Anybody have a career related to markets, but no necessarily trading?
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Any one of you heard about the PRM certification?
http://prmia.org/pdf/StudyGuide/PRMCandidateGuideMay2011-2.pdf
http://prmia.org/pdf/StudyGuide/PRMCandidateGuideMay2011-2.pdf
I'm thinking about a MBA as well, but I realize that even w/ a MBA & CFA, I might not necessarily get in a position, nor excel at what I do.
I realize in the corporate world, it takes certain skills at certain level. Ultimately, I have to ask myself is it worth it?
To say that I don't have a MBA when others do is one of the reasons why I feel like I should get one.
The thing is, I am considering this:
A) ONLINE MBA
B) ONLINE MBA for CORE, then IN CLASS for CURRICULUMS I feel are more important.
C) CFA afterwards
The world HAS CHANGED, and THIS IS A FACT. I don't know if going the traditional route of a MBA at a UNIVERSITY to even mean anything which is why I want to see if the ONLINE MBA will work for me.
What do you folks suggest? At my location, the MBA part time / online offers a lot more than the traditional university, but I've considered all the factors and might see if I can do the hybrid route.
What do you folks think?
I realize in the corporate world, it takes certain skills at certain level. Ultimately, I have to ask myself is it worth it?
To say that I don't have a MBA when others do is one of the reasons why I feel like I should get one.
The thing is, I am considering this:
A) ONLINE MBA
B) ONLINE MBA for CORE, then IN CLASS for CURRICULUMS I feel are more important.
C) CFA afterwards
The world HAS CHANGED, and THIS IS A FACT. I don't know if going the traditional route of a MBA at a UNIVERSITY to even mean anything which is why I want to see if the ONLINE MBA will work for me.
What do you folks suggest? At my location, the MBA part time / online offers a lot more than the traditional university, but I've considered all the factors and might see if I can do the hybrid route.
What do you folks think?
Quote from BlueTurtle:
They showcased a guy from Yale at this annual meeting and his advice was literally to load up the boat on Monster Worldwide, which then traded from like 80 to under 10. A monkey could have probably picked a better stock. And he wanted to keep buying if the stock did fall. lol.
sure, it's only one guy. But we are allowed to make judgments. I've never met anyone from the Fed, but I sure do make judgments on them.Maybe i'll wait until we all have tea. nah.....
I'm trying to develop a career whether it involves trading or not. I guess, to be frank, I don't want something DIRECTLY related, but perhaps associated with it.
Such as management of a portfolio, such as the operations/accounting of them as well. Trading in terms of pushing a button isn't what I want to do.
I want to model risk, quantify risk/reward and do something with more substance. I can trade stocks on my own if I wanted to satisfy the urge, but I want to improve myself through my career.
Yeah, it's all about the money though.
From my experience I can tell you that there's not a lot of money in operations, but it is a good place to learn how everything works under the hood... (the whole, what happens after I press the key to send an order to the market...)
It's a fun fast paced job (can't recall a single boring day in the operations desk), where you have to deal with pressing issues that are costing someone millions and have to get solved immediately...
This can make it a very stressing job... which can be a good thing or a terrible thing for you depending on yoru personality
+1. even if the mba is from a top school if you're looking to go into investing in any way, most employers would chose a cfa over a harvard mba six days a week and twice on sunday.
Sellside trading has very few mbas. But buy side portfolio management, private equity, and most mutual fund pms have mbas. MBA is a stamp of smartness and the better te school you go to the smarter it implies you are.
Why is everyone so anti education?