yagnesh buddy first off congrats on clearing CFA level-1! and best of luck if you decide to pursue level-2 next year.
Regarding Masters in Finance, I would suggest that firstly you try and get an idea as to whats the difference between
'MS Finance' and 'Masters in Financial Engineering (MFE)' and which one you think suits your goals. If I may state very briefly MS Finance is more theoretical and deals with basic and advanced principles of finance/(financial economics, in some cases); MFE (also known by other abbreviations) is very mathematical and technical in nature and focuses on model-building and programming for financial products. Naturally the focus of each degree is different in terms of job placements and up until recently before the crisis, these financial engineers (quants) were in a lot of demand. Some speculate, their demand will rise again, others consider their time to be over, in any case thats a separate debate. Once you decide what you want/can do (and I use the word 'can' for the MFE because the Maths involved is not everyone's cup of tea) you will be in a much better position to decide on a degree and from where. The reason for this is that most top Universities like Princeton, Berkeley etc have quantitative finance programs, that is MFE and their placements till last year seemed awesome. Others like Vanderbilt are pure finance courses i-e MSF and their placements stats don't compare very well with MFE but then again its an apples - oranges comparison to start with. Do check out this
https://media.ft.com/cms/7d22b278-3b89-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.pdf . On a separate note also check London Business School's Masters in Finance program, its requires experience and although its a mixture of quant and pure finance, its placement stats can surely waive much of your concerns about a job.
Right out of undergrad I was thinking to go for the MSF (not cut out to do MFE), but my assessment was that an MBA at a later stage would be more beneficial.
Hope that helps!
yagnesh wrote:
i m ready to invest my 3 yrs and $40000 if there is good chance of getting a good job after MS finance.
please guide.