Top B-Schools for Investment Mgmt career

uppereastside — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:48:26 -0400

What are the best B-Schools for someone that wants to eventually be a buy side fund manager?

Would it be Columbia, Chicago, and Wharton?

WS Prep course

uppereastside — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:16:44 -0400

Just finished the Wall Street Prep program... I know this has been discussed before, but I thought this program was actually worth it. Most have been partial to DealMaven but WSP was impressive.

I am already very comfortable with DCF modeling but it gave me exposure to LBO and M&A modeling examples. Its a little bit steep in price, but def worth the money. PM me if you want any more info, I

CFA Exam

uppereastside — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:30:56 -0400

For those of you who took the CFA exam on Saturday, what did you think of it?

I took Level II, it wasn't easy and I hope I passed!!

Big day

uppereastside — Fri, 11 May 2007 10:23:07 -0400

work at a boutique now, and through some good networking am meeting tonight with the head of IB for a BB.

Any advice?

Goldman ER

uppereastside — Thu, 03 May 2007 11:24:18 -0400

May be having an interview with GS Equity Research. Does anyone know the strongest research teams at Goldman?

Also, how does the Goldman research stack up to other firms?

JPMorgan Bonuses

uppereastside — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:48:11 -0400

I have heard that JP Morgan doesn't hand out bonuses for 2-3 years for associate and VP and up positions? Is anyone familiar with their process?

BrickBreaker

uppereastside — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:49:03 -0400

I keep getting stuck on Level 16 in BrickBreaker

Someone help me

Cowen Equity Research

uppereastside — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:16:21 -0400

What is the reputation of Cowen as a bank, and then their Equity Research?

Deal or no deal

uppereastside — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:50:37 -0400

Anyone know what the Banker on Deal or No Deal gets paid? What kind or culture and hours does he/she face?

What kind of school could I get into?

uppereastside — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:14:25 -0400

With this experience, what could I get into?

- 2 years Bulge Bracket Middle Office work
- 2 years boutique Investment Banking doing private placement offerings.
- CFA Charter
- 650 GMAT

- Middle of the road State Undergrad degree - 3.4 GPA
- Lots of volunteer work both here in NYC for the homeless, and also abroad during undergrad.

Based on the above, what are top places I would have