Probably, the least known part of my job is the never-ending pursuit of continuing education (CE) hours. As a Certified Financial Planner (R) certificant, as well as a Certified Investment Management Analyst (R) certificant and a NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisor, I have to "feed" all three organizations with an unending flow of CEs. Therefore, I attend far more conferences than the average person, because I am chasing CEs. (I'm jealous CPAs don't have to do all this.)
Certainly, my favorite conference each year is the National Policy Conference of the National Association of Business Economics in Washington, D.C. Most attendees are investment and planning illiterates, but they are bright - very bright - economic nerds.
Some attend wearing their red-tinted glasses and some wear their blue-tinted glasses, but most are non-partisan economic nerds, just trying to understand reality without a political agenda. I truly enjoy this intellectual orgy of thought.
Certainly, my favorite conference each year is the National Policy Conference of the National Association of Business Economics in Washington, D.C. Most attendees are investment and planning illiterates, but they are bright - very bright - economic nerds.
Some attend wearing their red-tinted glasses and some wear their blue-tinted glasses, but most are non-partisan economic nerds, just trying to understand reality without a political agenda. I truly enjoy this intellectual orgy of thought.
