Welcome to my new blog. This blog is about my quest to earn the Chartered Financial Analyst designation - also known as the CFA designation. For those who don't know, the CFA is a professional designation used primarily in corporate finance and investment banking firms. This designation is held by approximately 70,000 people worldwide and at most there are 30,000 people who are candidates. Between those 100,000 and maybe another 100,000 who may be considering earning the charter, we are talking about a very smal percent of the world's population who might be interested in this blog.
I am writing this blog for several reasons. First, anyone who is attempting the charter feels lonely. Some more than others, but all are lonely. This is a written record of my quest so that others may know what it is like. Second, for my benefit. My son was born very sick and I needed an outlet for my thoughts and feelings. I created another blog on the matter and now that he is healthy, I sometimes will read my past entries to remember the feelings. It is fun now, but it was hell then. Finally, to provide a decent record. If you search for CFA blogs in a search engine, many blogs compare the charter to other things. Some blogs are posted to for about 2 months and that's it. Most others to put it bluntly are incoherent. They start right in responding to some esoteric article or posting DIY notes on the cirriculum. That's not going to happen here.
Everything I post on my blog will be my opinion, and I readily acknowledge that. If someone else has a different opinion than me, or facts that prove me wrong, please post them. Maybe we can start a discussion. However, realize everything I say is with my own personal bias.
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