The value of a CFA education
The Value of a CFA I took my CFA level 1 examination on 1 Dec 18 yesterday. The sheer difficulty of the CFA curriculum is not exaggerated . As level 1 mostly explores the industry in width rather than in depth, the sheer amount of possible scenarios covered truly exceeds one's expectations. Now, as all is said and done, I can only wait patiently for the results to be out and hopefully pass my examination. Regardless, I have tried by best for these past months and have no regrets. Initial thesis 1) Study CFA to be a better investor. Since there are so many CFA as equity analysts / fund managers in those brokerage reports, there might be some value in getting the knowledge. Ben Graham is well regarded as the pioneer whom thought of establishing an institute / curriculum to improve on the standard of investment analysts, and John Templeton and other knowledgeable investors I know (Teh, Hooi Ling, Chin Wai, Chris) are CFA holders. Despite scoring well for my university