As you want to know the Pros and Cons of CFA and MBA

MBA:-

MBA is a Master's degree in Business Administration, where students are introduced to a variety of areas of business like accounting, marketing, human resources, operations management.

There are also Business schools which offer PhD and master courses specializing in exact domains like consulting, finance, marketing etc.

Here are Few Pros and Cons

PROS

Helps to gain “soft skills” useful in management

Develop better networking skills

Widely recognized even outside finance oeuvre

Access to consulting firms, banks and other financial or non-financial companies

CONS

Requires leaving full-time job for 2 years

Very expensive, leaving learners in debt

CFA:-

CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) is the certification given by CFA Institute.

The exam is categorized in 3 levels, based on the level of complexity of the exam.

Level I Exam is held twofold a year whereas Level II and Level III are held only in June.

Pros and Cons

PROS

Gaining specialized knowledge extremely useful in finance.

No need to leave full-time job to study CFA.

Necessary for equity research, portfolio management and certain hedge funds.

All three options are high in demand; thus, a lot of career growth potential.

CONS

An intense exam system necessitating at least 1000 hours of study to clear all the three levels.

CFA has no worth outside finance. People interested in confidential equity, bulge bracket investment bank or venture capital will find CFA to be of little help.

No right of entry to recruiters or networking unless you have attended the exam and joined CFA society.