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01-19-2009, 10:19 PM
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#1 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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| Canadian Securities Course (CSC)
Planning on doing this soon. Anyone out there who's completed it, is it do-able in 2-3 months?
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01-20-2009, 10:01 AM
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#2 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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It's doable in a couple of days if you aren't a moron.
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01-20-2009, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DaFonz  It's doable in a couple of days if you aren't a moron. | 
Easiest test ever. You'd have to be illiterate in order to fail.
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01-20-2009, 12:50 PM
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#4 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Don't you have to spend some time reading the book and do the calcs? I mean, if you have no knowledge and just common sense going into the test, I'm pretty sure you'd have to take at least twice before passing...
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01-20-2009, 03:14 PM
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#5 | | ninja edits your posts without your knowledge
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Originally Posted by Dr-Vn Don't you have to spend some time reading the book and do the calcs? I mean, if you have no knowledge and just common sense going into the test, I'm pretty sure you'd have to take at least twice before passing... | If you had common sense, you would most likely pass the test regardless of having read the book.
Seriously. I never understood how anyone could fail the text unless they misread every single question and answer. Or they were just plain stupid. Like really really stupid.
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01-20-2009, 06:21 PM
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#6 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Originally Posted by CRS If you had common sense, you would most likely pass the test regardless of having read the book.
Seriously. I never understood how anyone could fail the text unless they misread every single question and answer. Or they were just plain stupid. Like really really stupid. | I see. I would have no idea because I haven't taken it yet, but would be interested to. Some of my friends spend like more than 6 months to study for it... Anything you need to aim for? Or just a > 50% pass and you get a cert?
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01-20-2009, 08:09 PM
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#7 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by Dr-Vn I see. I would have no idea because I haven't taken it yet, but would be interested to. Some of my friends spend like more than 6 months to study for it... Anything you need to aim for? Or just a > 50% pass and you get a cert? | If you can't pass after a week of studying (I'd say 10 hrs max), then you are seriously handicapped. To give you an idea of how easy it is.. I studied for about 2 days, finished each test in about 20 minutes and passed.
CSC is a joke.
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01-23-2009, 09:29 AM
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#8 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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What would be an example of a question on the test?
I'll probably do this in the summer when I have less classes. Planning on taking the Financial Planning route after CSC.
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01-23-2009, 07:23 PM
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#9 | | I keep RS good
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isnt there a huge thread on this already?
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01-25-2009, 10:15 AM
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#10 | | Banned (ABWS)
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YOu only need 60% to pass the cert exam
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01-26-2009, 08:07 AM
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#11 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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i think 4-5 months would be good? it seems hard if u don't have a solid math and/or some sort of common sense in financial stuff. i read a bit of the textbook, and arg..drives me crazy!!
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02-02-2009, 09:31 PM
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#12 | | I STILL don't get it
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To be realistic and not bullshit like Dafonz, the test is relatively easy, but not a piece of cake. I wrote the exam about a year ago and probably finished everything in 3 weeks (studying + exams). I came out with high 80's (honours). I am a Finance major, so the stuff was relatively watered down.
The first exam was mainly questions from equity and fixed income. For example, bond calculation and margin.
The second exam was geared towards the actual asset allocation.
Good luck
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02-03-2009, 05:03 PM
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#13 | | Everyone wants a piece of R S...
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hope u know what job u're lookin for ... finance is kinda shifty now a days
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02-03-2009, 09:59 PM
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#14 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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For those who found it so easy, how did you manage to remember all the organizations and regulators so easily??? Seems like there are a lot of tidbit info that may or may not be on the exam making it more difficult to study
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02-04-2009, 09:02 AM
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#15 | | I STILL don't get it
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These are the only regulatory bodies you need to know.
1)Securities are overlooked by the Provincial Regulatory Bodies.
2)The Five SRO's - MFDA, TSX Exchange, etc
3)The companies that protect insolvency. CDIC, etc
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02-04-2009, 09:39 AM
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#16 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Anagrams, mnemonics and/or an SRS. http://ichi2.net/anki/
Also remember the pass rate is something stupid like 60%.
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02-04-2009, 08:43 PM
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#17 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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thanks for the help guys.
did anybody else hear that they're changing the exam to make it more "difficult"?
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02-19-2009, 09:21 PM
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#18 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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so i'll be taking the first exam in about two weeks
can anyone let me know the difficulty on the exam, compared to those sample questions/quizzes under the modules section through webct?
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03-01-2009, 09:53 PM
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#19 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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i thought the first one was harder than the second one. If you can go hardcore for 3 or so days, then you should be fine. It's mostly memorizing odd facts. haha
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