After the CFA (CIPM, CAIA, RPA, MSF) or nothing?

Florida_Gator Wrote:
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> PADI diver, private pilot license, learn the
> guitar, how to dj, whatever… do something fun
haha I am PADI certified - - I should put that as my signature
 
Why not concentrate on trading your persoal assets and periodically reading finance books at your own leaisure? I’m done with the CFA, and now I want to apply my skills, rather than allow them to collect dust while I acquire new skills.
 
How about this…stop spending all this time and money learning how to make money, and start spending some time on actually making money…
Knowledge is only power when applied
 
PtrainerNY Wrote:
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> Just took the 3rd part of CFA… already have
> CPA,MBA. Figured with my free time, I could learn
> something new even if it’s just via reading on the
> beach.
>
> Thinking of adding something else but don’t see
> much choices. Looking on Monster it seems there
> aren’t many jobs for CIPM, FRM, or CAIA.
>
> CIPM - I see it looks like an interesting test but
> it’s $2000! 2 exams, can get by April.
>
> FRM - $1200, 1 exam, but continuing membership
> fees.
>
> CIAI - $2000, 2 exams can get by April.
>
> RPA- $1000, 2 exams (3rd waived by CFA).
> Retirement Plan Mgmt/Design Certification
>
> Masters of Finance $10k, 9 month program.
Ptrainer … you need to focus on something … pick an area of finance and never look back … just do what you are passionate about
this is too much - - it doesn’t tie together / add up.
 
Gully1 Wrote:
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> How about this…stop spending all this time and
> money learning how to make money, and start
> spending some time on actually making money…
>
> Knowledge is only power when applied
+1
 
More letters is not better.
After a first graduate degree on average your income goes down.
So make sure you know why you want these letters.
The letter make you no money you have to act on the knowledge and get paid.
Now if you want to teach at a college then a Master’s is usually a requirement.
 
After so many hours studying and taking the tests, it’s probably easy to stay hyper and just keep going into other designations. Blindly….no! Strategically….he may be right. MBA’s are a dime a dozen now. All the schools use the same textbooks, which is why people are frantic about getting into a “name” school. Whether all the consumer surplus has been extracted because of the higher than standard MBA tuition rates is a real question.
But as far as the CFA, there were 120K something candidates worldwide this year? So if something like 15% (+/-) get through in three years, there will be at one time another 18,000 people who have passed Level III then?
Anyone know what scarcity value is, or isn’t? Maybe another designation won’t hurt!
 
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