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<strong>[Note: Sorry for the long post, TL;DR at bottom]</strong> Hey everyone, I've been lurking on this site for sometime, and figured that it would be better for me to post a question directly pertaining to my situation rather than hitting the search button every time....
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Does anybody have advice or book recommendations on analyzing banks as an...
Analyzing and Valuing Banks
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I just don't get the hate towards hedge funds and successful investors in general. I get that some people (i.e. Rajartnam) cheat the system and should be prosecuted but lots of it seems overblown. For example, people compare Stevie Cohen to Madoff yet Cohen's been watched like a hawk by...
Why does everyone hate hedge funds?
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Does anyone have any knowledge about the small advisory/IB Blackmore Partners based in...
Blackmore Partners Chicago
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There’s certain industries, ideas, and geographical pairings that can make a business undesirable to the majority of the market. Of course the idea of investing in a Cypriot bank, a low-end big box retailer, or a for-profit education business is going to come with quite a bit of skepticism and...
Guilt by Association Breeds Value
WhiteHat2334 min 57 sec
Macquarie, after cutting bonuses for many of the analysts has now cut Seamless allowance. Crossed the line, guys. “Macquarie is making further cuts to analysts. Weekend Seamless is now $25/day, cut from $40. All analysts are trying to leave. Morale is extremely...
Bonus cuts are one thing, but now Seamless cuts?
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I propose we change the name of this forum because I do not think consulting is "consulting" in its traditional sense especially not in the industry that I have experienced in the last 4...
My Journey Into Consulting: "Be Careful What You Ask For"
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Real estate work-life balance positions
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I'm a rising junior interested in going into banking. I need some help editing my resume. Tell me what you think. Thank you for your...
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I am curious about which one is better. I'm a first generation for college and I can't decide whether I should go to a target like Ross and end up with a 3.2 GPA or go to an easier college like OSU and get a 3.8/4.0 GPA. My goal isn't necessarily to get an IBD position straight out...
Non-target with 3.8/4.0 GPA vs target with 3.2 GPA
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Hi everyone, I have a degree in Biology (Tier 1 if that even matters) and have worked in basic science, biomedical device/pharma and clinical research for the past three or so years with multiple publications. I hate it. Thus, I have also taken micro/macroecon courses, as well as a few post-bacc...
Life science consulting
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Debate of the Legends: "Anatomy of a Corporate Takeover"
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Management Consulted Guides
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Secondary loan trading? Secondaries
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How flexible are BX to moving their analysts / associates around their international offices? Does it ever happen? Particularly interested in their Advisory...
Blackstone - International Movement?
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Recently, I have been reading extensively on big data topics, such as business intelligence and predictive analytics. Health analytics struck me as both a fast growing and rewarding field, so my interest peaked upon noticing that Accenture's (my future employer) Analytics sector serves the...
Consulting in the Healthcare Industry - Providers
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F'd up in highschool, humble beginnings all that crap, didnt go to a university though I went to a school (BCIT) that is known for a rigorous curriculum with 8 classes per semester. No classes transfer over because universities where I am located take the classes I took as "not academic...
Guidance, please for the love of......
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This is the reaction any analyst who has ever worked in banking has when you say you want to leave banking for business school then come back as a post b school associate... <img src="http://epicpinterestfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/how-i-met-your-mother-barney-why.gif"...
Why You DON'T Leave Banking for B School Just to Come Right Back...
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I started off at UC Berkeley as a Math major but I did terribly and I didn't enjoy any of my classes. Now at the end of my sophomore year, I have a GPA of 2.8. I realized I was doing my major for the wrong reasons, and I am changing my major to Economics. I have done well in the economics...
Had a bad GPA but now changing major
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Military Vets with MBAs Recruited Heavily
Edmundo Braverman792 hours 17 min
What are the best books for valuing private firms at the moment? Thanks in advance....
Essential readings
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What does a Asset Servicing Intern do and what are the hours?
Normandy22 hours 22 min
I work as a long/short equity analyst at a large hedge fund. I've been lucky enough to be more than just a model monkey early on in my career, but have also been exposed to the stress of being measured on returns. I primarily cover consumer and TMT names. I went the typical path (target school...
I'm a Hedge Fund Analyst - Ask Me Anything
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CFA Level III Exam - No motivation
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Been a trader for 7 years in prop, the game is pretty much over. Commissions have went up, fees are up, strategies are dying out. Where can one go that will provide a base+commission on the institutional side in trading (futures, fixed income, etc)?...
Where to go after prop trading
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Hi, this is my first post so please be nice :) I've been lurking the forums for ages, and finally he a question I need to post. Eventually I want to go into prop/algo trading or quant stuff, and I'd rather not work in NY. Id rather chicago, houston, Charlotte, or somewhere...
