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The Series 7 Exam: Real World Intelligence, Strategies & Experience From Industry Experts to Prepare You for Everything the Classroom and Textbooks ... the Series 7 (Bigwig Briefs Test Prep series)

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This book is completely useless. This book could be useful for someone with no prior knowledge on investing BUT it's very unlikely as the person who wrote this book had typos throughout the book. I have a problem with buying a book that says "Series 7 exam prep" and discusses nothing about the exam. Not worth the money spent , i wouldn't even buy it used. PAGE 66 ...the word on the first paragraph should be "manage" not "mange" although at some points of this book i really thought it was in french. So useless.

This book is absolutely useless. The information provided is not connected in any relevant way to the Series 7 test and does not give any more insight into 'thinking like a stockbroker' than would a copy of Barron's or the Economist. In fact, go buy the latest issue of Barron's, save $15, and get a lot more articles. You can feel almost immediately that this book was made simply to cash in on anxious Series 7 test takers. You do not need this book; it is an expensive and unnecessary way to acquaint yourself with information otherwise available.

For those who have little idea about investing in general, this book might be ok to start with. However, it is completely inadequate as "series 7 exam" prep or anything of that nature. I found the title of the book seriously misleading. For those who already have a common sense knowledge about wall street, this book is a complete waste; go get other real series 7 prep material, not this sort of basic investment discussions stuff.

I just finished this book but still haven't finished answering why I bought it. If you're studying for the 7 & aren't familiar with the concepts in this book (asset allocation, rule of 72, risk/reward, asset correlation etc.), you probably don't have much of a future in the industry anyway. 94 pages of large print, 1.5 line spacing should actually be about 40 pages (but you couldn't charge...for that, could you?) You also can imagine that there is no room to go into any meaningful detail here as well. 3 stars only because the ideas are important, even though they can be found in any number of financial planning publications.

This is the most unique (and useful) book I have found for the Series 7 exam. Guaranteed to help you think in useful ways and answer those "impossible to study for" questions. Also, the information in the book is from some very insightful financial professionals that provides a great groundwork for how to succeed in the business.

This is a decent book but use it with study materials and really study. There are many out there like STC, Dearborn, CCH Wall Street. (I recently used CCH Wall Street to pass my exam.)

This book doesn't discuss any strategies for passing the series 7, it basically consists of various investment tips from financial planners seems to be marketed more towards a person who is looking to invest.

save your money and buy a book that really intent to help you on your Series 7 test.

This book is a very unique resource. Unlike any other Series 7 Test Prep book. I highly recommend it for those looking to get an edge on the test.

I have read about 12 Series 7 books thus far, and I can say that this is definitely the most unique one of the bunch. There is a lot of value in this book that really can't be picked up from any other book. While I agree this book needs to be read in conjunction with a more "traditional" series 7 test prep book, I would highly recommend adding this as a 2nd book - it will help you prepare for questions that really can't be studied for anywhere else.