How to become a stockbroker? (2 Viewers)

[El Magnifico]

Next year i will going to Macquarie (Atar of 92 with bonus points, hard to see not making the courses) and i was curious as to what would be the best course to take to get involved in stockbroking?

 

[Monstar]

Broking to who? institutions or retail?

 

[PilotMerp]

Do you mean working for a stock broker ?

or reselling stock broking services which wouldn't involve any tertiary qualification just market knowledge and experience

 

[mitchy_boy]

Applied finance.

 

[Monsterman]

Next year i will going to Macquarie (Atar of 92 with bonus points, hard to see not making the courses) and i was curious as to what would be the best course to take to get involved in stockbroking?

psychology

 

[seremify007]

I think you gotta figure out what exactly you want to do when you say 'stock broker'. Do you mean the guy who just answers telephone calls and punches buttons on a computer, or something a bit more (e.g. analysts, traders, etc)?

 

[Ziva]

B Ec/B App Fin

Will put you in good stead.

 

[Omnidragon]

Talk crap and regurgitate what your firm's research analyst says

 

[FreeWorld]

Finance related is in oversupply so choose another career path.

 

[lett21]

Finance related is in oversupply so choose another career path.

Since when?

 

[Omnidragon]

Since forever. Heaps of finance grads, hardly any worthwhile jobs for the bottom 95%.

 

[PilotMerp]

@ OP

How much fundamental/technical analysis experience do you currently have ?

Also i don't think you have answered my previous question.

If your aiming to resell broking services (independently) then you require market experience.

If you plan on working for a stock broker as an analyst, then other qualifications may be required.

Based on your response i may be able to suggest a few things

 

[FreeWorld]

Finance and IT are oversupply so choose a different career path you bloody greedy bastards.

 

[Omnidragon]

The pro is about to drop some tips

 

[germansuplex]

Finance and IT are oversupply so choose a different career path you bloody greedy bastards.

That's quite a thing to say for someone who lists "Accounting/Banking/Finance" as Industry Interests on the About Me page LMAO

 

[PilotMerp]

That's quite a thing to say for someone who lists "Accounting/Banking/Finance" as Industry Interests on the About Me page LMAO

gg

 

[seremify007]

Just because you list it as an industry interest doesn't necessarily mean anything... unfortunately a lot of the A/B/F jobs are not the high profile/super well paid grad jobs which the stereotypes lead you to believe.

 

[germansuplex]

Just because you list it as an industry interest doesn't necessarily mean anything... unfortunately a lot of the A/B/F jobs are not the high profile/super well paid grad jobs which the stereotypes lead you to believe.

In normal circumstances, yes it doesn't necessarily mean anything. But when a troll such as FreeWorld comes along and tries to bag out the industry in which he himself has an interest in...I find it pathetic.

 

[Omnidragon]

Just because you list it as an industry interest doesn't necessarily mean anything... unfortunately a lot of the A/B/F jobs are not the high profile/super well paid grad jobs which the stereotypes lead you to believe.

Hey when did you become a moderator? I want to be one too!

Agreed! Finance is overrated. Chances are you'd end up in some low-paying broker job.

 

[seremify007]

Just before the BoScrash

I think unless you're good at finance and are actually able to think prospectively, most of the finance jobs are not too different from accounting but without the rules/standards making it harder to progress.