JO&C or attempting to S your own D?
Let's Talk About: Level II And III Results
Posted by Bess Levin, Aug 18, 2009, 9:44am
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Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 9:49AM
Too C, Didn't JO
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 9:52AM
CFA = Pointless
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 9:52AM
Too >41%; had to S some Ds for coffee this morning.
:(
Posted by merkin capital partners , Aug 18, 2009 9:52AM
The results posts on Analyst Forum are like a customer service training video in Mumbai:
"woo.... barely make it... very lucky...what a relieve.. "
Posted by: mp2438
Even more borderline...I got the price is right bid!
Seriously, fix my Dell.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 9:53AM
INTERESTING CG FACT #8: CG's high school class voted him "most likely to work a shadowy construction job that may or may not be a front for some kind of illegal activity."
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 9:53AM
*sad trombone*
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:01AM
highlyconfident doesn't sound so highly confident.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:01AM
Is it an Italian custom to wear caterpillar boots around the house with tube socks and nothing else?
-Nicole Cuccioni
Forest Hills HS, 2003
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:01AM
**rusty trombone***
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:01AM
**rusty trombone***
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:01AM
**rusty trombone***
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:01AM
**rusty trombone***
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:05AM
Fack. December then June doesn't seem to work out too well and that level 2 sucked.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:06AM
What Dec ?
L2 and 3 are only in JUNE
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:08AM
@14 who said they were in december?
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:13AM
@15. My bad. I just PASSd L2.
So I was a bit haughty there.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:17AM
@5 keep up the good work.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:18AM
passed that bitch yeah son WHAT WHAT IT DO!!!!!!! LIII here I come!
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:19AM
Ugh... standards going down the drain. coming closer and closer to taking this off my resume
Posted by highlyconfident , Aug 18, 2009 10:19AM
@7 ...confidence temporarily broken
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:20AM
@2 = failed level one, probably twice.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:22AM
MBA > CFA
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:23AM
What the fuck is a CFA?
- Private Equity Baller
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:25AM
@18 I hear you have to be literate to pass L3. Please sign up, though. I need plenty of that 51% cushion.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:26AM
passed bitaches, eat it.
-SC
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:27AM
December level I, June level II
No I'm not level III yet...
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:32AM
CFA is for the tools that MDs don't want talking to clients or making strategic decisions. They are number jockeys, at best.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:34AM
Is there a Level IV I can take?
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:35AM
suck it haters!
Posted by NakedShort , Aug 18, 2009 10:35AM
@28 yes its called the Series 6
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:37AM
@28 - Yeah, its called Spencer Gifts, and its at the mall.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:40AM
CFA = bad lay
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:40AM
Elliot Wave Theory is more important than any of that CFA bullshit. One day, when it works, I'll be the King of the Ballers, biatches!!
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:42AM
Series 6 is for pussies.
CG
Posted by Shakes23 , Aug 18, 2009 10:43AM
interesting fact for #5 - you're a retard
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:45AM
MBA = people not smart/disciplined enough to pass CFA
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:45AM
@ 21. Passed Level 1 1st time. will never take another CFA exam. Totally useless, and the only people that will tell you otherwise are CFA's at a mediocre buyside shop in cleveland or white plains.
suck it
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:46AM
I don't see the need for these exams...
won't my Bar Mitzvah credits transfer?
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:49AM
There was no "attempting" to S my own D this morning. The only challenge involved was ducking to the side at the end to avoid a facial.
Posted by registered_user , Aug 18, 2009 10:53AM
dude 33 is so right... the modal tendencies of this market are a simple reflexive interpolation of a motive 5 wave sequence, predicated upon 2x2 and 1x4 corrective pattern. A new corrective base is forming at the phi root, and I am on my way to the bank.
I have no friends, am still a virgin, and will make between $100 and $500k a year for the rest of my life as my colleagues with people skills make real money.
-CFA Charterholder
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:54AM
Shakes23 = CG
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:57AM
@40 I don't disagree on the general lameness of CFAs, but you're deluding yourself if you think there's boom era money to be made over the next decade except for a very select few, a very select few who aren't so insecure that they have to make fun of CFAs on a comment board.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:58AM
CFA = people who got rejected by their top MBA school choices
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 11:04AM
God, everyone on here is terrible.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 11:04AM
Close call, but I would go with option 2.
--CG
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 11:06AM
@5: good one today! keep them coming (and keep slicing the sopressata). was he rejected in HS by Janet Takvoli after reaching second base during the typing elective? does he keep the ghost writer for his "definitive" book locked in the basement of his Rego Park home? was he Jimmy Cayne original pot dealer that turned on him once JC started using Lenny Dykstra's delivery service? was he rejected from Amanda Drury's hotel when he tried to get an elevator operator job there last week? was his brother convicted of mixing imported olive oil with canola in some Jersey warehouse? was he kicked out of the Bond Buyer after seducing the editor's underage daughter?
