Good luck

[Laura Noonan]

Best of luck to everyone on Tuesday, on a scale of one to ten I'm already an eleven on the anxiety scale (I really mastered numbers in level 2) but at least soon it will all be over 

Laura 

On Friday, June 1, 2012, My Gmail wrote:

Check the errata for mock. I got one more qn right for the AM.
Also the afternoon session about the bond amortization.

In case you guys wonder because I did.

Sent from my iPad

On 1 juin 2012, at 06:23, Frank Jiang <frank....@gmail.com> wrote:

> Still at office...  I should have asked for more PTO.  Just finished
> CFAI 2012 AM. The FSA stuff is killing me, totally blow up two
> questions, managed to get 70%. 10 min overtime.
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Frank Jiang <frank....@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I haven't got the chance to do 2012 mock. :(  Also many topics I know
>> I need to go over ....
>>
>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Laura Noonan <laura....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Feel like I'm the only one not up in the eighties by now, just struck out of
>>> a Schweser mock with 72. Only one vignette through me, the rest was mainly
>>> silly mistakes, not reading things properly etc. Not sure if I should do
>>> more mocks tomorrow or not, I was much happier earlier in the week when I
>>> was scoring higher, another bad mock might finish me off confidence wise.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, May 31, 2012, My Gmail wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Just finished the CFAI afternoon mock 2012 at 80%, the FRA on intercorp
>>>> investment got me again, guess I don't know deep enough.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I should go out and watch MIB3 to relax
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> On 31 mai 2012, at 15:00, Laura Noonan <laura....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If you could ease off now and not move the curve for the rest of us that'd
>>>> be much appreciated :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, May 31, 2012, Sonal Thakor wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Wow Shreyas, 50/60 . . . I applaud your score. You can rest easy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 7:29 AM, My Gmail <bryo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I finished 2012 AM mock at 72%, totally missed the 2 FRA cases scored 3/12
>>>> + my worst ethic so far
>>>> I'm planning on speding Friday with ethics and EOC FRA + equity
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> On 31 mai 2012, at 12:07, Laura Noonan <laura....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I think we can safely say you're through, congrats! Just did yet another
>>>> Schweser mock, 75, by the last section I was so past caring I didn't even
>>>> bother trying to figure stuff out. So much left to do but my brain is
>>>> turning to mush. Wondering if I should ease up a bit now do I dont still
>>>> feel like this on Sat, but then I remember how much I still have to study
>>>> and freak out
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, May 31, 2012, Shreyas Tonse wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Finished the 2012 mock PM with 50/60
>>>>
>>>> But was hard pressed for time and screwed up on one of the FRA cases
>>>> again.
>>>>
>>>> As Ben says, going to review the big 3 till test day now. All the best
>>>> folks.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On 31-May-2012, at 3:29 AM, Ben Jones <bcj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 75% very good.  Just took the whole thing today.  Not any improvement but
>>>> still hope to be a passing grade.  Got 67% on AM, 69% PM.
>>>>
>>>> Did not feel PM was any easier/harder.  I gotta tackle this ethics crap,
>>>> somehow I've managed to get worse every mock I take.  Got 7 out of 12 wrong.
>>>>  Gonna be ethics, fra, equity from here on out...
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Shreyas Tonse <shreya...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Just did CFAI mock 2012 AM and scored 75%
>>>>
>>>> Totally bombed the first FRA case, and a few silly errors at other places
>>>>
>>>> For those who've done the PM, did you feel it was easier than AM? Keeping
>>>> it for tomorrow
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On 30-May-2012, at 9:19 PM, Laura Noonan <laura....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Got 70 on the cfa pm, but managed to screw up four ethics questions. Feel
>>>> like I will never get to grips with research and objectivity standards and
>>>> all the rules around them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, 30 May 2012, adam johnson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Honestly, I would put much more weight on the CFA mock. I thought the 2012
>>>> mock did a great job of testing a wider range of skills than the Schweser
>>>> exams. My Schweser exam scores varied a great deal.
>>>>
>>>> I just took the 2012 mock yesterday and scored 65% on AM and 67% on PM. I
>>>> read on Analyst Forum that 62% is a more accurate passing number on the real
>>>> exam than 70%. I have no idea whether or not this is true.
>>>>
>>>> I am going to continue attacking my problem areas over the next couple of
>>>> days. I am getting quite nervous!
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Laura Noonan <laura....@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> How much weight would you guys put on the CFA mock score? Did morning one
>>>> earlier and got 65, well below my last Schweser (78)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, May 29, 2012, My Gmail wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I dont use schweser but the principle is that: most valuation formula for
>>>> forward in CFAI text is value to the long position. If it is negative, long
>>>> pays i.e short benefits. Positive, short pays i.e long benefits
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> On 29 mai 2012, at 20:38, Ben Jones <bcj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>
>>>>> About to lose my mind with schweser.  Please help me out.  Look on page