Feb 18, 2013

Hot/Important topics in finance

What are some hot/important topics in finance about which one should know before appearing for an investment banking job interview?
Examples could be 2008 financial crisis, European debt crisis, FCCB.

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awawgoian

13y

fiscal cliff came up, but that's probably out by now

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ricky212

13y

europe

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Because when you're in a room full of smart people, smart suddenly doesn't matter—interesting is what matters.

TakeItToTheBank26

13y

I got asked about future drivers of the equities market, considering the recent rallies of the Dow and S&P

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"Money is a scoreboard where you can rank how you're doing against other people." -Mark Cuban

Cruncharoo

13y

rising interest rates

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This to all my hatin' folks seeing me getting guac right now..

Durden

13y

I was asked about interest rates and (US) monetary policy

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FinGenie

13y

Hey guys

Topics suggested so far

2008 financial crisis, European debt crisis, FCCB US fiscal cliff Interest rates and (US) monetary policy Future drivers of the equities market Rising interest rates

Please add few more topics

I suggest that everyone add 2-3 topic. We will have a long list by the end of the day.

Thanks

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FinGenie

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