i found it really useful for level 2. is there anyone here how has used it for both l2 and l3 and can tell us is stalla is as useful for leve3 as it is for level 2?
I have the same question. I LOVED them for level 2. I just wish Stalla would improve their passmaster since their questions were waayyy too easy compared to Schweser
So we have Peter Orlinto in Stalla video’s for L3? Then I might really purchase them…
swaptiongamma Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So we have Peter Orlinto in Stalla video’s for L3? > Then I might really purchase them… no accounting in L3 bro. I will kinda miss those easy pension problems.
cfaboston28 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > swaptiongamma Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > So we have Peter Orlinto in Stalla video’s for > L3? > > Then I might really purchase them… > > > no accounting in L3 bro. I will kinda miss those > easy pension problems. No accounting in Level 3 is good for us, engineers.
I used schweser video series for all levels. Those are pretty good
Who does the Schweser series for LIII? Andrew Holmes was awesome for LII, but that Tim Smaby guy… I think I’d be better off reading the CFAI text than listening to him speak for 16 weeks straight!!
clueless555 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I used schweser video series for all levels. Those > are pretty good i bought schweser and my friend bough stalla. after watching stalla (except for ben jones) i realized how dumb schweser video was.
I used stalla exclusively for all 3 levels. I concur that the passmaster is awful, some of the questions are the samples from the video lecture and even repeats in some lessons. The videos are great except Ben Jones. Here is a break down of Ben’s lesson 1.) read slide with no additional information added. 2.) make completely irrelevant analogy 3.) giggle, 4.) next slide. that being said, i think they are worth it for David Heatherington alone. Hes not as engaging as Olinto but knows his stuff. Ben has the easy lessons, David has the hard ones.
Schweser video’s are indeed the worst that happened to CFA. After watching Peter… you need nothing but more of Peter… If he is not there for L3, well… Then I am selling Stalla short (naked).
bilf17 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I used stalla exclusively for all 3 levels. I > concur that the passmaster is awful, some of the > questions are the samples from the video lecture > and even repeats in some lessons. > > The videos are great except Ben Jones. Here is a > break down of Ben’s lesson > > 1.) read slide with no additional information > added. > 2.) make completely irrelevant analogy > 3.) giggle, > 4.) next slide. > > that being said, i think they are worth it for > David Heatherington alone. Hes not as engaging as > Olinto but knows his stuff. Ben has the easy > lessons, David has the hard ones. So it’s only Ben Jones and David Heatherington tag-team for L3? …crap… I am otta Stalla’s cap.
the reason i used schweser was because they are widely avaliable. I was able to purchase off Ebay for cheap. Buying direclty from Schweser or Stalla can be quite painfull
Ok. Swaption … Scheweser for Level 2 wasnt that bad… I agree the Brit Guy for accounting is no match for Olinto…but I found Andy Holmes and Equity Guy great…The just kick ass … The Brit guy for Fixed income is ok but not great… but fixed income is not that hard at level 2 anyway…Corporate Finance and Econ lady Susan Sucks at best…
David Heatherington did most of the L3 videos this year. He is worth all the money you will spend on this. comprehensive, tells you what you need to know “no excuses” and most importantly, effective. Olinto was effective for L1, but I can see why he wouldn’t be for L3. its just a different test. Passmaster was horrible for L3 Stalla. I took L1 once with Shweser and didn’t clear. Then moved to Stalla and cleared each level on the first try. Coincidence? maybe. But frankly, I underestimated the test when i took L1 the first time. Good luck!
Does Stalla list down the name of the instructors for each video series? I used Stalla video lectures for level 1 and 2 and I have to agree that while Peter Olinto and David Hetherington are awesome, Ben Jones is mediocre at best. For the 2010 version, how many percent of the video was done by Ben? Thanks.
i don’t have an exact figure but I’d say it was roughly 75% Hetherington 25% Ben Jones - all the heavy topics done by Hetherington. Passmaster was horrible, but so was Qbank in my opinion at level III.
Anyone wanna swap videos? One buys Schweser, one buys stalla and we trade and watch em? I don’t think its unethical to watch a friend’s video assuming we don’t copy…
It is nice to hear that Ben Jones is only doing 25% of it. Is there a way we can find out which instructor is doing which part before we buy the video? Thanks.
bilf17 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I used stalla exclusively for all 3 levels. I > concur that the passmaster is awful, some of the > questions are the samples from the video lecture > and even repeats in some lessons. > > The videos are great except Ben Jones. Here is a > break down of Ben’s lesson > > 1.) read slide with no additional information > added. > 2.) make completely irrelevant analogy > 3.) giggle, > 4.) next slide. > > that being said, i think they are worth it for > David Heatherington alone. Hes not as engaging as > Olinto but knows his stuff. Ben has the easy > lessons, David has the hard ones. LOL! Perfect description.
^^^ Agree. Hilarious description, and spot on about Ben Jones. But David Heatherington is awesome. He’s not as fun to listen to as Peter Olinto, but he does a great job of getting the essentials across and giving you context for understanding why they test what they’re testing and how it fits into all the things you need to know.