List and describe the three career opportunities in the field of finance.

Finance has three major career paths that are financial management, financial markets and institutions, and investments.

Financial management includes managing the finances of a business. Financial managers-people who handle a business firm's finances-carry out a number of tasks. They analyze and forecast a finances of a firm; assess risk, evaluate investment opportunities, decide when and where to find out money sources and how much money to increase, and decide how much money to return to the investors of the firm.

Bankers, stockbrokers, and others persons who work in financial markets and institutions focus on the flow of money via financial institutions and the markets where financial assets are exchanged. They track the influence of interest rates on the flow of that money.

Persons who work in the field of investments locate, select, and manage income-producing assets. For example, security analysts and mutual fund managers both of the operate in the investment field.