What do I get when I purchase your videos and will I need any other material (such as Schweser notes)? When you make. You can view the material online or download to your computer. In 2011 I created video recordings for the entire CFA Level I curriculum and released them on YouTube. Thousands of.

I used study materials from Bionic Turtle and (PremiumPlus) to pass the exam. I found the FRM Handbook and the GARP curriculum readings to be more useful as reference materials than as primary resources. Which was the most helpful to me between Bionic Turtle and?

Hands down it was Bionic Turtle! STUDY NOTES The Bionic Turtle study notes are vibrant and filled with many colorful diagrams. With BT you are provided with PDF files that you can print or read on your computer. At least last fall when I was studying for the Full FRM exam did not offer its customers the ability to obtain its FRM study notes in PDF format. VIDEOS I watched all of the weekly videos (they were offered live on Wednesday nights for 3 hrs at a time), but I didn’t seem to get much out of them. I felt like a lot of the time in the live online seminar was spent on “administrative” items. Also, the Schwser live online classes cover so much in so little time that I felt like the concepts were just being glossed over.

In contrast, I found the Bionic Turtle videos to be far more substantial. BT devoted far more time to videos than (there are literally dozens of hours of videos that you an download that cover all areas of the curriculum). I felt like the BT videos took their time and really covered the concepts well. IN RETROSPECT If I had to do it all over again I would use Bionic Turtle, and I would consider adding the materials as a supplement only if my company paid for it and there was no money leaving my pocket. It looks like right now one year of access to Bionic Turtle is going for $399 compared to $1,118 for PremiumPlus for levels 1 and 2 of. BT is such a bargain!!!!

Is fantastic for CFA and I am using it to study for CFA Level 3 this June. I haven’t found a study provider better than for CFA.

However, with respect to the FRM exam I found the Bionic Turtle Materials to be far more helpful. If the guys at Bionic Turtle are reading this, PLEASE consider offering a CFA study solution!!! I hope this helps!:-D. I used BT predominantly - while I went over the video I took enough notes but never got a chance to review. I used and surprisingly passed. Right on exam day I felt badly underprepared.

Schwesers Q-Bank gives a false sense of security, the questions are too easy, IMHO. Do have a good look ate the GARP provided sample exams! Videos are not worth the money as they are very superficial, but the Final Review Guidebook served as a good starting point for retention exercises. I occasionally used the Risk Manager Handbook as a reference. Fgt Rumble 3 In 1 Driver Windows 8. If I were to do it again I would probably get AND ************, since the hand-on approach of BT is appealing to me, thought I have not tried any BT material yet. I also got the Hull book, incl.

The Student Solution Manual, after the exam, and can highly recommend the book. It feels way more complete and comprehensive then the books.

If you want to get anything of the assigned readings, thats a book I’d buy. Also, I found the Basel II readings in left out a lot after I went through the original document over the holidays. So, following Schwesers suggestion to have a look at the original Basel II material can’t hurt, but I didn’t do it. I used as my primary prep material and skimmed through the past exam questions in the hand book.

Also checked out few BT videos on Youtube available for free. FRM material didn’t cover the concepts in-depth some of the important concepts had superficial or confusing explanation. Answering some of the FRM exam questions need in-depth knowledge on concepts hence using material is not a good idea. Even though I checked out few BT videos on youtube the concepts are explained in-depth and makes you feel confident tackling the tough questions in FRM exams. The hand book is huge its hard to go through the entire material but I felt some of the FRM questions are entirely based on the FRM hand book examples that were used for explaining the concepts. This kind of makes sense because the FRM test creators may be referring this handbook while setting the questions.

Which again makes you feel confident in cracking the FRM exam. If I were to do it again I would use BT as my prep material and refer hand book to clarify doubts on tough concepts and may be for review. —————————————————————————————————— >@bethesda: “I haven’t found a study provider better than for CFA.’ >>How about the CFAI? The CFA Institute curriculum makes for very interesting reading.

The selections are from some of the leading minds in the field. I do occasionally refer to a CFAI reading or two when I have the time.

However, the CFAI readings are much more lengthy than the corresponding readings from. If you have unlimited time the CFAI readings would probably be better than. However, given the limited amount of time I have to study I prefer to the CFAI readings for the CFA exam.

Core readings for quant (helped me to get 1st quartile in quant ) Read Hull Chapters (since 20 odd chapters are from Hull text thru out the FRM Curriculam) Skimmed through Studied Handbook and diligently solved all the Handbook questions ( except credit risk and Investment management) I think I was better off studying Hull which helped me get 1st quartile in market risk and 2nd quartile in Risk models is horrible for ops risk and credit risk. I found FRM Handbook ops risk way superior to any other readings I wouldnt have even thought about getting 1st quartile in ops risk if not for Handbook I also watched few videos of BT and was diligently following the BT forum and solving the ‘question a day ’ those questions were one notch above FRM questions and were very involving. Took off from work for a week before exam and solved Handbook questions and practice tests. If I were to do it again I would read complete Handbook along with Hull and quant core readings, omit, read BT Materials and watch BT videos. And for me as well.

I think I’ve read the Study Notes three times in 3 months and did the the free GARP practice tests. I scored below average in the Final Tests (prolly because I finished it very fast) and failed the GARP practice exams but thankfully got 1st quartile in all but 2 subjects in the Actual exam (I’m 2nd quartile in Foundations of RM and forgot the other one). I’m really glad I used Scweser as I don’t have the luxury of time to read the Handbook and Core Readings as I am working full time. I think my CAIA background helped me as well (used plainly for both CAIA levels and passed both with flying colors). Will start my CFA soon and will definitely use again.

I must say the 2009 FRM exam was a difficult exam- very tricky questions plus very overwhelming coverage. Klarsolo Wrote: ——————————————————- >blueswan Wrote: >————————————————– >—– >>FRM in my opinion was as brutal as CFA L2. >Don’t >>underestimate this sucker. Azbox Emu Cccam Installer 1000 Islands. >>>>- Blueswan, CFA, CAIA, FRM >>I second that. Don’t underestimate the difficulty >of this exam.

It’s easily as much to study as any >given CFA level, but the questions on the FRM exam >were trickier on average. I respectfully but completely disagree, even though the pass rates for both are close (~40%). I found the studying and exam questions on the FRM to be pretty straightforward, with the exception of a scant few questions on the exam.

Maybe its because I have a more quant background (math undergraduate degree) and its one of my stronger areas on the CFA. The CFA exam will omit major parts of its ciricculum because there is so much material to study. The comprehensive-ness of it is what makes it so frustrating and difficult. I’ve failed Level 2 twice now (Band 7 and 10). I passed FRM Level 1 in the highest quartile for 3 of the 4 sections (the other in the second quartile). I have to agree with mcpass on this one although I wouldn’t say “piece of cake”, but it feels easier than the CFA. Bionic Turtle is the undisputed leader in practice questions for FRM.

Check them out at I used for studying but used Bionic Turtle for practice questions. Reading texts are great but the practice questions are not any where near the difficulty of the real exams but Bionic questions are about par with the difficulty of the real exams (this observation is common among a good number of FRM candidates). This was my combination and I am glad to say I passed both parts in the last Nov 2012 exam. This is not to say that success is guaranteed if anyone follows this advice; maybe it just worked for me as we all have our peculiar circumstances that determine our ultimate chances.