| Sharp Rise In UK Workers Re-training As Stock Market Traders |
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| Market News - Employee Engages | |
| Written by Mediabharti Syndication Service | |
| Tuesday, 27 July 2010 | |
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London (UK): Increasing numbers of UK workers are switching careers to become stock market traders, according to figures from leading trader coaching company Knowledge to Action. In the first quarter of 2010, the company saw a 30 per cent rise in the number of people attending its forex and stock market training courses in the UK, compared with the same period last year. To date, more than 10,000 people have completed a course and many have since adopted trading as a full-time career. The opportunity to spend three sessions sitting side-by-side with an expert working on a live trading floor is a major factor in the popularity of the company’s courses. Estee Chaikin, expert said: “It’s wonderful to see so many people recognising the potential of trading as a more rewarding career. For so long, people have felt the doors to that world were closed but with the right training, almost anyone can enter the industry and be successful. “Certainly the recession has forced a lot of people to reassess their working life and consider alternative options. They’ve recognised that the financial industry generates a significant amount of wealth and they quite rightly want to be part of it.” Chaikin believes the numbers of new people entering the profession will help overturn negative perceptions of the archetypal city trader.
“In some respects, stock market trading has had a pretty bad press in recent times, and I think it can only benefit from having a greater diversity of people involved.” |
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