New FT Rankings

steady state — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:53:41 -0500

The FT rankings just came out, which are a bit more quantitative in their approach (rely more on both 1st year graduate salaries and long-term average salaries of alumni, etc.).

1. Wharton
2. Columbia
3. Harvard
4. Stanford
5. London
6. Chicago
7. Insead
8. NYU
9. Tuck
10.Yale

http://rankings.ft.com/rankings/mba/rankings.html

Visual Basic

steady state — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:30:01 -0500

I'm going to work in structured finance after finishing up b-school this year, and I'm wondering if it's at all worthwhile to learn Visual Basic. Any financial engineers or others out there who know this software? Is it useful? Is it ever needed in structuring jobs on wall st?

Product groups vs Industry Groups

steady state — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:35:00 -0400

Does anyone know if there's a difference between the compensation for people who work in product groups vs industry/coverage groups? And if so, about how much?

CFA

steady state — Fri, 26 May 2006 14:36:42 -0400

Anyone take/pass the CFA? I'm currently studying for Level 1 and I'm really running out of steam. It's a massive amount of material and at this point I'm ready to just take the thing--after 6 months of studying I can't study anymore. Anyone else in my boat? Hints, suggestions, tips?