Brain Dump Sheet

Glad it helps, @null4! The Series 7 covers a lot of topics, and can feel overwhelming. Keep up the good work, continue to see plenty of practice questions, review each thoroughly in hopes of fully understanding the concept, and repeat. Also, don’t feel like you need to completely re-write this dump sheet for your exam - it’s more of a quick reference guide.

I expect suitability to be a HUGE part of your exam, so be sure to be as comfortable with the topic as possible. That’s why I created an entire chapter at the end of the material dedicated to suitability in addition to covering the topic in every product chapter. You should be as comfortable as possible with the following: benefits of securities, risks of securities, the typical investors of those securities, client profiles, FINRA suitability standards, and how to apply these topics to making suitable recommendations. The better you do with suitability, the more likely you pass the exam.

Other heavily tested Series 7 topics usually include debt securities (municipal products in particular), options, taxes, investment companies (mutual funds in particular), and dynamics of brokerage accounts (e.g. fiduciary accounts, required information to open different types of accounts).

Our practice exams are weighted in a manner to give you more questions on these topics. While no one is certain what you’ll see on the exam, the topics listed in the paragraph above are commonly cited as heavily tested areas.

I hope this helps! Keep up the good work! Feel free to DM me directly or reply to this post with any specific questions.

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