| Topic Name: |
CFA |
| Message Name: |
CFA |
| Date Posted: |
11/30/2001 |
| In Reply To: |
The CFA program is meant to be a "post-graduate" program to fine tune the skills you learned during your MBA but given the exclusivity behind being a charterholder (as it is so hard to obtain) I feel that it is much more valuable than having an MBA as any monkey with family ties or serious money can obtain one.
The difference in an MBA and a CFA is that the CFA requires serious hard work and by the end you have a much stronger set of analytical tools at your disposal. If anything for the time being, borrow the Series 7 background materials and study up on that, work as hard as you can to make a good impression and then after a year make an assessment of where to go forward.
Good luck. |
| Message: |
I agree that giving up several months of evenings and weekends every year shows that you can commit to something. However, I think the CFA is also becoming a commodity these days. The number of CFA holders has really exploded over the years.
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