Passing Tests

 Woot!  Over the past couple of days I've had time to do a bit more studying for the Series 7 test. I'm reviewing the SIE information as the 7 has 30 questions about SIE related materials and I want to be sure and pass all of the aspects of the 7, not just the financial aspects. The test is harder than the 6, so I want to be sure everything is clicking in my brain.   I've passed both recent tests, one with an 87% and the other (today) with a 91%, so I'm fairly sure I'll be OK going forward. It's good to know I have options.

    The 7 (and later the 66) will allow me to do more wealth management work, investments such as you find at a Price Waterhouse, Northern Mutual, or J.P. Morgan type company. The 6, 63 will allow me to purchase, sell and and work with Life Insurance products such as annuities and variable products that include and are influenced by the market.  I will get the 6/63 after I get the 7/66.  I may wait to get the 6/63 until after I complete the 3/65.  The 3/65 Series will allow me to trade in ADRs (American Depository Receipts) such as when someone here wants to buy stocks or bonds from a foreign country. I do love my foreign friends in the UK. It means I can travel back and forth and stay happily employed as well as being busy with something both meaningful and challenging. OPINIONS.

    Currently I'm in limbo - - but that's only a temporary thing. By January I'll be fully licensed and capable of making more choices regarding the trading, sales, and brokerage options. I may simply fly back to Scotland and practice my new trade with Monopoly money over and over again until I get it down. I wouldn't want to be set free into the wild without knowing what I'm doing -- I have far too many ETHICS for that, despite what others may think. In fact, screw what others may think. Jesus knows me, and He loves me. That's really all I care about.  He's merciful, He is forgiving, I'm more or less an average Joe when it comes to being able to not hold grudges. I'll blog with names, dates, specifics, and absolute detail in order to expose their every sin - - Jesus wouldn't do that. Keep praying to Jesus folks, He's the ticket.

    I'd say wish me luck on the actual exam this month, but there's nothing luck can do for me. Luck is for the Irish. I'm Scottish. We make things happen. Slainte'.

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