The CFA Approaches: Where's The After-Party?

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 3:56PM

i doubt know CFA from KFC but I agree Carney is a dumbass

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 3:56PM

i doubt know CFA from KFC but I agree Carney is a dumbass

Posted by Suits, Jun 04, 2008 3:57PM

Although at some shops the title Chartered Fund Accountant is probably more appropriate, given the profile of the typical candidate.

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 3:58PM

Rumor only: Carney going to the Fed window.

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 4:00PM

Im hearing Citadel is bidding .20 to the dollar on Carney

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 4:01PM

http://www.lansdowneroadnyc.com/

-HighWaterMark

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 4:01PM

Fed window is now a drive through.

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 4:01PM

Carney makes Tim Sykes look cool.

Posted by fyi, Jun 04, 2008 4:17PM

This girl will be drinking where other CFA test takers are not.

Do you honestly want to spend your night hearing people discuss when you use the Dicky-Fuller test, IRP, or when to consolidate VIEs? Negative.

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 4:20PM

@fyi- are you honestly planning on discussing the test sat night?

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 4:24PM

It's against the rules to discuss the test afterward for a reason - so you don't harsh anyone's mellow.

Posted by MGR, Jun 04, 2008 4:26PM

After taking the test in December, my buddies and I stopped at every bar/pub we saw on our walk home and had a shot or drink. Definitely better than all congregating at one bar in misery.

Posted by HAM05, Jun 04, 2008 4:26PM

@4:00 - id hit that bid. a white, farnsworth bentley-like man servant is just what the doctor ordered.

Posted by fyi, Jun 04, 2008 4:29PM

I am not planning to discuss the test at all.

But where they congregate, the exam comes up. Last year, post-exam, someone told me he was looking for some M&A action and wanted to vertically integrate - that is what I would like to avoid at all costs.

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 4:32PM

there's a large group headed to fiddlesticks after the exam

Posted by Anal_yst, Jun 04, 2008 4:33PM

@ fyi

So you're saying you're not interested in showing me how to port your alpha?

Crap

Posted by CFA Expected 20XX, Jun 04, 2008 4:58PM

Me sure will be embarassing myself somewhere in public. Watch the local news.

Who is up for a little pregame from 12 to 2 pm? Carney, DB should sponsor intoxicating challenge.

Posted by fyi, Jun 04, 2008 5:15PM

@ Anal_yst: There will be no alpha production Saturday night. Only beta...leveraged through the use of excessive amounts of alcohol.

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 5:16PM

@3:57 Is there a large number of people making the jump from the Big 4 into finance or something?

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 5:21PM

@3:57 - Is there a bunch of people making the jump from the Big 4 into finance or something?

Posted by Anal_yst, Jun 04, 2008 5:46PM

@ fyi

thats my favorite position, er, strategy too!

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 7:17PM

@5:21

There's certainly no shortage of Big 4 staff in the CFA program. Most are probably thinking it's a way out of the doldrums of working for a Big 4..

Posted by guest, Jun 04, 2008 9:08PM

I'll tell you where its not: Live Bait.

Posted by Anal_yst, Jun 04, 2008 9:13PM

ahahah live bait, awesome! Def on the list of shitty dives, like some of the favs down on wall street

Posted by merkin capital partners, Jun 05, 2008 1:12AM

they actually have the "official" after parties listed on the CFA website, complete with sponsors. See if your city has "society hosted event" underneath the test location. Oh my, it's like Christmas morning.

Posted by guest, Jun 05, 2008 2:33AM

mostly women take the CFAs. prolly heading to watch SATC after the exam. drunk.

Posted by guest, Jun 05, 2008 6:26AM

"mostly women take the CFAs."

guess I've always been at the wrong test sites...

Posted by guest, Jun 05, 2008 9:00AM

@2:33, I think you might be referring to the SEEFA designation (Shoe Economics Expert and Fashion Analyst).

--Calgary Schmooze

Posted by guest, Jun 05, 2008 9:57AM

Carney -- wait to change "financial accountants" to "financial analysts"...dumbass.

Posted by guest, Jun 05, 2008 10:10AM

@7:17 - Is it a viable path into banking? I am asking b/c I am trying to jump from a Big 4 firm into reorg/turnaround right now (I have a back ground in finance and accounting).

Posted by guest, Jun 05, 2008 11:07AM

Chicago CFA takers are discussing it now ... too stressed after Level II to do much of anything.

And hell no to the Big 4 idea, tons of undergrads trying to use it to 'get into the biz' but most of us have to for work.

oh and about the woman, as one ... i think we were about 15% of the room tops ... and most of those women were sorta scary looking.

Posted by guest, Jun 05, 2008 2:38PM

@11.07 AM - Way to alienate yourself against female CFA charterholders/ candidates - not all scary looking, dumbass. Many f-able ones indeed, and you're an ass for perpetuating the urban legend about negative r2 on women's looks and brains.

Also, there are indeed way more male test-takers than women in my experience - the women's restroom line is always a mere fraction of the men's.

Posted by guest, Jun 05, 2008 4:23PM

"@11.07 AM - Way to alienate yourself against female CFA charterholders/ candidates - not all scary looking, dumbass. Many f-able ones indeed, and you're an ass for perpetuating the urban legend about negative r2 on women's looks and brains.

Also, there are indeed way more male test-takers than women in my experience - the women's restroom line is always a mere fraction of the men's."

"negative r2"... looks like you'll be back in L1 again next year, sorry.

Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 6:16PM

Try the Patriot at Church and Chambers. $2 PBRs and $2.50 well shots ensure that you'll get good value for your money.

Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 6:16PM

Try the Patriot at Church and Chambers. $2 PBRs and $2.50 well shots ensure that you'll get good value for your money.

Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 6:38PM

Deer Park!

The Other Guy From Delaware (TOGFD)

Posted by guest, Jun 06, 2008 10:15PM

KFC is better preparation for Wall Street than CFA

Look at all the chimps who are CFA's

Posted by guest, Jun 07, 2008 12:17PM

@10:15, you mean like Jimmy Cayne and Chuck Prince and all the other guys who lost their jobs and their shareholders' billions--oh wait, those guys didn't have it. And the shops that emphasize it are te ones cleaning up. Well, good luck being underqualified anyway.

Go to the Sheraton in midtown to cover it! That's where are the L2 and L3 candidates will come streaming out after, and that part is almost as worth covering as the getting hammered after.