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I am young and unexperienced, so I want to learn from you guys. I am starting at a big Asset Management firm (Equities) and I am eager and want to continue to develop. I am planning to do my CFAs, but what then? What is my best option to do afterwards. How should I strategically position myself? CFA, move to another big AM firm? Just staying and doing an MBA at some point?

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Hi _schnitzel, just trying to help:

Hope that helps.

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Once in AM Investments there isn't much of a 'track.' You are already in a rarefied air, and just push forwards as you can. Getting your Charter is a big deal. MBA much less so.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

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