And having a predictable amount to pay each month makes you less likely to fall behind or default on utility bills, says Jessica Patel, a personal-finance analyst at Bankrate.com.
He began his finance career as an analyst of consumer companies at Goldman Sachs, and went on to make his fortune at Omega as a traditional stock-picker.
"It's quite ironic, " says Ivan Chung, a senior analyst in corporate finance at Moody's Investors Service.
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Internal auditor, credit-collections specialist and operations analyst are other finance roles that many employers place a premium on, adds Mr. Zion.
And to top it all off, Modern Portfolio Theory, which is drilled into the head of every finance major and, more to the point, every Certified Financial Analyst exam taker, tells them that finance has no discernible causal relationship with economics.
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"It's a great fit for Clipper, " says Tyler Tringas, an analyst at New Energy Finance.
"It's hugely positive news for the offshore market, which has really languished in the U.S., " says Tyler Tringas, a wind analyst at New Energy Finance.
Harry Boyle, analyst at New Energy Finance says his team won't be convinced of the potential of jatropha until it sees firm figures on the table.
Though not famous like Sally Ride, young Burnham was plenty well-known inside the tech finance cathedrals as the top-gun Web analyst for CS First Boston.
Anthony Kim, a solar analyst with research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance, questions whether Mosaic can attract a big enough pipeline of investors to fund large solar projects.
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"There remains a large, addressable market for these products and services, and it hasn't gone away, " says Mark Wasden, an analyst at Moody's Investors Service who covers finance companies.
By training a certified financial analyst who worked for a decade with one of the giants of modern finance, investment maven Sir John Templeton, the author knows his stuff.
The other candidate who gathered steam in the campaign was former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani, a Western-educated man who served as a World Bank analyst.
The other candidate who picked up steam in the campaign is former finance minister Ashraf Ghani, a Western-educated man who worked as a World Bank analyst.
Before teaming with EMC, Dell tried to develop an advanced storage technology with StorageApps (a firm it helped finance) but quickly realized it was in way over its head, says John Webster, senior analyst with Data Mobility Group.
An analyst at one big investment bank reckons that, since August last year, the amount of finance it provides to hedge funds has fallen by 90%.
To give you an idea of how widespread the problem is, a new study to be published in the Journal of Finance and Quantitative Analysis finds that option volume in a specific stock begins to surge three days before unannounced analyst upgrades or downgrades of a company.
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