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Preparing for CAIA Level 2

I remember I scoffed about CAIA L1 exam. I found it all too easy, and started thinking CAIA should not really stand in one line with CFA. I am starting to change my mind. After some relatively easy sections on Real Estate and Private Equity, here come Hedge Funds and Structured Products, and all of a sudden the exam does not feel so easy any longer.

François-Serge Lhabitant, whose book Hedge Funds: Quantitative Insights I had the pleasure (and the pain) reading in the past, really knows what he is writing about... His in-much-detail description of Hedge Fund investment strategies is extremely informative, but memorizing all the formulas involved is no bed of roses. Same goes to the Structured Products.

With only a few weeks ahead before the exam, I feel I really need to step on the gas.


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hotchpotch said…
Did u pass level 2 of CAIA? I have around 40 days before level 2 and cant decide whether there is a chance for me...
August 10, 2012 at 12:38 AM
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