Hi guys:

I was offered a part-time position (up until the firm moves its office from country X to Y) as an investment analyst at a start-up hedge fund in my city. The position's relevant work experience requirement is 0-1 years, and must have an BBA in finance.

The fund manager is well-known and has quite an impressive track record/background which makes me feel more comfortable about the situation.

My concern is the following:

Should I take this position (despite having zero experience in HFs) and hope I will learn first-hand from the HF manager himself, or should I aim for a full-time gig at a well known and established firm?

Hi guys:

I was offered a part-time position (up until the firm moves it's office from country X to Y) as an investment analyst at a start-up hedge fund in my city. The position's experience requirement is 0-1 year of professional work experience with BA in finance.

The fund manager is well-known and has quite an impressive track record/background which makes me feel more comfortable about the situation.

My concern is the following:

Should I take this position (despite having zero experience in HFs) and hope I will learn first-hand from the HF manager himself, or should I aim for a full-time gig at a well known and established firm?

Does anyone have an ebook copy of the solutions to Investments 9th edition by Bodie, Kane, and Marcus?

I just turned 30, Scandinavian, CFA Charterholder, MSc from LSE, GMAT 730, spent five years working in fund manager research in the UK. I've done a lot of fund manager interviews and felt pretty decent at that.

Unfortunately I've found after these years that the UK just isn't a good place to live. It's a bit like a personal s-hole if you want to have a certain degree of openness and friendliness in your everyday life.

So I went back to Scandinavia, and found that everything is - very nice and open - but also incredibly provincial. Hence I'm trying to decide where I want to live out the rest of my days.

I know that Genworth doesn't exactly have the best reputation, but does anybody know much about their Finance Development Program. It looks like you can get a rotation with the investments/trading group in Stamford, CT which could be interesting. Any info on exit opps, earnings potential, b-school opps, etc would be great. Thanks

Hi guys,

Any advice on how to invest £5000? Got that saved up from a sign on bonus and just feel that it would be better put to use than sitting in my bank account collecting zilch interest...

The sum is quite little so not sure whether it would make sense to put it into stocks etc as it would be hard to diversify...also given that I work in IBD, trading is not really an option.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers

Lets say you are interviewing at a real estate fund that invests only in one product type in one specific geographical area. Personally, you do not see the appeal in long term growth potential for this product type in the area.

I have an interview coming up with a very well funded investment firm, but I am not hot on the product type. If they ask me my thoughts on the market we are investing in, do I bullshit positives or tell them the issues I foresee in the market? Maybe I should just shut my mouth on the subject?

Hey guys, lately i've been doing a lot of trading in my own account with TD ameritrades thinkorswim. I usually use Yahoo finance for news but i've had problems with most of the articles not having helpful information in actually making a trading decision and I want to be more efficient and find important information and not articles on how to dress up for a wall street interview. So really what I am asking here is. How do you do your research and how do you sift through the bullshit to choose your stocks.
I am trying to kind of refine my approach to investing so I am trying to start from the beginning on how I actually research my stock. Do you often call up peers to get information and opinions on a stock? or do you pay for information as well.

Thanks In advance.
Kyle

Dear all,

Im in a dilemma. Situation is I submitted my cv to a major fund via a headhunter who was asking for junior candidates of a specific profile which I fit (including non technical criteria)and it has been 3 weeks and counting. I may sound silly but I have little experience on this issue so please pardon me.

I have emailed them twice, 1st at the 2 weeks mark and another most recently at the 3 weeks mark. Each time the reply is the client is still looking and not yet revert and they will reply once client does so. Somehow the recruiter seems reluctant to speak more.

Hi,

I am currently doing a bachelors in Economics and Finance. I am wondering how much an Economics degree is worth to Investment or hedge firms, in terms of recruiting. I am always scared that it will not be quant enough for their liking and becuase of that I am taking most of my electives in math based courses, such as game theory(dont know if its used in finance or IB), mathematical economics, differential calculus, multivariate calculus, an introductory programming course(Python and Eclispe) and on top of that by graduation I would have taken atleast 2 courses in econometrics, and 1 in stats. And some finance related courses like investment management, option futures, financial management, and few accounting courses.

The role: Financial Analyst, Mergers and Acquisitions

As the Finance Analyst, Mergers and Acquisitions you will support the financial due diligence and accounting efforts as well as assist with the integration for our acquisitions and strategic investments. You gain experience, responsibility and exposure to functions both within and outside of finance. You will have a strong finance and accounting background with Mergers and Acquisitions diligence and/or integration experience in public accounting or private industry. You are a well rounded individual who thrives in a fast paced, demanding environment with the willingness to dig deep into details as well as the ability to assess the big picture.

Responsibilities:

Considering buying 5 - 7 acres located on a River about 40 miles from a city.

What are some major considerations I should take into account before entering into something like this. I don't plan on building on it in the next 5 years but would eventually want to develop it into either a single home or multiple homes while retaining ownership of everything (ie not develop it into a neighborhood or something).

