Pass the 6: A Training Guide for the NASD Series 6 Exam,   ISBN:9780912301693

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This book serves as a strong study guide and supplement to the series 6 courses. We use it regularly with our reps in preparation for their exams. It has definately helped improve our testing results as a firm.

Ivy League Wealth Secrets: That the Master Planners don't want you to know!

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To say this study guide book can completely replace the study materials provided by employers is a stretch, but it's safe to say that this book helped reinforce tested information.

By the time a new book is out, regulations have changed. Because this book was published in 2006, it's a good study guide for basic knowledge but not all of the specifics are still valid in 2009. As I read my employer's study material, the Series 6 preparation class materials and this book, the rules are changing around me: Tax figures have changed, retirement plan rules have changed and mortgage-backed securities are a joke.

Luckily, the test doesn't nitpick and I still passed even with using slightly dated study materials.

If I ever see Robert Walker on the streets of Manhattan, I owe him a beer! We English majors turned registered reps have to stick together.

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I wanted to write and thank Mr. Walker for writing this book. I worked in Healthcare IT and have a master's degree so I've taken lots of tests in my life .... the series 6 is the most difficult I've taken. However with Mr. Walker's material I passed the first time studying only 3 weeks and taking weekends off. He makes very boring material interesting and you will catch yourself laughing out loud sometimes as his humor. If you want to pass the first or next time you take the series 6 this is a must read.

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I consider myself kind of a smart guy, but the Kaplan materials made my brain hurt. I was really suffering through my studying. Then along comes this book with tidbits such as this:
"a variable annuity is really just a mutual fund investment that grows tax deferred."

Oh yeah. Now that makes sense. Why couldn't the competitor products state this so clearly? I read page after page of competitor materials and didn't REALLY understand what an annuity was until I read that one simple sentence I quoted above.

This book is full of this sort of thing. Everything explained so you can actually understand it.

Bottom line: I got a 92 on my Series 6. I'm happy I got this guide.

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I'm very happy with the book I received. The information is written in clear, understandable terms. The author discusses what is on the series 6 test and uses examples and humor to help with understanding the concepts, as well as, practice tests. I know I will be able to pass the test after reading this book.