Is S2000 the oracle of analyst forum?

[yabbadabbadoo]

@SimplyAdvised

@yabbadabbadoo

@clip1989

S2000 i always assumed you were Andy Holmes

On a side note thought Andrew Holmes was the best instructor in the video series. He kept every lesson interesting with his jokes, and had this ability to break down the hardest concepts.

Yes but Andy wasn’t on these forums answering questions 24 hrs before the exam like S2000 was!!

That’s why it was a side note.

Reading comprehension FTL.

[Ivan_Drago]

i liked an expression by one professor when the time came for complicated stuff

“you must have the head of twenty watermellons”

No offence, just cropped up

[pablosdad]

@S2000magician

Here’s the short bio (the stuff overlaps; I’m not 170 years old):

• Bachelor’s in Accounting
• Bachelor’s and Master’s in Math
• 30 years in software development (numerical control systems, navigation, traffic control, optimization, portfolio analysis, bond market simulation, oil processing plant design, computer-aided design, Monte Carlo simulation, database development)
• 10 years designing EFP warheads
• 6 years analyzing mortgage-backed securities
• 12 years in project risk management
• 20 years teaching university mathematics
• 9 years teaching finance (CFA review courses (all levels, in Los Angeles, Irvine, San Francisco, Washington DC, Atlanta, Vancouver, Toronto, Windsor ON, London, Paris, Geneva, Zürich, Frankfurt, Moscow, Kiev, Singapore, Malaysia), asset allocation, international finance, cash flow analysis)
• 9 years teaching project management (risk management, cost management, quality management, problem solving and decision making)
• 20 years as a professional magician
• Member of the 2012 US TREC team: rode in the 2012 TREC (equestrian) World Championship in Mafra, Portugal
• CFA charterholder
• Member of the Academy of Magical Arts (Magic Castle), Hollywood, CA

The usual.

These days I mostly teach CFA courses, consult in risk management, write software, ride horses, and do magic shows. I’m recovering from surgery to replace my right ACL which I tore one week before the TREC World Championship in Mafra (I rode almost non-stop for just over nine hours after I’d torn it), and getting in shape for the next World Championship in 2016 in Spain.

I got my charter in 1999, having studied with Schweser for three years; my Level I review course was taught by Carl Schweser, and my Level II course and Level III course were taught by Andy Temte (who succeeded Carl).

Very inspiring bio and a great example of life portfolio diversification. Great to see that CFA weighs at most 33.33% of your life. Thank you for sharing your experience with us!

[sooraj]

Magician, your name is probably the most apt then in this forum. Respect to you sir and thanks for all the help.

I really hope I did convert those help to a pass in the exam… Well I wont berate myself too much if I dont get a PASS, because its definitely not because of lack of effort from me

[S2000magician]

@sooraj

Magician, your name is probably the most apt then in this forum. Respect to you sir and thanks for all the help.

Thanks for your kind words. It’s funny: I chose the name because I’m a professional magician, not because it had anything to do with finance or the CFA exams.

@sooraj

I really hope I did convert those help to a pass in the exam… Well I wont berate myself too much if I dont get a PASS, because its definitely not because of lack of effort from me

I wish you (and everyone here) the best of luck.

[sooraj]

Thank you for your wishes Magician…

[S2000magician]

@sooraj

Thank you for your wishes Magician…

My pleasure.

[igor555]

@rawraw

I think we need to establish a beer fund for S200

why did you discount him by 90%?

[GeorgeMiller]

Just came here to say thanks

[akshitf5]

You have a plus plus plus quality. Keep it up

[S2000magician]

@GeorgeMiller

Just came here to say thanks

You’re more than welcome.

[S2000magician]

@akshitf5

You have plus plus plus quality. Keep it up

I try my best.

[tarun]

more than anything you are always willing to help…even after so many years (170)…you genuinely want to help…very few kind souls like you…i am sure you have a very stretched time table…sincere appreciation and thanks…