formulas simple, and gives good hints for passing the rigorous calc heavy questions on L2.

I think like everyone, the instructors have different strengths and weaknesses. My impression is that I was very lucky to have Holmes for L2 and LeFebvre for L3.

Andy Holmes for Level 2.

Marc LeFebvre for Level 3.

Jon Bone is no.1 for me - i did Derivatives entirely from Videos and i owe it to him if i clear Derivatives. He is good in FRA also.

Andy Holmes is also good, especially in Fixed Income.

Marc Lefebre was good in L1 Economics and i did not use videos for Equity in l2 so dont know bt he sounded good.

I was a big time fan of Peter Olinto who I can give lot of credit for my CFA level 1 results. Unfortunately Stalla was taken over by Schweser :frowning:

Props to Andy Holmes and Jon Bone! They are both excellent!

I didn’t enjoy Marc Lefebvre as much, mainly because of some mistakes he was making in the videos (not because of his teaching style)… That being said, when he’s not going back and forth to correct his slight mistakes, he is really good as well!

I too noticed the ridiculous amount of variability in Andy Holmes’ weight between videos, lol…

I also enjoyed Richie Owens, too bad he left!

I had my 3 day seminar with Andy Holmes. He was a great presenter, and he sounds exactly like Tommy Lee Jones ha ha.

Jon Bone makes this smacking sound with his mouth when he pauses between sentences. Drove me nuts.