How did you find the Fixed Income section?

CFA Level II
#1

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#2

I found it in the book 5 of the curriculum. right after alternative investments

#3

funny. did you find it easier than other sections?

#4

i think its painful and there is overlap with level 1 Fixed income

#5

is 1 month enuff for FI+Portfolio+ Alt inv ?

#6

I think FI is kinda mid-level difficulty. The last couple of readings regading ABS and tranches and all that business is a bit confusing but not crazy difficult. I need to read over this section and maybe watch a video for 1 reading.

VickyCool, I think you can do it in a month. You can smash Alt Inv in half a week IMO. I’m doing PM now, seems ok to me, memorise/understand a few intersting concepts and their formulas and you’re good to go.

#7

Ok today i will start with Portfolio. Hoping to finish portfolio+ alt in vy 10th march and then 20 days for FI

#8

woah, we seem to be in the same boat… I think of giving 12 days to Alt+FI and 10 days to Derivatives + PM… (4 hrs per day on average)

#9

I didn’t find it very challenging, but that’s maybe because I’ve already studied the subject at uni. I agree with cleverCFA though, the structured securities can get a bit confusing, and they do have lots of details to remember as well…

#10

Last time around, it was not as difficult. Of course being surrounded by derivatives and PM makes it easier on a comparative basis.

#11

At first some of the readings seemed a bit intimidating but after going through the EOC problems, Ive found this section to be relatively straightforward so far.

#12

A Hard Day’s Night :

Interviewer: How did you find America?

John: We turned left at Greenland.

#13

@ pierrewoodman, we seem to be close to the same stage

about FI, I think this is the harded IMO. There are tons if details this is a pain…

#14

I skipped many details in I in last 2 chapters.

#15

Finished first read of FI yesterday. The last 2 readings are long and boring.Will attempt EOC this weekend, then maybe i can be clear about where i stand. Its not so bad a topic compared to some others.the MBS/ABS stuff can get to you but compared to those 3 monsters in FRA-Intercorp, pensions and multinationals, this is much easier to handle.

Alt seems like an iffy subject to me.