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I hope some of you are as anxious as I am for the CFA test on June 2nd, granted I probably have spent more time worrying about the exam than I have actually studied for it. I've heard that the best way to study is to do 1000's of exam practice questions but I would like to get some...

I wanted to ask what approach is used in the industry to assess the profitability of real estate developers. I am talking about the ones that develop both residential properties (construct inventory and then sell) and commercial properties (keep as investment properties and lease them out). The...

Any insight on working here? How does it differ from the other big Boston money management firms (Fido, Wellington, Putnam, etc.)? Are analysts assigned to specific funds or sector teams?...

I am a corporate banker (6+ work experience). Have worked with a few big name banks, but recently quit because I was bored and my career seems to have been derailed. I am looking at getting into IB / Asset Management - of course, into the top firms (who doesnt?). I already hold a management...

I am in charge of educating new members next year for my school's newly created "Student Managed Fund". Would like some input from people currently in the field of asset management or other students in Student Managed Funds at their schools. 1. What are some major topics I...

We're Looking for roommates to share this amazing loft apartment located in Soma, San Francisco. The location is prime. Only 5 mins walk to financial district. Please PM for more details. Thanks....

This is an open ended question, but what makes a great analyst? I assume that as a junior analyst working for one or more senior analysts on the buy-side you are probably fleshing out their ideas more than coming up with your own (or maybe I'm wrong). What are ways that junior analysts can...

So I am an incoming university freshman and I am wondering if anyone will let me exchange PM's with them (non troll) in regards to undergraduate, AM/ER job opportunities. I want to take this to PM because the amount of questions (that are stupid) that I will be asking is probably gonna be a...

Does anyone know where I can find a list of firms offering private banking services in the NYC...

Has anyone heard of BlackRock's Corporate Strategy group... thoughts? For anyone who works at BR, what's the reputation of this group? How about for the Market Intelligence group? Exit opps? Also, for BlackRock generally can anyone speak more to how open they are to internal...

I'm just wondering how much location will matter for PWM. Let's say I have a house in a small-ish city (such as Boulder, San Jose, Portland, etc) and I have found an unpaid internship for BB PWM at a regional branch in my city. I also have an unpaid internship from the same BB for PWM...

Hey guys, after a pretty competitive application process I found out today that I was accepted to do a research project with a finance professor at my school over the summer. However, based on the expectations my professor laid out, it looks like this position will be pretty much a full time thing...