Get Hired In Finance, Despite A Recession

www.investopedia.com April 26, 2011 - In this issue... Add Investopedia to safe sender list Find Investopedia on Financial Career Get Hired In Finance, Despite A Recession Financial Education Forex Courses Teach Beginners How To Trade Exam Question Customer's Margin Account FINRA Update Continuing Education Issues Advisory Update Special Feature: Forex Walkthrough   Topics: -Getting Started -Beginner -Intermediate -Advanced -Trading Strategies More features: Investopedia Free Exam Guides, CFA THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER IS SPONSORED BY:  Financial Career more career articles Get Hired In Finance, Despite A Recession In flush times, major brokerage and investment management houses are consistently on the lookout for new graduates. The idea is to fill the ranks with bright young minds and to mold them into financial professionals. But in slower times, jobs and good money aren't as easy to come by on Wall Street. With that in mind, what choices does a recent graduate (with Wall Street desires) have if after they receive their diploma the stock market is on the wane? There are a few options. Read more »  Related Reading: Finding Your Place In The Financial Industry, or Quit Your Job To Trade Stocks?  Frequently Asked Questions Is it possible to take the Series 6 exam without being sponsored? Investopedia Exam Guides Pass your exam and pursue your career in finance with our Free Guides: Series 6 Series 7 Series 26 Series 63 Series 65 Series 66  Financial Education more education articles Forex Courses Teach Beginners How To Trade Investors looking to enter the world of foreign exchange can find themselves frustrated and quickly spiraling downward, losing capital rapidly and optimism even faster. Investing in forex - whether in futures, options or spot - offers great opportunity, but it is a vastly different atmosphere than the equities market. Even the most successful stock traders will fail miserably in forex by treating the markets similarly. Read more »  Related Reading: Invest Like A Pro, Currency ETFs Simplify Forex Trades  FINRA Update more updates Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education Issues Firm Element Advisory Update The Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education (Council) has released its Spring 2011 Firm Element Advisory (FEA). The Council produces the FEA to identify regulatory and sales practice topics that firms should consider in their Firm Element training plans. Firm Element Advisory—Spring 2011 PDF 166 KB View Full Notice (only 1 page) PDF 70 KB »  Exam Question Q: Use the following information about a customer’s margin account to answer the question. ABC stock – 200 shares. CMV $40/share PDQ stock – 100 shares. CMV $30/share LIB stock – 100 shares. CMV $50/ share Debit balance -- $6,400 If this customer used any SMA in the account to its maximum by purchasing stock, the DR balance in the account would be: A) $12,800 B) $9,600 C) $8,000 D) $3,200  Find Professionals in the Money Useful? Check out our other FREE newsletters! • Investing Basics • Forex Weekly • Term of the Day • Warren Buffett Watch • News To Use • The Chart Advisor Report • Stock Watch Weekly Thank you for reading Professionals in the Money on April 26, 2011 Professionals in the Money Admin Center You are receiving Professionals In The Money as a registered member of Investopedia.com - you joined on 20110412 10:05 Currently, you are subscribed to investopedia-professionals as: duitlumbung@gmail.com To unsubscribe or change your email settings, click here. Ensure Delivery: Please add webmaster@investopedia.com to your email address book or safe-senders list. Copyright © 2009 Investopedia ULC. All Rights Reserved