Is CAIA worth it? Actually CFA too lol

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I have the CAIA and learned a lot while pursuing it. But after being in the finance industry for almost 8 years I believe this analogy best describes the difference between the two on a elementary/realistic level.

CAIA is like icing on a cake and the CFA is the cake. The question you need to ask yourself is, “Would you want to eat icing by itself or would you like to eat cake by itself?” Having both is the best option but it’s time consuming and expensive and not always realistic

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Agreed. If you have a CFA then getting the CAIA is basically just name dressing.

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Cfa helped me switch industries into asset mgmt and doubled my income in the process. Caia don’t think anyone cares ab except maybe alts focused team. So tldr depends what you’re getting it for / how you plan to leverage it

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