Investment Manager?

I am a junior college student working on my BA in Business Administration specialized in Finance.
I have read many books on Investing, Security Analysis, Foreign Exchange, Technical Analysis, Fundamental Analysis, Asset Allocation, Interpreting Financial Statements, and I practically lived out of investopedia.com at one point.

Now what I want to do proffesionally is basicly what I do for myself, anylyze stocks and invest in them for clients.

I read thatzs what Investment Managers do, can anyone clarify what is the job of an Investmen Manager? also what field would best fit with what I want to do? Would appreciate tips from people who are already in the industry, thanks ahead.

Applied math will have you best prepared for what you have mentioned. You may find upon gradation with your finance degree, that you average entry opportunities. You may not even be able to get into Wall Street at all. Wall Street will give you a shot if you supplement your degree with and applied math degree, a statistics degree, and econometrics degree.

The job of an investment manager is pretty much everything you mentioned including managing assets for a mutual fund. Usually investment managers focus on a particular sector of the market whether it be large-cap, small-cap, mid-cap, growth, and value. Research and analysis is a major part and also know your limits as to how high you would want to sell in order to realize gains on the invesmtent. The mutual fund industry seems like the way to go for you.

Yes, mutual funds are good, particularly to start. Other kinds of employers could be hedge funds, which are very fast-track; pension funds, which involve huge sums of money and important legal considerations; and financial planning, which involves working with individual and family clients. They can all be emotionally and financially rewarding. There is a good chance one of your professors has experience in these areas, or knows of someone who will talk to you in more detail about their jobs.

Everyone above gave great answers but my hat is off to Bruce B. It is MUCH more valuable in how you apply that business knowledge to work and make money for the institution you are working for...the best trade-desk heads I have worked with were all hard-core math folks. Frankly, they were also the most successful and understood on how to use other disciplines to their advantage.

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