Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70% - Alternative Investments 18 - - * - Corporate Finance 36 - * - - Derivatives 36 - * - - Economics 36 - - * - Equity Investments 54 - - * - Ethical & Professional Standards 36 - * - - Financial Reporting & Analysis 72 - - * - Fixed Income Investments 36 - - * - Portfolio Management 18 - - * - Quantitative Methods 18 - - *
Passed :)) Corp Fin, Derivatives and Ethics 50 - 70; the rest > 70.
Passed on 1st try ! Quite happy !
AI < 50 
Ethics and PM 50-70
Rest > 70.
± 330 hours.
Congrats to those who pass, courage for the others !
Živ bio rođače…
Passed with a nice matrix, nothing in the <50. Thanks to everyone who helped, congrats to all who passed and to those who didn’t pass, don’t give up. Special thanks to S2K. The only thing I can think about is that I am so happy to be done with FRA…forever.
My advice to everyone who is planning to take level 2 next year - USE ONLY CURRICULUM, COMPLETELY AVOID OTHER SOURCES AND OF COURSE WATCH YOUTUBE FREE VIDEOS!
YES!!! Very happy for you!
Pass!
<50: Derivatives and PM (quite surprise, thought PM had nailed it)
50-70: FI
Res t > 70
I did 10 mocks. CFAI and Konvexity mocks that were much more difficult than the actual exam.
Ummmm… I disagree, but what works for me might not work for everyone. I used solely schweser and did not find any gaps in the material versus what I found on that exam. I used solely schweser for both level 1 and level 2 and had no topics under 50% either time. Did December Level 1 and June Level 2, passed both.
I disagree as I used Wiley for 95% of my prep time. Only used CFAI for EOC questions and topic tests.
Passed.
Q#
Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
Alternative Investments 18 - * -
Corporate Finance 36 - * -
Derivatives 36 - - *
Economics 36 - - *
Equity Investments 54 - - *
Ethical & Professional Standards 36 - * -
Financial Reporting & Analysis 72 - * -
Fixed Income Investments 36 - - *
Portfolio Management 18 - - *
Quantitative Methods 18 - * -
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Problem with schweser is that it doesn’t EXPLAIN concepts properly. For me schweser was all right for level 1 but for level 2 it was useless, at least for me. As an example just take a look at pension plans in curriculum and than in schweser or at time series in curriculum and then in schweser etc.
I used only Schweser notes but did official EOCs, Mocks and portal topic tests. Last was the most important. I recommend solving this until collapse. I also read some parts of official curriculum during last two weeks before exam but it hadn’t significantly contributed.
haha ummmm there might be some merit to this idea, again what works for some might not work for others, that’s where self-assessment and objective critique comes in
1 more thing about schweser - even though I’m not a native speaker, I get annoyed by grammar issues, which could be found in abundance in schweser; by the way the wording in mock exams is awful, though there are no significant issues with curriculum.
After a maddening wait of almost 2.5 hrs, finally received the email. PASSED !! 51-70 in Ethics and CF. 70+ in all others. Congratulations to all those who passed. Those who didn’t make it, sincere commiserations. I know how it feels. Have been there. I am sure you’ll crack it next time.
Passed - very happy!
one more level and its done:)
Passed easily on first attempt, with two little kids and a full time job. The 40/60/80 analysis says a 74, but my own estimate is 76-81.
Put in about 440 hours. Mostly Schweser, but those topic tests are good prep.
Past level 1 in December. Onward and to Level 3!
Passed despite 51-70 in FRA. Will post weights later. Let’s pop some corks!
By the way, have not posted before today, but have lurked a lot a found interesting info here.
i did prep classes for Levels 1 and 2, but will not for Level 3. So, I expect to post here more.
thanks