Hi, I’m an investment professional interested in accounting bootcamps or certifications, specifically to enhance my understanding of high and low quality earnings reports (ie aggressive accounting, capitalizing certain expenses, and other accounting actions that underreport expenses and overreport earnings/sales)?

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Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Gold standard. It covers quality of earnings and quality of reports. For your purposes, it’s probably like taking a rocket to get up some stairs. Google is your friend.

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