Should I go to graduate school for Finance or go to work?
Im stuck between going to grad school or going to work as soon as I graduate. I am currently pursuing a degree in Finance and I am quite good at it (I think) and find it interesting. I am more interested in the stock part of finance. I want to be a research analyst (research companies to see if they are good investments) and one day possibly run my own mutual fund. I am absolutely fiscinated with Peter Lynch and his writings. He said the things they teach in graduate school will put you to a big disadvantage when picking stocks and he had to try to forget almost everything they taught him. To be honest, I completely agree with him! Also, for those who don't know who Peter Lynch is, he was one of the most sucessful mutual fund managers ever (made over 2700% in his fund). What do you guys think I should do?
Public Comments
- your choice
- If finance is your major, then you should continue your education... so far only a few majors will make more working out of college then continuing onto a masters.
- I think you should work for a year or two and then go pursue a MBA. For MBA programs a lot of them require or recommend some work experience before applying. Yes it is true that school might not help you pick good stocks. As you probably know listening to stock analyst is just as good as picking stocks from a dart board. I believe you should goto MBA to learn the theories and for educational enhancement more then for employment Also I think you shouldnt just listen to Lynch for stock advice and look at the views of other great stock traders such as Buffet ( only man who got that rich from stocks ) I wish you luck, becoming a big trader is a tough job and its very stressful and most stock brokers burn out in a year.
