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Posted by tommy on 2007-10-16 14:07:15 +0000

Good luck!

Posted by G lib on 2007-10-16 15:52:02 +0000

Series 7 makes as much sense to me as Maroon 5, but good luck! I'm sure it'll be a breeze!

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-10-16 16:59:23 +0000

Like Maroon 5, it's not the test itself, it's all the great people you meet.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-10-17 22:19:57 +0000

So far I have tackled Equities and Bonds and I have glanced over at Municipalities. Next is options. My brain hurts.

Posted by tgl on 2007-10-18 01:01:42 +0000

Option trading, mmm. Good Luck!

Posted by MF DU on 2007-11-08 01:56:13 +0000

So lets see: Issuing Securities, Investment Companies, Retirement Accounts, Direct Participation Plans, Equities, and bonds are a-ok. Rules / Regs / Options / Margins (Who's Down with SMA?) / Municipality underwriting - Not so much. Test date is a week from today. I just heard somewhere that the average candidate spends 3 months studying and the pass rate is less than 50%. I need a 70% or better - I should probably take some more practice tests, but my brain hurts. In case you were curious about my 3 week lack of rideside daytime 'post inflation' , Its pretty much because of study and the IT dept of new employer has http://www.rideside.net:8080 on lockdown. shit.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-11-08 06:40:23 +0000

Good luck!!! I'll be crossing everything for you (obviously uncrossing my eyes for my own study pursuits).

Posted by virtue on 2007-11-08 14:30:56 +0000

What are you studying Pamsterdam?

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-11-08 14:45:05 +0000

*blush* Bookkeeping. In Dutch. I blagged my way into a promotion and now I have to "bring it". The bookkeeping is more of a background/logic issue rather than an intrinsic part of the work. Next year I'll be enrolled in a finance management course, and that will be the tough one (but thankfully in English).

Posted by G lib on 2007-11-08 15:15:06 +0000

Damn, youse guys is SMAHHHT!

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-11-08 17:09:34 +0000

My sympathies...

Posted by MF DU on 2007-11-09 23:43:31 +0000

I am so fucked. Test anxiety. ARRRGGHHHHH

Posted by MF DU on 2007-11-10 03:50:34 +0000

Re: Above Photo: Thats pretty much it, exactly. If I didn't know any better, I would say that looks like a d i g i t a l ™ monitor

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-11-10 05:05:54 +0000

You're gonna nail that shit, kid.

Posted by virtue on 2007-11-12 14:09:35 +0000

Maddie Nigs needs more daddy time, so of course you'll nail that shit. While nothing I can say will ease your test taking anxiety (you'll need years of therapy for that), I do have some left over ativan...Seriously though, the brain works best on a full night's sleep, and cramming doesn't work. So make plans for a nice family dinner the night before the test (or tests, if it's over the course of multiple days) and kick some arcane financial knowledge ass!

Posted by tgl on 2007-11-12 19:33:00 +0000

I have done my part to help MF Doomlaut prepare.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-11-12 22:34:08 +0000

We had a rip roarin time with Eli and co. Thanks again for stoppin' by!

Posted by tgl on 2007-11-13 03:27:39 +0000

This is what's great about the Ladew's of Monson: * You call at 10AM and say you might show up at their door step around 1ish, or 12:30ish... you can't really say but it's completely all right. * When you do show up, the house is clearly marked with giraffe sculptures. * Bee tree, blocks, chipmunks, drawing and painting. Madeline is available to play all types of games. * Maddie is also very helpful with any diaper changing activities you might have planned. * Photo of drunken BEQ in the water closet (OK, I didn't really see that). * You can leave for an hour and half, and then come back, and they'll have dinner ready for you. * Frosty mugs of Sam Adams. * Chili w/ contractor noises. * Did I mention cozy? * Then, they thank _you_.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-11-14 00:47:49 +0000

thanks for the farm stamps! Maddie loves them. Come back any time (mebbe a bottle of Lorber home brew as an entry fee?) -the 'Sky Bar' era of Quigley frontman pics is NOT to be fucked with.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-11-14 00:53:18 +0000

OK - going to bed after one Sam Adams, I guess so I can go to glorious Tower Square / Sheraton in Springfield MA for tommorow am. I drove there after work on Friday so I would know how to get there (- There is a sports bar on the 2nd floor, btw) I'll be honest - options stll scare the shit out of me and a couple of my new hire peers took the test on Mon and said there were like 30 questions worth of Municipal Bond regulation legal questions. (Only 1 of 3 who have taken it already this week have made it through). If I finish before 2:00, Im hoping that said cheesy sports bar will be open. My brain feels like that 'Dirty Projectors' album all the kids in Japan are raging about...

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-11-14 04:34:16 +0000

RISE ABOVE! YR. GONNA RISE ABOVE!

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-11-14 05:52:17 +0000

I'll be cheering for you over here, DU! Fingers, legs, eyes, arms, toes all crossed...

Posted by MF DU on 2007-11-14 21:30:05 +0000

65% - 5 points from passing - sheesh. Enhanced study regimen starts tomorrow. FINRA insists I wait 30 days before retest. The beatings will continue until morale improves...

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-11-14 21:30:50 +0000

Sorry to hear it.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-11-14 21:35:54 +0000

Damn, next time around I bet you'll rock it.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-11-15 06:06:03 +0000

Ack! I reckon next time you'll storm 'em. x Any chance of you seeing this one as a pratice run? Practice makes...

Posted by tommy on 2007-11-15 12:52:25 +0000

Do you get back a report of what you got wrong, so you know what to brush up on, or is it like the SAT where you just get a score, and that's it? Enhanced study regimens are unstoppable; you'll ace the retest.

Posted by G lib on 2007-11-15 13:31:51 +0000

You will ace this time. I divine it!

Posted by virtue on 2007-11-15 15:44:08 +0000

D'oh! I don't care if you ace it, but I'm sure you'll pass it!

Posted by MF DU on 2007-11-16 03:20:15 +0000

Practice makes lemonade.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-12-15 16:09:04 +0000

Retest is Mon. Dec 17th. Holed up at Pat and Steve's all weekend - currently putting the smackdown on Foreign Currency Options. Hopefully being in an isolated study immersion for > 48 hours will give me the 5 point spread I need to move on and focus on something besides Series 7 crap.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-12-17 21:49:37 +0000

Apparently a 6 point difference now makes me a 'qualified' registered representative. One of the more difficult "71"'s I've ever had. Where's the Tylenol?

Posted by virtue on 2007-12-17 22:34:21 +0000

Congratulations! Have a stiff drink, and put your feet up.

Posted by dyedon8 on 2007-12-17 23:17:20 +0000

Hell yeah!

Posted by tommy on 2007-12-18 01:35:02 +0000

Yeah! Here's to enhanced study regimens Congrats, DU

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-12-18 02:16:17 +0000

In their faces! Next time I see you, I owe you a congratulatory drink.

Posted by G lib on 2007-12-18 11:25:19 +0000

HOOOORAY! Good for you!

Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-12-18 12:04:21 +0000

Gimme five, man... Whoo! Up here man... Up here...