Actuaries vs CFAs

NYCGorilla Wrote:
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> SOA blows the CFA away. My boy( who is a genius by
> the way 1560/1600 on SAT)is a full-fledged FSA
> and he said the CFA exams are a joke.
Man, your boy must have no respect for you considering he probly knows you are pursuing the CFA designation.
 
Give me $200 each, for your own protection. And I’ll forget the insult. You young punks have to learn to respect a man like me!
 
This reminds me of the post about whether CFA or Ironman triathlon is harder.
 
Been through both systems, so I’ll chime in: Yes, the math is nastier on the SoA side, at least in the earlier exams; both systems have an impressive volume of material to absorb; all of the actuaries in my circle have respect for the CFA exams.
And thanks for the Vocational Guidance Counsellor link! It’s still funny after all these years!
 
NYCGorilla Wrote:
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> Give me $200 each, for your own protection. And
> I’ll forget the insult. You young punks have to
> learn to respect a man like me!
I will give you $200, I just need a $100 processing fee, which I will refund to you as a protection enchancement guarantee, bringing the total remittance to $300. Please paypal me the processing fee at your convenience.
 
breadmaker Wrote:
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> Been through both systems, so I’ll chime in: Yes,
> the math is nastier on the SoA side, at least in
> the earlier exams; both systems have an
> impressive volume of material to absorb; all of
> the actuaries in my circle have respect for the
> CFA exams.
>
> And thanks for the Vocational Guidance Counsellor
> link! It’s still funny after all these years!
What are you doing now, breadmaker?
 
jcole21 Wrote:
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> NYCGorilla Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> > Give me $200 each, for your own protection. And
> > I’ll forget the insult. You young punks have to
> > learn to respect a man like me!
>
>
> I will give you $200, I just need a $100
> processing fee, which I will refund to you as a
> protection enchancement guarantee, bringing the
> total remittance to $300. Please paypal me the
> processing fee at your convenience.
I have a good friend who does something like this. He is based out of Nigeria. I should introduce the two of you.
 
Dear jcole21,
I’m basically in student mode. Actuarial work doesn’t hold much appeal to me anymore, so I thought it was time to try something else. Reminds me: I gotta see what supacharja is up to these days…
 
breadmaker Wrote:
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> Dear jcole21,
>
> I’m basically in student mode. Actuarial work
> doesn’t hold much appeal to me anymore, so I
> thought it was time to try something else.
> Reminds me: I gotta see what supacharja is up to
> these days…
Do you mean that the “boradness” of CFA in comparison to FSA’s is likely to yield more “fun”?
 
Dr.Mavashi01 Wrote:
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> I got an impression that the
> crowd was not impressed with level of rigor and
> difficulty that the CFA path presents in
> comparison to the SOA’s path to fellowship. What
> say you ?
No point of comparison, IMO. The CFA involves general quantitative skill; becoming an actuary usally requires graduate studies in math/statistics.
 
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