Maybe this is why....
“A 1977 New York Times article mentioned Business International as one of the lesser known of 22 news organizations found to have employed journalists who were also working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).[6] Elliott Haynes “said his father, Eldridge Haynes, had provided cover for four C.I.A. employees in various countries between 1955 and 1960.”[6]... via Wikapedia
Now, why would this company hire someone who had NO, N*O schooling for finance?
In the late summer of 1983, future United States President Barack Obama interviewed for a job at Business International Corporation. He worked there for “little more than year.”[3] As a research associate in its financial services division, he edited Financing Foreign Operations, a global reference service, and wrote for Business International Money Report, a weekly financial newsletter.[4] His responsibilities included “interviewing business experts, researching trends in foreign exchange, following market developments. . . . He wrote about currency swaps and leverage leases. . . . Obama also helped write financial reports on Mexico and Brazil.[5]
This is hard to believe.
The guy majored in political science.
Then, straight out of college, he lands a job in Financial Journalism?
This is complicated stuff.
But a guy with no experience and no academic background in Finance gets the job?