I know some of you have done things like this and/or work in a space that could help you provide some light so I would be interested in anything you kids have to say.

Does anyone have (a link to) the answers to the 8th edition of Bodie Kane Marcus Investments?

Thanks a lot!

Im looking for data on fund classifications of mutual funds. Essentially a listing of all mutual funds with a Nav 1n+ and how they're classified. Classification/classification systems seem to include a mix of investment objectives, asset class(es), strategies, degree of leverage. eg growth, value, blend, large cap, mid cap, industry sector-specific, alternative strategy, long/short, hybrids, etc

I've checked all the screeners (cnbc, bloomberg....) but they only let you get 100 at a time. Im trying to do some visualization with that data and i need a good set of data.

If anyone knows a financial planner they could forward me to or a data source that would be awesome

I was hoping to get some help on the following problem.

Using data from October 1, 2006 to October 1, 2011 at the following link http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=YUM&a=09&b=1&c=200...

I need to configure the mean monthly return and standard deviation.

Additionally, I need to do the same for XOM
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=XOM&a=09&b=1&c=200...

Now I need to configure the correlation between the two.

I would really appreciate any help I could get on this...

Hey guys I could use your help about locating a job.

The huge demand of college graduates makes it very competitive to break into my first finance industry job. It also doesn't help the the economy hasn't improved too much in the last 6 months or so, which keeps the job market in finite supply. I was wondering if anyone knew which finance companies are hiring? I'd consider many industries including PE/VC, I-banking, and asset management (hedgies, mutual funds)

Does anyone else think it might be a good idea to put Real Estate investing as a forum topic? I mean, I think a Real Estate tab would serve multiple reasons including whether to rent/buy for those new to NYC for IB.

Additionally, I have my own question. I know RE for the most part is horrible right now. But some places in America it either hasn't moved much or has actually gone up a bit (i.e. Greenwich, CT). What do you guys think about the northern part of CT. I'm set to inherit a small lake house in Woodstock, CT that's about 1800 sq. ft. and was wondering if real estate is expected to go up.

Thanks,

I will be starting my job in August and I was just looking at the firm's 401k plan. They match 25% of up to the first 6 % of my eligible compensation saved. Basically, for every 4 dollars I save they firm adds $1.

Now, I am thinking about saving and investing some money. I believe that I will be able to save about $1400 per month. Out of this amount, I want to put $400 into my emergency funds account.

What do you guys think how should I save money for the long term and also where and how should I invest some of this money.

401k is a safe and easy way to save money, however, I am not from the US so if I move back home (which I plan to do in 10-15 years) I will need to pay penalty fees on my 401k account.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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I was just wondering of what you guys think of this place and how much or so would u make if working here in there investments team? Also is it reputated?

here is their link: http://www.nctventures.com/index.html

Thanks all in advance.

Hey guys My cousin actually went to goldman IBD then left ( after analyst ) worked Corp Dev at yahoo, then started hes own tech based business afterwards, well after that ( prolly at 30 years) started, founded his own VC and many famous guys in silicon. I was just wondering if that is the correct and most effective path to reach a high position of a VC. Or should u just try to get an analyst job at a VC and try growing there. Or would it be better to do IBD at a BB and then see if you can leverage yourself to a VC?

Thanks for the help!

hello all I have a question about what the title of this certain position might be called.

So when a company has extra money laying around after pay after paying everybody etc. Do they typically have a sector called "investments" that is in charge of taking that extra money and investing it in some long security, derv, stock, and what not. to increase the companies profit? Or do they not. (kinda like the prop trader for a bank)

If they do what is the "job title" i am just exploring different careers and think that with a compsci and finance duo something like this might be in my ball park.

Thanks again all!!!!

Hello all i am a highschooler and I am looking to dual major in CS and Finance. I hear to have great high paying finance jobs you must do something different from the crowd. I am also looking for working hard at a good company( dont know if that is management consulting or an investment bank) after my first 2-5 years after undergrad and then lead an investments group at a F500 or so..... but honestly idk i hear Corporate finance is small and risky, and I figure I like computers and dealing with markets and create finance programs and with those skillz I could possibly lead an Investments division at a F500 but idk .... What do you guys think good possible careeers are in finance/investments if you have a CS+ Finance. Thanks a lot guys..........btw I dont really wanna be a quant lol

I graduated with a BS in Finance in '09, and due to a combination of poor networking, the state of the industry at the time, and bad luck, I was never able to land an internship while in undergrad nor a banking job upon graduation. Despite decent grades I was never even able to land an interview.

I decided to contact a recruiting company a few weeks ago, and they found two positions for me that I qualify for with no experience. Here are the job descriptions from the email they sent me

Can someone please explain the main differences between real estate investment sales analyst roles and real estate acquisitions? What career path can each lead to? Compensation? I'm interviewing at an real estate investment bank, but the investment sales position seems a lot like brokerage... (not eastdil)