Weekly Wrap-Up: 10/13-10/19

In case you missed them, here are some of the hottest topics of this past week:

Time To Respect The MSF: Top Five MSF Myths Debunked

Whenever I read about the MSF on WSO I often see people commenting on it that have no idea what they are talking about. So I wanted to write this blog post to clear up some myths...

Avoiding The Marriage Zone

What is The Marriage Zone? I'm glad you asked...

Wanna Jump Straight to the Buy Side?

Wait a second... wouldn't the quickest route to the buy side be... starting on the buy side? Or was I missing something?...

Vikram Pandit Resigned??

FrontPage of the WSJ. Article says nobody saw this coming. His resignation is effective immediately. Wtf?...

High Finance: Still the Famed "Road to Riches" it Once Was?

We all know of this famed path to riches and success. But is it now, and will it ever be, what it once was?...

"You ain't getting that job" -three major VCs & a Harvard Prof

My appetite for knowledge changes with the seasons, and as fall rolls into a full-blown depression mixed with an unstoppable force of hormonal surges, I have sunk my inexplicable desire for information into my new subject of obsession: Vee Cee...

Job of the week:
Corporate Finance Strategy

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//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/the-why-credit-suisse-question
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/former-goldman-smokeshow-killing-it-as-webpreneur...
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/academic-overachiever-junkie-or-role-model

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