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Summary: The worst study guide of all time
Review: I purchased the study guide plus CD Rom. Although I have never taken any licensing exam before, I was confident that with a little help, I would easily pass this test. After all, my IQ tested out at over 140, I have never failed any test throughout high school or college, and I have worked in related fields.Foolish me. First off, this "guide" was nearly impossible to get through. Read the other reviews, most say the same. There were glaring errors in the math, multiple instances of conflicting information, and completely wrong answers to exams. I contacted Dearborn about this four weeks ago and still have not heard back. I blew through the CD Rom exams with better than passing grades. When I took the actual series 3, there was little similarity between the CD exam and the real deal. In fact, the CD prepares you for a 70% or better overall score, while the real series 3 has two sections, each scored individually, with a 70% required on both sections. Having not been prepared for this, I did get a passing grade on the combined average score, but failed one section individually. Had I been prepared properly with a different product or class, I doubt this would have happened. Result: No license, no job. Thanks, Dearborn! You suck. Please do not buy this product.
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Summary: The worst study guide of all time
Review: This book will help you pass the test. I read the book once, took all the practice tests and got a 93% on the actual exam. If you study the material you will pass. Don't expect a literary masterpiece nor expect to be an expert in the futures industry and you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Crude but effective
Review: This book will help you pass the test. I read the book once, took all the practice tests and got a 93% on the actual exam. If you study the material you will pass. Don't expect a literary masterpiece nor expect to be an expert in the futures industry and you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Training in house brokers with this is impossible
Review: We are a commodities brokerage firm, liverpoolgroup.com, that trains in house brokers, and now other company's trainees, on passing the series 3. This book is impossible. It is not appropriate or conducive to any type of learning about futures and someone using this book may actually run afoul of compliance issues if they claim to have used this guide for learning. If you are interested in better resources on learning how to pass the Series 3 don't hesitate to contact me.
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Summary: Buy something else if you can...
Review: What can I say? The book is bad, but that's all you need to pass the exam. There were so many mistakes in it. Many things were not explained clearly, some were wrong, and there were even two consecutive paragraphs in the text that were identical. In the same sample test the same problem appeared twice, and that happened at least three times. All you sense is stupidity. When I first read it I felt very uneasy. How could anyone pass with only such a sloppy book? The reason is the test is as stupid. There were even spelling mistakes in the test, with "that" instead of "than". Repetitive questions again and again, exactly the same taste as the book. There were about twenty questions exactly appeared in the book. Either the book and the test were from same people, or the book did a wonderful job to track the stupidity of the test. I found problem sets in the book helpful, though repetitive. The hotsheet is useful too.
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