College - big fish in little pond or little fish in big pond
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I'm a rising sophomore looking to revise and update my resume for this coming fall and spring. Now that I'm no longer a freshman I'll ge betting rid of all of my high school stuff, except maybe one internship that I wasn't sure about. I was 17 and still a HS student when I...
High School Stuff on Your Resume?
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Being a trader (specifically an equities trader with a proprietary firm, yes still currently employed by the trading firm I am with.) for the past seven years I am tempted to make a leap into being an er analyst. Trading has fizzled out and at this point in my life it's not worth the risk as I...
Making the leap to ER Analyst, thoughts?
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I'm thinking about doing an Internship from mid-January to late February (2014) in Brazil, possibly in IB or S&T. Does anyone have any tips on Brazilian internships? I have some experience in S&T (at a BB) and I already have a summer position in S&T for 2014 at the same BB....
Internship in Brazil - Any advice?
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I was writing an email to a fellow monkey who is about to start as a banking analyst in the summer. It's been a little over 5 yrs now since I was a wee young first-year analyst in restructuring for one of the Moelis/Houlihan/Evercore type firms (I call them the firms where most people will...
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In Joshua Rosenbaum's Investment Banking, free cash flow is calculated as: EBIT(1-t) + D&A - Capex - Increase/(Decrease) in NWC. Most sources present the formula for free cash flow this way, without any mention of stock based compensation. However, in the Breaking into Wall Street modules,...
Stock-based compensation and free cash flow
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Money manager Ed Butowsky on SAC's Cohen
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GOT AN SA OFFER!!! THANK YOU WSO
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Best way to learn to use bloomberg?
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Hey - So its that point in my first year when life really sucks, going through recruiting, leading up to bonuses, etc. etc. and wanted to look at vacation spots for august - post-bonus, post-job offer I know there is alot of collective experience on this board so where are the best places...
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Anatomy of the 10-K
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Posting on WSO at Work
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My original plan was to write a series about starting my eccomerce business; going through the process of finding a market, a product and funding. I still plan to do this, but I would like to talk about something that is far more pressing to me: IP...
Entrepreneurship and patent lawsuits
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hi, I am currently a rising sophomore at a non target(rutgers), I am interested in a career in equity research. I know rutgers is a nontarget school, but does anyone have any advice on breaking in? anything would be much appreciated. thanks in...
need advice on equity research
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Yes I am thinking of the song by The Clash... I don't mean to post an annoying overly-posted subject right now (as I notice someone else has done the same today) but I really need advice on this very important decision, and could use tips from people who have done something similar in...
Should I stay, or should I go?
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What do you guys think of / know about GS's private equity group within PIA? I'm a rising second year analyst at a top group / top BB trying to stack it up against other...
GS PIA / Private Equity
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Do you guys have a subscription to WSJ? It's like $25 a month, pretty expensive for a student. Any ways around this? I can barely read the first page of the articles until I get to the subscription content Do your companies pay for...
WSJ Subscription
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I thought I would help out the WSO RE community a little bit. If your in RE then you know who Hines is. Anyways they have a position open for their Irvine, CA office. I don't work for Hines, but I dealt with them before. You guys can go ahead and apply online, don't send me a resume. Just...
Hines Analyst Position Is Open, Apply Here
TeddyTheBear15 hours 17 min
Is there a better or quicker way to stimulate direct foreign investment into U.S. companies? Shuld the holding period be reduced to 180 or even 90 days? Any down side? Should there be a minimum of a $5 million block of shares? What do you...
What's YOUR Opinion Of Regulation S?
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Google glass is doomed to fail because it's simply just not a "cool" product, see below for a particularly funny site: http://whitemenwearinggoogleglass.tumblr.com I remember when the very first iPhone came out (I got one right when it came out). I would take that thing to a...
Google Glass will fail miserably
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Greetings! Happy Memorial Day Weekend! This is a story of my lady friend. Let's call her Ms. X. I got to know X through mutual friend. Attractive lady, well educated, exotic feel. She is the kind that will turn a lot heads when she dresses up a bit. So lately we found a chance to sit down...
Should she be considered a whore or not?
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I'm working at a smaller MM investment bank in a relatively smaller city (not NY, Chicago, LA, SF, and the like). About 6 weeks ago, I received an email saying that I had an offer to intern at the bank as a summer ibanking analyst, and the MD just wanted me to respond back stating that I would...
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PwC Advisory reputation?
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L/S equity HF vs PE from an analyst point of view
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I'm wondering if I should transfer to an ivy league school in order to get look better on my resume for i banks and, ultimately, MBA programs. I'm going to be a sophomore at a T25 private school (think UVA, Emory, Notre Dame) where I'm majoring in finance and minoring in art history...
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Long Weekend Plans
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Hey guys. So recently I was arrested for petit larceny. I know - it was probably the single greatest mistake I've ever made in my life. And I am scum for taking the property of someone else, etc... But I still need to get a job at some point. I'm just wondering how extensive...
Background checks in IB
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