MBA vs Master in Financial Economics
Does an advance degree like Ms. in Finance and Economics or even a PhD make you more marketable and help you land a job in AM, Hedge funds...? These programs seem to me a better fit then MBA.
A PhD in Statistics, Math, something like that might help for HF. Advanced non-MBA degrees won't help you enough to offset their cost.
Depends from where. I have an "advanced non-MBA degree" and several of us went into hedge funds.
Of course, if it is a degree from Dakota State University...
In what?
In what?
Master in Financial Economics seem to me THE quintessential investing degree.
I have never heard of a degree in financial economics. Maybe you mean econometrics or something.
Basically you have a Masters in Finance and a Masters in Financial Engineering/ Financial Math.
MIT, Princeton, CMU are probably the elite schools awarding this degree. Outside of this you have solid regional schools. The above mentioned schools will undoubtedly open doors for you, but by and large a non MBA masters degree will place you in a gray zone with companies and recruiters. Does this mean it isn't a worthwhile degree? No, but it means you have to be prepared to sell yourself and your decision.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Financial_Economics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_master%27s_degrees_in_financial_ec…
The degree looks to be pretty common in Europe and overseas. In the states it is usually called a Masters in Economics.
As far as being "the quintessential investing degree" that might be the case overseas, but not here. MBA still holds the reigns. Non degree options are primarily focused on the CFA.
My teacher got his Phd in financial economics from Upenn or wharton not sure which offers the degree. He went on to run his own hedge fund and to be partner at Mckinsey head of corp finance...
All PhDs in finance are, by definition, PhDs in financial economics. A master in financial economics is essentially a lightweight PhD in finance, unlike a master in finance which is usually just a professional degree with much less theoretical content. Unlike mathematical finance programs like the Chicago one, financial economics programs are not meant to prepare you to be a sell-side desk quant. However, they are a perfectly good fit for client-facing sell-side or buy-side quant research/strategy roles. It is meant for those who want to do financial research in the industry as opposed to academia.
Hope this helps...
MSc in Financial Economics vs. MBA (Originally Posted: 02/07/2012)
So when I graduate I plan on doing 2 years of IB then getting a postgrad degree...mostly because, while I go to a good school (semi-target and top 20/25 in the US) I didn't try at all in high school until the end of my junior year which sort of ruined any chance I had of getting into a top 5 college (which I feel I'm capable of).
I wanted to apply for MBA at the following places (in order of preference): - Stanford - Harvard - UPenn Wharton - INSEAD - London Business School - UCB Haas
But I recently discovered the Oxford Masters (Msc) in Financial Economics course. The benefit of it is:
good idea?
Get a finance related role first, then worry about this. You'll have a better idea of your long term career goals then.
im in the same position after being in finance for two years. trying to decided whether an msc or mba will be more beneficial for PE or M&A. according to some job posts, lots prefer people will 1-3 yrs experience, no MBA. thats if u want to get into IB analyst roles.
Neither. Take the money and buy gold futures.
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