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CFA tends to be relevant for a small number of wall street jobs. i know nobody pretty much cares here (prop trading) but if you want to go into asset management (portfolio manager) or equity research then they’re quite handy. that said, it’s one piece of a much larger set of requirements. if those are areas that you want to get into and went to a top 20 undergrad with a good GPA and have connections, then go for it. otherwise it will be very difficult to break into those areas, as they tend to be high demand jobs. And equity research feeds heavily from graduate training programs (recruiting directly from college undergrad and graduate programs). my advice would be to avoid research. i used to be a research analyst. it sucks now, the good days to be in research have definitely passed.
Not to worry bxgrl. You’re in good company, I am too. My plumbing’s broken — weird birth defect. We can dote on furry creatures and other people’s short people!
Cobble, they’re attracted to light and hate wind. So put a fan on yourself and turn a light on somewhere else in the house. Barring that I’ll loan you Cookie. She catches them mid air. You’ll have to kill it though, she only stuns, maims and then sounds the alarm for you to come and finish the job.
I think nowadays a CFA is far more difficult to get than an MBA, meaning that the preparation and the content prepares you much better than an MBA would. I got my MBA in 1980 from Kellogg (Northwestern) and compared to 4 years as an undergrad biology major, it was a cakewalk.
I got my CFA in 1984, I have a four digit CFA number and I’m sure it would take me multiple passses st it nowadays. It is far, far, far more comprehensive and difficult than an MBA in finance.
When I first started in this business in 1980, there was an oldtimer at the place I worked for who had a CFA number somewhere around 150!!!!
CFA tends to be relevant for a small number of wall street jobs. i know nobody pretty much cares here (prop trading) but if you want to go into asset management (portfolio manager) or equity research then they’re quite handy. that said, it’s one piece of a much larger set of requirements. if those are areas that you want to get into and went to a top 20 undergrad with a good GPA and have connections, then go for it. otherwise it will be very difficult to break into those areas, as they tend to be high demand jobs. And equity research feeds heavily from graduate training programs (recruiting directly from college undergrad and graduate programs). my advice would be to avoid research. i used to be a research analyst. it sucks now, the good days to be in research have definitely passed.
“I’m a biological failure :-(”
Not to worry bxgrl. You’re in good company, I am too. My plumbing’s broken — weird birth defect. We can dote on furry creatures and other people’s short people!
M4L
Avett Brothers
I and Love and You
listen to the whole thing -it starts a bit slow
500! – am I 500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
being hairy is great against mosquito bites. not hairy, you in trouble
Cobble, they’re attracted to light and hate wind. So put a fan on yourself and turn a light on somewhere else in the house. Barring that I’ll loan you Cookie. She catches them mid air. You’ll have to kill it though, she only stuns, maims and then sounds the alarm for you to come and finish the job.
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I’ll try to check that out, DH!
I think nowadays a CFA is far more difficult to get than an MBA, meaning that the preparation and the content prepares you much better than an MBA would. I got my MBA in 1980 from Kellogg (Northwestern) and compared to 4 years as an undergrad biology major, it was a cakewalk.
I got my CFA in 1984, I have a four digit CFA number and I’m sure it would take me multiple passses st it nowadays. It is far, far, far more comprehensive and difficult than an MBA in finance.
When I first started in this business in 1980, there was an oldtimer at the place I worked for who had a CFA number somewhere around 150!!!!