The date of CFA exam is approaching very fast. Although I am not taking my level III this year (because of my commitments at the university) I feel the excitement of the moment. At my university half of the library is filled with just people, who are reading CFA textbooks. Some of them use Schwesers, others are studying directly from CFA Textbooks (which is good thing, but maybe not really just before the exam as the CFA Textbooks are really heavy-weight).This CFA exam is administrated at important time for the financial industry. It is soon to be decided if the finance industry recovers from ashes and would provide attractive employment opportunities not only for CFA Charterholders. Even if you expect the financial world to look bleaker now than some years ago, do not lose the fighting spirit before your CFA exam. Yes, there are less jobs, yes, salaries are lower, but still with CFA designation you will be able to find a job which would be better than average.
As you could see from the survey which was published yesterday CFA is expected to be the most desirable credential in the new finance world. I expect this is because of two important characteristics of CFA. First it provides really rigorous knowledge. The crisis was caused in fact by PhDs, who knew stochastic calculus, market microstructure theory, but they had real problem with taking the holistic view of the world. CFA with its broad curriculum, provides you with everything what is important to have a global overview of the situation. Second, I belive there is no other designation that puts so much emphasis on ethics and good standards and in fact lack of regulations and ethics is a root of the recent crisis.
All candidates, good luck!
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