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Goal-oriented Anderson's latest achievement? Ph.D. before 50.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 19-MAY-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Goal-oriented Anderson's latest achievement? Ph.D. before 50.(Focus: Banking & Finance)

Article Excerpt
Financial advisor and Mississippi Business Journal contributing columnist Nancy Anderson, CFA, is no stranger to setting and meeting goals. The president of her own investment firm, Ridgeland-based New Perspectives Inc., wanted to complete her doctoral degree by age 50. Now at 49, she has done just that with a Ph.D. in business administration with concentration in finance from Mississippi State University (MSU).

This latest accomplishment follows a string of other achievements for this woman who was reared in Gulfport and made a round-about discovery of her affinity for finance after earning a degree in biology from Mississippi College.

"I worked in a lab and then had a part-time job in an investment business. That's when I realized I loved business and finance," she said. "I found out that when...

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