Making my money work for me, what degree?

Discussion in 'Professional Trading' started by Murael, Sep 29, 2015.

  1. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    You don't need a degree then. Take a few classes and read a few books and focus on long term investing - deep value stocks or index fund allocations between stocks and bonds.

    My bet is Kahn academy has the classes you would need to further your understanding of investing.
     
    #11     Sep 29, 2015
  2. Murael

    Murael

    "You don't need a degree then"
    Again, nobody is reading my original post.

    I'm going to get a bachelors regardless, because I make an extra 2500 per year if I have one.
    So again, I may as well get something that will be useful to me if I'm going to get one.
     
    #12     Sep 29, 2015
  3. Don't get a degree your honestly just wasting too much time. Go for CFP certification, it will teach you how to invest, if you want to analyze go CFA(which is basically all of finance undergrad in level 1)
     
    #13     Sep 29, 2015
  4. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    Then this was answered in he second post. Get a degree that will help you get your boss's job. If you are making 60k (or whatever), someone above you is making a lot more.

    Take some investing classes on the side (as electives) to teach you about basic finance principals: beta, how bonds are priced, PE ratios, etc.
     
    #14     Sep 29, 2015
  5. Murael

    Murael

    Finance, business, investing, accounting.

    None of this will get me my bosses job. I'm a corrections officer. I work in a prison. Although I do plan to make Lieutenant in the next 5 years, but no degree will assist me in achieving this :)
     
    #15     Sep 29, 2015
  6. In that case, get an applied mathematics or physics degree . Interesting stuff and the math & logical thinking skills you learn will be the most valuable thing you can use in the financial world. Moreover, as other posters have correctly stated, you can learn the finance stuff on your own. Math/science, however, is best learned in a school setting.
     
    #16     Sep 29, 2015
  7. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    I guessed you were a mailman.

    Would criminal justice be viable? I know a two people who studied that to become state troopers. I don't know if it helped their careers in law enforcement.

    If that doesn't work, study something either 1. That's easy so you can enjoy your life or 2. That you enjoy and want to learn. You don't need a whole course load in finance to manage your money. And if you are serious about managing your money you need much more than a whole course load.
     
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    #17     Sep 30, 2015