I want to become a stock broker, ive had a few semesters of college but want to change my major to something applicable for that field. What sort of major is required?
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Finance, general business administration, economics, marketing are some good choices. There isn't a specific major required to be a broker, although you need a college degree typically to get a job in a firm. Firms usually hire young people into training programs and give you lots of training. You also study and take a license test so you can sell securities.
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I'm assuming that you're majoring in either journalism or sport, but surely if you major in one of those, you could minor in the other one.\n\nAside from that, I think that many journalists these days are missing a very basic understanding of Economics.  It wouldn't be an easy minor, but it might be helpful, especially if you're going to be reporting on contract negotiations or the building of sports stadiums.  It helps if you can report on the issues intelligently.  That's something that very few reporters can handle these days.  If you're at a big school, you may even find a course in the Economics of Sports, which would fit in well with your goals.  Best of luck.
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ok, I could never have enough room here to tell you everything you need to know so I'm going to tell you where to go instead...\n\nyahoo.finance.com - read this everyday and try to keep up with stock prices and movements as well as news and how the news affects the stock price - after a few weeks of doing this you'll start to see where you want to put money\n\nwatch CNBC on TV - it's basic cable and you'll know it because it's that channel that you always skip over because you don't understand what the hell all those numbers on there mean and what they're talking about at all...\n\nall you need to start before you go on and start looking at yahoo.finance is that the stock market is the name for when buyers and sellers of stocks are matched up - it can get a little technical and you don't need to worry about exactly how it works BUT you do need to know that stock prices will vary day after day and when you begin following their movements on the price charts like I told you, then you will begin to understand everything you really need to know...
506642
A brokerage is a person or firm that buys and sells stocks and shares.\n\nIf you don't know what brokerage means, you probably want to fill in "none" in the application.
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Depends on what you want to get out of it.\n\nIf you are being strictly crass, then go for a professional major that seems to have a glut of graduates right now. By the time you have your degree there will be a demand again because everybody else is majoring in the fields that currently need people, and in four years there will be a glut there.\n\nIf you are speaking of the true value of going to college, then major in what interests you.
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Most people don't need CFA, but if you want to take your career further in Finance, you should consider it. If you are not planning on becoming an investment broker or a Wall Street big-shot, I would think twice about making this commitment.
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If you want to be a fund manager of a hedge fund, you gotta be really smart, good at math and quantitative skills and finance.\n\nFor now you may try to be a trader on the investment desk. Do a CFA if you can..
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Well it depends on the specific social science coursework. I got my Bachelor's Degree in Communication. Some of the careers available with this major are: public relations, consulting, teaching, project coordinating, research work, etc. etc. There are so many possiblities. I'm thinking of going on to law school.
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This is just the process for opening an account and starting to trade stocks.  Learning which stocks to trade can take years, and is way to complicated to try to explain here:\n\nTo open an account, go to a brokerage firm (like Schwab, Etrade, Scottrade; whoever) and get a form to open an account, or you could just download the form from the internet.  \n\nFill out the form, and send it to the brokerage firm (or you can drop it off at the brokerage firm).  \n\nWait for the firm to open an account for you, it won't take long and they'll send you the info when its open or you could call/ drop by their office.  \n\nNow start trading.  You would typically trade by calling the firm and telling them what to buy/ sell, or doing it over the internet.\n\nThis is a very very general explanation, but there are about 100 details you will need to decide for yourself along the way.  ie what kind of account; are you rolling an ira or something into the new account (the brokerage firm will handle this, you just fill out another form); do you want a full service broker (more expensive but gives you more advice on what to buy) discount broker (less expensive, some advice) or deep discount broker (cheap, but you are on your own in terms of what to buy); and many other details.  \n\nOf course the brokerage can help you with most of the details, but they can't teach you how to choose which stocks to buy/ sell (and quite frankly the picks given by the full service brokers may not be any better than throwing darts at a newspaper); this part takes years of trial and error to figure out - so hey, get going.  No time like the present to start.\n\nGood luck.
