Comments on: Monday links have it both ways

By: dvictr

dvictr — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:20:52 +0000

Rolfe Winkler has the CFA.. next time the commentary group huddles around the water cooler, ask him how hard lvl2 is… RESPECT those CFAs

may not be the rich, or the best business people but can’t deny they are smart!

By: Jean-Victor Côté

Jean-Victor Côté — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:05:20 +0000

Well, I have just learned that I passed the level 2 CFA exam in June too. Since I already have a MBA (even a Post MBA) in Finance, I can tell the difference. The MBA is more focused on corporate finance than financial markets, but a M.Sc. in Finance could be just as focused, with more advanced mathematics and economics. I also have two M.Sc., one in Mathematics and one in Economics, and an Accounting designation, a CMA, and I can say that the CFA covers the material that you absolutely need to know in Finance in order to apply it to financial markets, just like professional training programs in Accounting do for the Accounting subject matter, with a modicum of speculative theory about issues where there is still disaggreement among experts.

By: to mson

to mson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:54:38 +0000

there are countries — which for the sake of defending my own supply from you lot i shall not name — where perfectly good wines can be had for between 1.5 and 3 euros a bottle; hint: it’s not france

By: flippant

flippant — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:51:10 +0000

Nobody likes KFC. Why do keep reminding us of its existence?
O.K., if it eases your mind, we’ll wash it down with $3 Safeway wine.

By: raf_oh

raf_oh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:31:41 +0000

Glad to read that CFAs add value – just passed level 2