Useful Background

michael784 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:27:27 -0400

What of the following do you think would be the most useful background to pursue a these career in Finance?

Math, Economics, Accounting, Psychology

for Investment Banking?

for Sales and Trading?

for Portfolio Management?

Thanks,
Michael

Math or Economics?

michael784 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:24:35 -0400

I'm considering doing a minor, and I'm just wondering what's more useful: Math or Economics? Particularly for these roles: trading, ib, portfolio management..?

Thanks,
Michael

CFA and Math?

michael784 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:58:46 -0400

Has anyone taken the CFA exams or are CFAs? I'm wondering how much does the CFA curriculum require? Is basic calculus and probability enough?

Airlines?

michael784 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:49:16 -0400

Hey everyone,

What do you think of investing in airlines right now? Most of the American airlines have taken a huge tumbling over the past year or so.. A lot of airlines have P/E ratios of under 5. Is it the bottom? I mean people are still gonna fly no matter what right?
What are your ideas?

Ahh help! Going into 2nd year and don't know what to do..

michael784 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:32:11 -0400

Hi Everyone,

I just joined this forum recently and I've been reading quite a bit of what's posted here. There's a lot of great information here, and a very vibrant community of people interested in finance. I hope to learn from you all!