As a broker or asset manager, you can expect to be given a high degree of independence in how you spend your time. The flip side is that the weight of building a client base of a winning portfolio falls directly on your shoulders. This means you should be entrepreneurial by nature and able to work creatively in your approach to acquiring clients or beating the S & P 500. If you go into retail brokerage, within two or three years you will usually have no salary, working entirely on commissions or