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If I were you, I would study accounting or finance. I majored in history and now applying to law schools. I've been out of school for two years. The only thing I got is general knowledge. Especially if you don't want to do grad. school, then study business. It's more practical and can open doors to major companies. You can always minor in Political Science. Good luck.
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When I was nineteen, I dropped out of college temporarily. Waiting tables and selling menswear for a semester was plenty for me to decide to be more interested in my studies. \n\nI am guessing that you do not live in the US, that in fact you live in a place where dropping out of school for a while and changing your major are not common. It may even be the case that you did not choose your course of study. That would change the advice anyone would be able to give you.
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Why don't you go talk to your advisor first to make sure you don't lose any of your credits you have taken in the first two years. I imagine you have been taking core classes which would apply to most majors. Secondly, why don't you look at a double major as a possibility. You can't have too much education. Remember that the "stuff" you watch on television such as "Sex in the City" is Hollywood made up stuff. It is not all that glorified and glamourour. We do need great reporters and writers but do NOT use Sex in the City for a guideline. You would be better off talking to a real journalist as to what to expect in your newly chosen major. Good luck to you and stay in College no matter what and get some sort of degree.
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You might want to try out Stephen Cooper's teaching on how to trade stocks and options. It is good !
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They do!  If you followed a serious path of study at a university.  You would, however, have to major in business (entrepreneurship) and triple minor: finance, administration, and economics--not just the beginning courses, or one course in each, but the higher level courses that require 3-4 classes in each.  On top of that, you will have to have computer science skills, be proficient in mathematics (algebra), be an excellent speaker/communicator to make deals and sell your ideas to the public (Speech 101), know who you are dealing with (psych 101/ sociology 101), know who you are and where you came from (Western Civ), understand how to deal with people from different cultures (Humanities), and how to speak to people in other countries (French, Spanish, German, etc).  (Japanese or Chinese would be excellent languages to learn).  You will need to know how to write reports and do evaluations, so English is important; you don't want people thinking you can't spell or write a proper sentence.  Finally, and most importantly, you will need to be honest, just, and decent, so people will deal with you and you won't end up getting crushed by something as ridiculous as Enron, right?  So, I recommend courses in philosophy, starting with Ethics.   Now, do you see what college really does for you?  It works on the whole person, perfecting the rough edges, so when you do master the business and money side, you will be refined enough to carry it all off.  Donald Trump is the most down to earth billionaire I have ever seen; even he will tell you, "A college education is important; I respect a college education."   Just go to college and stick with it.  If you want to be rich, you can be.  If you just want to survive college, then you can do that too.   If you want something bad enough, you will do what it takes to get it!
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It took me 5 years.  I never officially declared a major until I decided on Finance.  But I thought about engineering before I picked Finance.  Looking back, it wasnt a great decision -- I'm not interested in money, I care more about public policy, so I'm going back for a master's in what I'm really interested in.
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With a degree in economics I have always been told it's not very useful to get a job with. It is more usesful to start a business with. Although economics is very important and in my opinion the smartest people have high understandings of economics, I have always been told to pair it with anouther major. The most useful feild to use econ in are all feilds relating to finance, but most of those position require a degree in finance. Thus I am majoring in Econ and finance with an accounting minor.
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Finance and Business are generalized business majors that prepare you for a number of career paths.  They are non-specific and therefore may SEEM to be in high demand, only because so many jobs will require that degree.\n\nIf you're looking to go into a job with high demand, you need to change up your search and look to the market for JOB growth.  Which jobs will grow the most over the next ten years?  twenty?  Then turn to what degrees are generally required for those jobs.  Finance is at the root of some, but not all.  You will find that science based majors and careers are the way to go.  Money Magazine's latest rankings for job growth are in the sources section for your reference.\n\nPersonally, if I could re-choose my career path, I'd do something with nanotechnology research, biological research, or chemical research.\n\nHope this helps.