>> Well I think, people assume to be, good in career where you're in the investment world
and working with numbers, and investment managers, and asset allocation,
sounds like it's very analytical, and you have
to be very mathematically or financially inclined.
In reality, you will do much better in this business if you are empathetic,
you're a good listener, and you can lead people to make decisions
that they often times don't want to make.
If you have a marketing background, or my background, was a bachelors in communications,
it actually served me better to have that basis in understanding people, and behavior.
So a psychology degree would be fine, to start with,
but then you have to make the commitment of, I know how to work with people,
and to lead people, and work collaboratively with my clients, but I owe them the ability
to understand all of the financials.
I don't have to teach them everything I know, but I have to somehow prove to myself
and to clients, because it's a business based on trust, that all of the complexities
of macroeconomics, and investments, and stocks and bonds,
and alternative investments, I understand it.
So that is when I made the choice to go back and get an MBA in finance.
Any type of a strong liberal arts background would be fine, if you want to focus
on the financial aspect, also remember to focus on how people make decisions,
and understanding investor behavior.
Because investor behavior will have more to do with the success of somebody's plan,
then whether or not you got a manager that out performed for a quarter.
So you could take it, you could take a business or a finance degree, but make sure you take some
of those courses like psychology, or communication.
You could start with a liberal arts degree, and then further that,
or compliment it with some business classes in finance and investments.