Muskblog: the sad, pathetic truth

I’m finished with the CFA at least for a while. I can honestly say I have not profited in all senses of the words from doing my CFA or my MBA. I’m too honest and apparently too generous as once again I’ve made some study materials which I’m making available to the free [...]

…was my specialization during my MBA and I sub-specialized in International Business, so the recent feature in the Economist on Entrepreneurism took me back. It was also relevant to my day job as it talked about clusters and what is needed to stimulate entrepreneurial activity in Vancouver’s inner-city.
I tried to write this post earlier [...]

One overdue posting deserves another, and after the Sun Run, I’m content to just let paint dry and take it easy this Monday evening. I’ve still been watching Mint for strange referrals since last time. This time I’ve opted to break them into three categories, we’ll have to see if any make the [...]

So I went to two events today at the Vancity Theatre. The first was the announcement and release of the Ready to Rocket list. It lists 25 private tech companies that they believe have a high probability for rabid growth. Some firms graduated from the list such as Vision Critical and other [...]

During the last three years, (almost four now since I completed my MBA) I’ve been working towards the CFA designation. Not terribly effectively either, I’ve encountered many difficulties along the way, but as part of the hundreds and hundreds of hours I spent studying I created some study materials.
If you just want to steal [...]

…like I should have been studying for the last six months. Heck like I should have been for the last six days. I think I wasted another 700 dollars on the CFA exam, as I still think I’ll fail. But I’ve created some really great study materials which I’ll make available after [...]

Yesterday I wrote the CFA Level One examination at the Pacific Colosseum of all places. There were a lot of people, including a lot of fresh faced undergrads. A lot of optimism in the room, but there were a few people rewriting a level and of course some people who were just clueless.
How [...]

I should be studying instead of blogging, but my life is far from ideal and it is so warm today. Many people are finding my first post on being a CFA Candidate it must be doing well in the search engines, but the post they should be reading as it contains an Excel spreadsheet [...]