Oy. Finally.
The Series 87 is the last of the NASD licensing exams required to be a research analyst. It deals with the regulator best practices for sell-side research analysts, including the Chinese Wall between investment banking and research (what do they call that in China?), vaarious personal and institutional disclosures of potential
conflicts of interest, restrictions on trading and publishing, and so forth.
For some reason, I could pass all the sample tests, knew the material cold, and that just didn't translate into answering the questions right. But now, with a passing score, I'll finally be able to publish research reports under my own name.
And to move on to the next challenge. I'm not quite ready to revive the CFA blog yet, but I am ready to start studying for it again.