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@ronan188- Hey there! thank u for your advice and insight. All the best for your upcoming exam. :-bd

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@mattyc‌ : Thanks a lot for your motivating words. Well my husband works on shifts and there is nobody else at home to take care of the kids if am away. Maybe I’ll have to either sleep late after the kids have fallen asleep or get up early before they do inorder to study. I guess this way I would require more time than others.

And you are absolutely right about what you said in your last para. The very reason I want to pursue CFA not ’cause I want to climb up the career ladder but also to grow financially.

I wish you all the luck for your upcoming exam. 🙂

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Hi @Sophie‌! Lol! sorry..it would be FIRM not FARM..typo error. Thank u for mentioning it. 🙂

Well i’ve done bachelor’s in BBA with major in Finance & Accounting. I’ve got work experience in trading in FOREX/commodity market and also in insurance field (well very little finance was involved here).
Recently i’ve quit my job after delivering my 2nd baby, and decided to pursue CFA (which was a long awaited dream but couldn’t due to personal reasons). As i want to spend more and more time with the kids over time, so was thinking if either consulting or teaching would justify pursuing CFA and would also give me enough time to contribute in my kids’ growth.

So what do u say or suggest? 🙂

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@mitch895: Hi there…Yes i do intend to work in finance/investment field in future as i have done BBA with major in fin.&acc. and also got some FOREX market trading exposure (though my last job had nothing to do with finance). I did think about MBA long before but then some how it never interested me. I always wanted to work on analysis basis stuff in finance field from the time i have had graduated but yes as u said i would also want to fill up the gap on my CV.:-)

I just hope i am on the right path as at times i do question my decision. :-/

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@mitch895: LOL ! ok..thanx a lot 🙂

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@TripleL- Oh you dont know what a relief it is to find out that you are not all alone in this venture #:-S …but there are few more like you!:D …i was almost losing my faith in it ! thank you for not losing it yet..lol….i’ve made a mental note of all you suggested. i hope i can work on it sooner! thanks a lot! 🙂

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@mini1216: hey there…yes I’ve decided to pursue it. Lets see how it goes. Your study plan sounds fine to me as i plan to do the same minus the revision part though as i’ve not thought about it yet. I’ve decided to have a quick preview of the full syllabus in 3-5 months time and then again go through it along with the EOC questions. And yes, as like you, I’m also gonna test it till am sure this will work out for me.

So when do you plan to sit for the exam? I’m planning for June’15. I see that your from Dubai. As am from UAE too, maybe we can create a study group if that’s ok with you. Do let me know or you can PM me.

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Thank u @googs1484 for ur feedback! Much appreciated.
I guess ur right about 415hrs. Looking at the volume i feel 300 hours may not be enough…at least for me when i have 2 kids to take care of too. 😀

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Thank you so much Ron for all your feedback. I guess I need to really sit down and think it through. 
I’m hoping if some experienced mother could enlighten me more on this.

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Initially if given the opportunity to teach then i would prefer to do so. And then on later stage i would like to go for consultation.

 

Do u think i would require to have corporate experience in order to get into consultation? And what all can i do under Wealth Management, if you could kindly elaborate on that.

Thanks in advance.

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Thank u so much @Sophie‌ for being so encouraging.

Yes as you’ve assumed, i would want to pursue teaching in finance field, if opportunity comes by. In some countries like Canada, i believe one requires to have B. Ed. in order to teach. So am not sure if doing CFA alone can exempt one from that requirement.

I think at this stage am still not fully sure about what precisely or which specific field under this vast Finance i would want to concentrate on. Maybe overtime, once am done with CFA (hopefully!?!) i would be able to come to a decision. Till then i would ponder over the points you’ve mentioned.

Thanks once again for the head start. 🙂

And am open to more views and advices. Let see if any other member from the forum can help me with it.

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