For Level III, since a lot of the curriculum is related and similar topics appear in different books, I would suggest starting by the order given. (Ethics can be left for last)
The reason I say this is because I skipped book 1 (Ethics & Behavioral Finance) and there are many references to BF later on in the curriculum. If I had studied them at the beginning I think it would have made things slightly easier.
You can start with any book. I don’t think there is significant dependency among readings, but I had kept theoretical (Ethics & GIPS) readings at the end as then need more memorization
I get you on that. But I intend on starting in November. Tbh if you can’t get through 37 readings in five months then you ought to go back to level zero.
Yes, no, maybe so. It depends on your personal situation. Studying 5 months while working 80h/week is different than studying 5 months while being unemployed or working “normal” hours. It’s impossible to throw out a blanket-rule covering all candidates.
Hence the “it’s all relative” comment. I’m not one of those people that will tell you I passed by only studying 2 weeks prior to the exam. Even though I started in March, I still put in more than 300 hours of studying as I had close to 4 months to prepare.
Just make sure you have a good schedule that you can actually stick to and you will be fine.