Start career as FA during COVID?

I currently work in retail banking as a Private Client Banker and am considering joining a local bank as an associate FA. There is a salary component ( about 50% of my current income) and a bonus component( about 25% of my current income for the first year projection). I can survive on this lower amount and know I’ll be making less money initially.

My question is around would you start a career as a financial advisor during covid? A portion of my clients would come from existing advisors but a large portion would come from calling existing bank clients for meetings and referrals of clients coming into the branch?

Thank you.

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There are many, many people more knowledgeable in this field than I am. ( paging thebrofessor ) but be aware that the fail-out rate for entry level FAs who aren't taking over a book is around 90%. There is a lot of upside. As of 2015 the top of the BAML food chain could push a million bucks a year, but that is a tiny, tiny fraction of the workforce. I would not look at that number as a baseline, and realize that this move in anytime is a big gamble.

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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