Hi everyone, wanted to see if people have any recommendations for good books to read for those of us just starting out (I'll be in M&A).I have a few long flights coming up and thought it'd be a good time to learn more about the industry.
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Liars Poker. Won't help on the job or anything but it's a must read for anyone in finance imo
Fortune Favours the Drunk by Pete Stevenson gives a pretty good overview of life as an analyst/associate within top tier IB, ST and Infra PE. It's pretty funny too.
what is this book? actually cannot find anything abt it online
Turns out the dodgy pdf version I read a few months ago was some sort of advanced copy that's been doing the rounds. Looks like the legit version is fairly new on Amazon.
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