Advice me

it depends....From person to person.

Establish ur knowledge in time value of mone concepts.cos 5 chapters in SFM are based on this...then,

Forex & derivatives.

u ve covered 75% of SFM syllabus...

hi...

m using sd bala's book for sfm, but quite confused in 'futures' part in derivatives....

what should i do?

hi.in SFM derivatives and forex is very important...........b well versed with mkt scenario bcoz may12 exam was totally based on our understanding and present mkt scenario.........jb gupta + sd bala is best combination...........SFM is tough but not impossible to do................b thru wid merger,derivatives,capital budgeting is not so important,dont waste much tym there,portfolio is very important................u shud b through wid formulas and jb gupta and sd bala together can fetch u awesome score...................as far as tym is comcerned it all depends on u,there has to b quality in studying..............................all the best

@ aditya- futures is tough bt gv it 2-3 readings,in first read u wont get it,in second u'll get a grip and in third read u'll get it............SD bala is best for concepts...........bt do practise some more practical questions............sd bala does not hv many numerical questions for practice combine it wid jb gupta