What resumes? Can you show me these vast numbers of resumes with CFAs? Are you talking about fund managers or quants? If your goal is develop quantitative trading strategies, you shouldn't be getting a CFA because it's superfluous.
On another note, even if what you were saying were true (and it isn't), it wouldn't demonstrate that it's useful to have the CFA. Certifications are usually helpful for HR or for regulation, not for actual knowledge. And everything you need to know about finance can be learned in far less than 1000 hours for trading if you're in a research or development role.
I feel like we're talking past each other. I'm talking about a role where you develop strategies as either a researcher or a trader. Higher up the chain, sure, I can admit there's a utility to the CFA.
I think the main issue is that you need a solid grasp of the qualitative side of finance to build working quant models. Pms are responsible for quant model construction and they all get cfas because that is base level finance understanding.
http://news.efinancialcareers.com/us-en/150266/why-the-cfa-w...
On another note, even if what you were saying were true (and it isn't), it wouldn't demonstrate that it's useful to have the CFA. Certifications are usually helpful for HR or for regulation, not for actual knowledge. And everything you need to know about finance can be learned in far less than 1000 hours for trading if you're in a research or development role.