So i'm trying to come up with some ideas for to apply for another independent study for either the fall or spring semester. I'm interested in IB and S&T the most and was wondering if i could get some opinions from guys in the field on what i should be looking to research. Basically, i'm just asking what people working in IB or S&T think are topics that translate well to what they do in the real world.
Thanks a lot guys
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Study a language. Far more rewarding!
Not rewarding to my bank account. Seriously, what types of things should i be looking into to help show that i'm serious about finance and would be useful on my resume.
What year in school are you? What is your major? What finance experience do you already have? How is studying a language "not rewarding to Your bank acount" compared to doing some random independent study? Perhaps if you told us a little more about yourself, you could get some decent advice.
I'm a senior, Economics and Finance double major. I'm done with my econ major and have a few classes left in finance. I'm also nearly fluent in Russian in regards to the language requirement, but i was just making a joke. The guy was clearly being sarcastic so i gave what i thought was an appropriate response, sorry if it came off as anything else. So far i've taken corp finance, advanced topics, current market strategies, m &a's, and derivative markets. Again, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm planning on doing breaking into wall street course, but for now i'm looking for ideas for an independent study. Maybe i was too vague in my original post, but at my school you can do an independent research study for a class credit. So with that in mind, anyone have any ideas ( a general topic) that i can narrow in and focus in depth enough to get a semesters worth of research out of?
Were all your Econ classes all theory or did you have any application classes? Econ was one of my majors and my favorite class was "Law and Economics" where we basically went through property, contract, tort etc. law and analyzed cases and ideas from and economic perspective, there was a good amount of interesting game theory. And the professor a super cool dude.
I think writing about something with a real-life application and something somewhat tangible that you can analyze with econ theory should easily provide a semester's worth of work. Pure theory stuff like the Solow model and Stackelberg games have been pretty much thought out and would be hard to expand upon unless you're a PhD.
olafenizer, thanks for the input but again i might need to clarify more. Unlike a lot of schools, econmics and finance are two different majors at my school. I'm already finished up with my Econ major so i can't do an independent study in Econ ( i wish i could). There's a ton of stuff i find more interesting than what i learned in some of my elective classes and if i could go back in time I absolutely would have pursued them. I agree about the real-life application part though, thats kind of what i'm looking for. I've recently gotten really interested in institutional sales and would like to do some sort of application into sales analysis.
I did skew my response too far in the econ direction. Econ and Finance are separate majors here as well, but a number of the courses are cross-listed so you could take them as either, but that's neither here nor there.
I'm not really a sales and trading guy, so I can't help you much there, sorry. Have you done any internships that were related to what you want to cover? If you've kept in contact, hit up one of the guys you know at the firm and ask them if they have any ideas.
I actually had a good networking session with an alum (actually 2 of them work on the same desk) and e-mailed him earlier tonight about this same idea. I was just trying to get some other perspectives, buy side is always in demand and demonstrating and understanding of who you're working with can only be helpful. At this point i think I-Banking is a real long shot ,but ultimately is what i would prefer to do if given the choice so i'm up for suggestions there as well (not asking you directly). Kind of off the topic, why the hell are you up so late man? i thought i was the only one haha
What's up late for you is middle of the afternoon for me ha, I'm 12 hours ahead of the eastern time zone.
Hong Kong?
Beijing
afternoon in Beijing sounds a lot better than 5 AM in Pennsylvania pulling an all nighter to write a BS 15 page paper for my summer religion class / research for my BS management class.....haha. Luckily sites like WSO exist so i can feel somewhat productive with my procrastination
Help me think of an independent study that links to my PWM internship - Work authorization (Originally Posted: 05/26/2011)
Hey guys,
So basically, I recently learned that I need work authorization to work in Merrill PWM unpaid this summer. the only way to get this is to apply for a CPT, which requires me to do an independent study in the fall. I need these three things:
So, I am basically forced to do an independent study in the fall.
And the thing is, I actually really want to do one on the new laws in Myanmar and how it affects trade/economics/etc. (My major is econs). The problem is, I am not sure if it relates. Do you guys think I can somehow link this PWM internship to my independent study on Myanmar in the fall? How could I possibly do so?
If this is not possible, what are some interesting topics I may be able to do that links to PWM? I was thinking international capital flows and rising numbers of rich in asia, and how this new capital into asia will affect wealth management products.
I would highly appreciate some advice!
the study of myopic views on the market amidst the backdrop of chaotic macro thematics.
How do business schools view "independent study" on transcripts? (Originally Posted: 10/26/2010)
I'm just curious about this. I will be doing independent research next semester, and am wondering whether business schools looks favorably/unfavorably upon it, or whether they even care.
i really dont think its a huge deal?
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