CFA Level II

A couple of days ago, I got the result for my CFA level I exam: pass. I am so excited with this outcome because I really worked my ass off then. Here goes my detailed result (marked with *):

Q#	Topic	Max Pts	<=50%	51%-70%	>70%
-	Alternative Assets	12	-	*	-
-	Derivatives	12	-	-	*
-	Economics	24	-	-	*
-	Equity Analysis	24	-	-	*
-	Ethical & Professional Stnds.	36	-	*	-
-	Financial Statement Analysis	68	-	*	-
-	Fixed Income Analysis	24	-	-	*
-	General Portfolio Management	12	-	-	*
-	Quantitative Analysis	28	-	-	*

As you can see, I am troubled by those financial statements, which I have never liked or been good at. Unfortunately, I might also have some ethical problems : (. Both of them are heavily weighted and almost add up to half of the credits.

Now that I have got the new curriculum and started preparing for level II of this June. Although I have no plan of being an accountant in the future, the problems will still be haunting me, since these two topics will carry even more weights. Isn't it ironic?

Hard Time

Haven't submit any new post recently. I went back to my hometown for half a month to be with my parents. For the one year apart, I really missed them. I was really relaxed at home and enjoyed plenty of fresh seafood there.

Back to Beijing last Sunday, I am having a hard time now, preparing for the CFA exam and looking for a job at the same time. Currently studying for like ten hours a day, I don't have much time for online surfing or blogging anymore, at least not before 4th December.

Hardly leaving my room, there are nothing interesting to talk about either, except that the studying is surprisingly intriguing. I learn so much the CFA curriculum which help me understand the economics, finance, and even the world much better. So there is much less pain from the studying part than expected.

Btw, I really like the blogger beta system now.