I Want To Be A Financial Advisor

Over a long thought process I have come to the conclusion that I would like to be a Financial Advisor. There are many goals that I would be able to complete in my mission to become a Financial Advisor. My first major goal would have to be earning a college degree in both Finance and Economics. This is the major goal for the specific reason that without a degree in either of those, I would not be able to become a Financial Advisor. This however is not the only goal that I have. The next goal I would like to achieve with a career in Finance is the ability to retire by the age of 50. I feel this is an extremely achievable goal based solely on the fact I would invest throughout my career and if everything goes to plan I should be able to have enough saved for retirement.

There is big need for Financial Advisors throughout the country. This is expressed through the employment rate skyrocketing year after year. According to the national estimates for this occupation, based out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are just above 183,000 jobs for Advisors alone. That is a 1.6% increase from last year, or, about 2000 new jobs. Wages for Financial Advisors are on the rise just like the employment rate. As of May 2013, the average Financial Advisor makes $36.21/hour, which is equivalent to $75,320/ year. This is a 1.2% increase in
Personally, I would like to work for an investment group as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) which would entitle me the ability not only to give financial advice, but to be able to possibly run a financial institution. There are 68,640 jobs in investing alone in the United States, which shows that there is a big market for investment bankers, marketers and financial advisors. Roughly 17.07% of the industry is in investments alone, with an hourly mean wage of $56.47/hour, and,