Derivatives class in college
If I am 100% positive that I will not pursue a career in ibanking, is there a point in taking a derivatives class? Should I take some easier courses like international financial markets?
What are some good courses for Asset Management/FA
derivatives are used by traders, not ibankers.
but, if you want to be a good FA/Asset Manager, you will most definitely need to understand derivatives, at least at their most basic levels...
Yeah, you should take the derivs class. It's not that hard, but it will be useful.
Options are at the heart of so much of financial theory nowadays that knowing at least the basics will be tremendously helpful for finance (not only if you want to become a trader or an IB).
I think you should take the course
Just take what you're most interested in-otherwise it will suck
I disagree with this sentiment. Sometimes you just have to suck it up and learn to like what you have to do.
You should take the derivatives class whether you like it or not. I took one last semester and it was basically a math class, but it was really helpful. I learned a lot about the basics of options, futures, forwards, swaps, etc.
Which book did you use?
i see what you did there.
agree. i'm not fantastic at maths but the concepts from the book were WAY more accessible than the disaster of a book i had envisioned in my mind. especially after attempting to read my econometrics textbook in first year, which i gave up on.
take the derivs class if there is any chance you want to enter S&T/AM/investing
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