<p>A portfolio manager may be the manager of something like a mutual fund (they manage its day to day operations and choose where to invest the pool of money)</p>
<p>A broker pretty much invests an individuals money. It’s lucrative once you start building a client base of high net-worth ppl.</p>
<p>for a crappy overview of an investment banker, look here: [Investment</a> banking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_banking]Investment”>Investment banking - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>To become a broker, your school really doesn’t matter that much… It’s rather easy to break into. For portfolio management/asset management, you may have a tougher time getting into the bigger firms. If you don’t go to a top school, it’s all about networking.</p>