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October 31, 2026
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Absolutely not, the CFA is useless and needs to die
Wtf is a “CFA charterholder–ish banker”
You get the idea—no need to split hairs lol
FIG bankers like CFAs because they're mathy, pedantic nerds who see the world the way economic theorists do.
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