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 11:08AM
@ 44, suck it whore
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 11:11AM
MBA = http://dealbreaker.com/2009/05/theyve-got-it-laminated-on-lit.php
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 11:20AM
@19 Lowest L3 pass rate ever? standards are dropping huh
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 11:41AM
@49 Dunno about standards but the quality of people taking the exam seems to be getting worse.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 11:42AM
32 Cs or 32 Ds?
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 12:01PM
Love how this page really illustrates nicely the type of person who values the MBA so much. Under each anti-CFA comment should be a space for them to share how humiliating it was when they failed Level I in June and again in December - after which it was decided that the CFA was just SUCH a waste of time.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 12:04PM
@33 - very nice
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 12:29PM
Most of the MBA's have fond memories of their "group projects" and apple polishing.
Is an MBA worth having? Obviously. But at least with the CFA, you either passed it or you didn't. No gaming possible.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 12:32PM
@52
People who go/went to real b-schools are smart enough to not waste time even taking Level 1.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 1:01PM
@22 and @36:
MScFin>CFA>MBA.
Pussies.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 1:07PM
CFA = ugly chicks
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 1:16PM
I got my job from my uncle. And I didn't need to take no test. Suck it, bitches.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 1:35PM
@25, is that you Steve?
Posted by MuniShe , Aug 18, 2009 1:38PM
cfa done, three for three ... and as a muni cfa chick ... some of us arent so bad to look at.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 1:41PM
CFA...MBA...we're all going to working for the same c-suckers.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 2:11PM
@56, your MSFin professor was probably a teller at WaMu with a graduate degree in math or finance. He'll teach you how to make millions, dumbass.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 2:13PM
@60, were you the one vomiting in front of Dorian's last weekend?
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 2:20PM
@60 MuniShe, Post pics or don't waste our time with such comments.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 2:23PM
@63 dont know why, that made me laugh
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 2:27PM
@65, you've seen it too, that's why it's funny. "I'm independent, I work in finance, want to take me home, excuse me for a...***vomits on sidewalk***" so...your place?
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 3:00PM
@63-65, haha, yes, finance chicks are funny sometimes
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 3:08PM
Has the pass rate gone up or down and how should that affect my decision whether to apply for an MBA instead?
Posted by MuniShe , Aug 18, 2009 3:22PM
and finance dudes are just a symbol of manly grace and dignity of course
oh and posting your pic on one of these sites seems like a great career move, i am all over that idea for sure
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 3:24PM
Congratulations all who passed, tough luck to those who failed. I netted -$20 on side bets and "CFA insurance" at the office today.
From personal experience, the CFA charter carries more weight than ever now. It just got me hired away from a zombie financial institution to the most prestigious one I can think of (I'm reading DB in the interim before I start there), and when I'm hiring in the future CFAs will go to the top of the pile. Hang in there!
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 3:36PM
@70 you passed L3?
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 3:43PM
Has anyone found the CMT to be helpful...or have an opinion on its worth? Obviously nowhere near a CFA or MBA but perhaps worth pursuing?
Posted by SgtJack , Aug 18, 2009 3:53PM
$20 CFA side bets are the new equities in Dallas.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 4:09PM
@69 = fat chick
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 4:15PM
@ 72
I wouldnt take too serious something that asks you what a dead cat bounce is
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 4:24PM
@70, why are those asians so smart?!
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 4:29PM
MBA =
- $120K tuition gone,
- 2 years of no salary (400K?) gone,
- 2 setback in career (bec you maybe get the same job you did before). Maybe
- Learn nothing new (or that CFA can't teach you)
If I'm gonna take a 2 year, 520K vacation, it better be better than getting an MBA...
Posted by MuniShe , Aug 18, 2009 4:41PM
Does that mean a CFA and MBA are redundant? Seems most places expect the younger generation to get both to really move ahead ... tho I agree grad school was a bit of a waste.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 4:52PM
You are all losers. You should be embarrassed by the way you talk. CFA or no CFA.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 5:05PM
@72, passed it two years ago, just anniversaried the work experience requirement this year--then got charter and job.
@73, the $20 was net. Equal numbers passed and failed, but because they had slightly different odds it worked out not to equal zero.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 5:07PM
@80 and where are you soon to be employed?
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 7:38PM
CFA & MBA = people too poor or stupid to have their Dad's get them 35 hour a week 6 figure jobs.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:52PM
@60 do you have an irish accent and did you sit next to me in our L2 study group in SF. If so, then gentlemen you can't handle 1/2 of what she's got in the game or intelligence department.
Posted by guest , Aug 18, 2009 10:52PM
@60 do you have an irish accent and did you sit next to me in our L2 study group in SF. If so, then gentlemen you can't handle 1/2 of what she's got in the game or intelligence department.
Posted by guest , Aug 19, 2009 10:38AM
@84, can't handle 200lbs on my chest either