Master of Business Administration and Chartered Financial Analyst CFA designation, Both have their advantages.

Firstly, it’s a very tricky thing to compare a CFA charter and an MBA - they’re fundamentally different creatures addressing different disciplines.

However, at the same time there is a real need to evaluate these two qualifications side-by-side these days,

Before the advent of the CFA, many investment companies would pay to send some of their best and brightest to business schools.

The CFA program was devised to provide charter holders with specialized skills, such as investment analysis, portfolio strategy and asset allocation.

One way to explain the differences in the programs is to say that the MBA program is a mile wide and a foot deep, while the CFA program is a foot wide and a mile deep.

The advantage of an MBA is that the knowledge obtained in the program is valuable in other industries outside of the investment world.

The advantages of the CFA program are the ability to acquire specific investment related skills at a relatively low cost.