Does the CFA course provided by Koppel & Wiley worth the money?

Answer 1

Yes. Koppel & Wiley, recently bought by Schweser (a part of the Kaplan Group) is a good review course. The CFAI gives you a mountain of books to go through in order to study/read for each of the three parts of the exam. There is so much material that it is not feasible to read/study it all if you are not studying it full time. If you have a job, you will NEED to focus your attention on the LOS and the most likely question topics. Also, given the CFA exam's relatively low passing rates, then it is quite demoralizing, expensive and hugely time wasting if you fail a level of the exam. In this case, the money (while it hurts when you spend it) is a great return on investment if/when you pass the exam three times in a row - like I did using Schweser.