Gurus and the Chartered Financial Analyst Designation
The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation is a rigorous, three year, three part test. It covers ethics, statistics, economics, futures and options, accounting, international accounting, and the stock and bond markets. The designation was proposed by Benjamin Graham to the New York Society in 1942 (as an aside, many people who worked in the offices of the New York Society died in the September 11 attacks). The exam is given on the same day all across the world in the same language: English. The pass rates for levels I, II, and III are 42%, 47%, and 68%, respectively. It takes about 200 hours of study time over the preceding five months, so people taking the test shouldnt plan on getting married or having a baby during that time.
Gurus who hold the charter include Marty Whitman, Ken Heebner, Bill Miller, Ron Muhlenkamp, Irving Kahn (who is 101 years old), Wally Weitz, Robert Rodriguez, Mason Hawkins, Edward Owens, Bill Nygren, and Charles Brandes, to name just a few. That was my unofficial survey found by Googling their names followed by the CFA title. Other famous investors who hold the charter include Bill Gross and Mario Gabelli, who are also on Fortunes list of the four hundred wealthiest Americans.
The difference between a CFA and an MBA is that in the MBA curriculum, a student can study a broad variety of courses. One MBA graduate might run a cheese factory in Wisconsin and the other might go to Wall Street. The MBA curriculum is really geared to the management of people, not money. Thats not to say that one cannot learn about the stock market at business school. There are many great management schools out there with securities programs but they vary from school to school. An MBA from Harvard is not the same as an MBA from Northwest Central Paducha College.
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