Certified Annuity Specialist - CAS

If you’re looking to find a partner through online dating, make your title “Certified Annuity Specialist Seeking [Fill in the Blank.]" Because if you’re a Certified Annuity Specialist, swinging singles will know that you’re an expert in fixed-rate and variable annuities.

This designation (the creature of the Institute of Business & Finance (IBF)) signals that you’re an expert in the field of annuities, which provide regular income to investors seeking cash flow during retirement.

To get this designation, you’re going to do 15 hours a year of ongoing education and pay a few fees. After all, finance is basically a constant cycle of paying people money for things they barely did, much like the annuity streams that clients will eventually pay you for.

To get this designation, you’re going to need 2,000 hours of work experience...which sounds like a lot, until you count 40 hours over 50 weeks. You’ll also have to complete a few modules of self-study work, and then finish three exams and a case study. The final exams are run by the National Associate of Security Dealers (NASD).

But it will all pay off once you hit the dating scene.