only 138000 taking june, uh oh

CFA General
#1

why so low? maybe people don’t like wasting money? tests too hard?

#2

So there are more candidates than Charterholders this year (probably was true last year too).

#3

bchadwick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So there are more candidates than Charterholders > this year (probably was true last year too). wasn’t there 200K+ last june, I thought I read that…

#4

i wonder what are they going to do with the $138,000,000 they’re taking in?

#5

is this only for level 1? Or is this in total?

#6

allegro-cpa/cfa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > is this only for level 1? Or is this in total? total, look at cfai site

#7

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-02/cfa-exam-draws-record-139-900-as-asia-applicants-increase-12-.html A record 139,900 candidates enrolled for the Chartered Financial Analyst exam in June, an increase of 9 percent from last year as applicants seek a hiring edge in the recovering financial-services industry. The number of registrations rose 12 percent in Asia, 9 percent in Europe and 5 percent in the Americas

#8

Yep, looks like more and more people sign up for this thing. Probably be 150k for the december exam I wonder how many are sitting for the june exam in the U.S.? More and more candidates each year.

#9

what hiring edge are they referring to? Tell all the unemployed CFA charterholders that…designation has done nothing for me personally other than getting oohs and ahh’s at dinner parties/work functions

#10

Maybe not much of an edge if you think of an edge as something that will virtually guarantee you an interview… which maybe once was the case: “Ooohhh, look! This person is a CFA charterholder, we’d better interview them.” I think it is more the kind of thing that is being used increasingly as a preliminary filter in competitive job markets.

#11

How thick is a pile of 138,000 scantron test sheets?

#12

Chinese/Asian culture of standardized exams obviously makes the ‘CFA’ a ‘must have’ and one a ‘failure’ without it. Also helps overcome other professional, networking, personality shortfalls. Rising expectation of living standards, extreme competitiveness of jobs can only lead to increasing enrollment.