Should I be only a CFA charterholder or have CFP/FRM designation too, in order to boost my financial analyst career?

Every opinion on the topic is accepted. I am going to go to college this autumn and study BSc in Accounting and Finance. I want to become a financial analyst and work in the stock market, an investment company (like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Fidelity etc), Big 4 companies or any well known company (like Automotive industry, tech companies like Google, Amazon, Apple etc). Also when I'll be 35+ years old I want to open my own business and give financial advice (financial planning, risk managment) to people and businesses. What would you suggest me to do? Take the 7 and 63 series and CFA exams and probably a MBA/MSc in Finance or take the CFP and FRM exams too?

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Firstly you need to actually figure out what you want to do.

‘Financial Analyst’ to “Work in the Stock market” to ‘big 4’ to ‘automotive’ suggests you haven’t actually got a clue. I don’t mean this as a slight to you, but they’re four completely different careers you’ve suggested.

Get more information on these careers before you even think of undertaking a professional qualification. Speak to people in these careers to find out what the job entails and what the future opportunities are.

 

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