henry was quiet the shocking lecturer; he did a poor job explaining things but one thing i do know is pre-readings did help understand his lectures alot. im not sure if the man didnt have enough time to explain indepth whats going on, or its his style of teaching but i know pre-readings helped alot
he uses the exact same mid semesters/finals, my guess is those people that go really well are really talented or got their hands on a past paper. it wouldnt be hard to swipe one. my friend got 75 in fins2624, he neever went lectures but mind you this man was a freak at maths, he does acturial studies. so for him, those concepts come naturally to him and i know he didnt cheat, but he did go to all tutorials.
i did fins2624 last semester, the roof started falling down on me LOL lets hope that doesnt happen to you