Should I study for Level 2 in order?

CFA Level II
#1

Hey guys,

I passed my June 2012 Level I exam 2 weeks ago and I’m getting ready to sign up for level II.

For level 1, i didnt study in order. I did Derivatives and Alt, Fixed income, Equity, Corp finance, PM, Economics, FRA, Quants and Ethics.

I left ethics for last to have it fresh in my mind.

Since Level 2 has mini-cases, is it important to study in order? Ethics-alt investment? Is it a build-up type of thing?

#2

Each section is pretty much independent. You can do it however you like it.

Is a good idea to leave short-term memory intensive topics for the last few weeks.

#3

Doing quants first can help other topics. But definitely not mandatory at all… Any order is fine!

#4

Great thanks guys. I’ll stick to my usual order then

#5

I would say if the topics are independent and since we already have knowledge from level 1, start with topic weights having the highest weightage…

PS: If you starting this early, then anything would be fine. But for some who are going to start in dec or later, planning acc to topic weight is prudent.

#6

Agreed. For me I started from FRA, and found out that the first two topic reviews are all about what is learned in level I…

#7

I agree with the others…start with the heaviest weighted topic then proceed further.

Personally, I have started with the Equity portion since that’s the one that has changed in weightage most since level 1…