What to choose between MBA in finance and CFA? Which would be best for me? I have done B.Com with almost 3 years of experience.

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Shail Oberoi
7 years ago
This would depend on your interest areas and career aspirations. MBA finance is a full time 2 year course, whereas CFA has 3 levels and has to be taken as an external student based on self-study model. CFA is more focused on capital market, whereas MBA finance is more holistic with exposure to finan

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KAUSTABH DE
7 years ago
Dear friend, This is totally depends on your interest. Only just now I am giving some facts - 1. If you do MBA from a good college then most of the jobs will be managerial & analyst. *For the Tier-3 colleges it will be mostly managerial & furthermore the company those are coming to give campus pla

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