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14 Best Paying Jobs for College Business Majors: 2014
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Summary: “The business of America is business,” President Calvin Coolidge is claimed to have said back in the 1920s. That quote isn’t really accurate, but business schools around the country still turn out thousands of grads every year. Majoring in business might be popular (358,000 bachelor's degress were issued in 2009-10), but which jobs pay the best for those who majored in business is an interesting question.
'Brutalized' Breakaway Brokers Speak Out: 7 Stories From the Road to Independence
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Summary: Advisors who break away from wirehouses or big regionals don’t expect a goodbye kiss. Instead, they often get hit right in the gut. ThinkAdvisor’s recent story about Edward Jones’ alleged treatment of feisty breakaway advisor John C. Lindsey, who fought back and won when the firm sued him for $5 million, struck a major chord with other advisors, especially those whose dream jobs turned into nightmare alley when they resigned.
Getting a CFP Is a Lot of Work. Is It Worth It?
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Summary: Steven Harp has run six marathons and is training for a punishing 140 mile swim-bike-run Ironman, but he says the most challenging thing he's done recently is try to get Certified Financial Planner accreditation. The 32-year old adviser with Northwestern Mutual sat for the CFP exam March 22, along with about 1,570 others. All hope that adding the initials CFP to their business cards will indicate expertise, credibility, and help build their businesses.
Career Options for Breakaway Brokers Grow
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Summary: Job options for the most successful wealth managers just keep growing.Around six years ago, a wave of small but high-profile firms emerged to target high-producing financial advisers, many of them seeking new alternatives to working at the major Wall Street brokerages such as Morgan Stanley, MS +0.13% Merrill Lynch and UBS. sing a variety of business models, these smaller firms, including HighTower Advisors, Dynasty Financial Partners and United Capital Financial Advisers, tapped into the so-called breakaway movement of brokers who wanted greater independence.
Financial adviser: Maybe not the sexiest job, but among the best paying
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Summary: A job as a financial adviser may lack the cachet of a position with a white-shoe Wall Street investment bank, but when it comes to salary and flexibility, the industry can make a pretty good pitch.This is especially true for top brass. Partners at financial advisory firms can expect to make a median salary of $324,000 per year, according to InvestmentNews Data. Those in the lower ranks, however, may spend much of their 20s wishing they had picked a more lucrative profession.
