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| +1 | 3rd Annual Fantasy Football LeagueI'll keep this short. A Facebook group I run for finance professionals and self-directed investors (2,300+ members globally) is having its 3rd annual fantasy football leagues. First league is filled, second league is starting to fill. Hoping to do three this year. Buy-in: $100 Draft: snake Draft d... | 1 |
| +3 | How old is too old for analyst?How old is too old to be an analyst? 24? 25? 26? 27? older? People get their MBAs in their mid to high twenties so would there be a cutoff age?... | 7 |
| +9 | Have you ever been in a fight?If so, what happened? And did you learn anything (how much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight)?... | 30 |
| +3 | Networking FailHey Guys, I just went to a networking event yesterday and I failed to connect with anyone in a meaningful way. I just pretty much had some small talk with other people then we went our own way. I felt like i hard a hard time being interesting enough to make people want to stay. I noticed once or tw... | 7 |
| 0 | Capital punishmentIn my belief, America can achieve its full potential once everyone learns to let go of the post World War sentiments - political correctness, need for ostensible selflessness, fairness of outcome, independence, anti-monarchs/empires/colonies, and any other leftist bullshit. Take a look at Saudi Ara... | 8 |
| +6 | Thoughts on Robin Hood?Hey monkeys, I was recently reading about Robin Hood, a no-fee venture trading app valued at $1.3 billion, and was surprised. Apparently Robin Hood had been rejected by 75 venture capitalists before taking off. The idea came to the creators when [quote]It became clear to us that the smartphone w... | 32 |
| +12 | Political Views Ever Impact Workplace Relations?Right Wing, left wing, I ain't a bird, I really don't mind what my fellow friends or colleagues beliefs/views are etc.. as long as we can can work in harmony and we make a kickass good team it really shouldn't matter right? Have you guys had any instances where your colleagues' views on politics or ... | 37 |
| +3 | Moving to PortlandSo I'm moving to the Portland area and I'm a little nervous about it as I don't know anyone who lives there. I can't help but think maybe I should have gone to California, Texas, or NY. Any thoughts on Portland as a city and things to do there? Thanks. Also thoughts on Portland vs Seattle? There's... | 9 |
| +1 | Staying InformedHello everyone, I am very curious to know, what publications do you read daily, weekly, monthly ( newspaper, magazines, websites)? This is to stay informed of what's going on in the country, the world (politics, economics, finance, culture), about what investments to make? Just wanted to see how p... | 4 |
| +2 | Media unfairly labeling millenials?To be honest, I hate the term millenial. Sure, we're more likely to job hop and wait longer to settle down than the previous generation, but does anyone feel that the media misrepresents our views? The mainstream media paints the typical millennial as someone who's liberal, feels entitled, cares dee... | 5 |
| +1 | Companies to practice modellingHi, does anybody know which companies I should be looking at if I want to practice 3 statement modelling within a timeframe for interviews? I've heard retailers & restaurants are good options but not sure which ones to look at. Thanks. Found a sample test on mergers and inquisitions and did that. ... | 1 |
| +1 | Recommended maths and statistics online practice testsCan anyone recommend 20-30min maths (numerical) and statistics online practice tests? Do not have to be free. ... | 1 |
| +12 | What happens to the 4.0 GPA guy with no social skills?While reading this [3.9+ GPA BAD](https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/39-gpa-bad) thread I got to thinking: What happens to the graduate with a 4.0 gpa and no social skills? Academia? For those of you who are older and knew this type of person in college, what is he doing now?... | 31 |
| +9 | Acceptance rates at top universities in 2050The average acceptance rate for top 50 US school is now under 15%, this is crazy. What do you think it's going to look like 30 years from now ? Do you think the acceptance rate at Stanford is going to be under 1% ? ... | 30 |
| +4 | Student loan is depressingHello fellow monkeys~ How much student debt do you guys have and how much is your monthly payment? I have about 90k and paying 1000/mo, which is pretty depressing. Living off 60k salary doesnt help either... My question is.. is it worth consolidating your student loans for lower monthly payment? b... | 152 |
| +5 | STUDENT LOANS....I have to pay those back!?!Since I know there are some of you monkeys out there that aren't swinging pre-pubescent balls around, I am inquiring of you! What advice do you have for those students and myself who have graduated from college with a mountain of student loan debt? -- What payment plans have you experienced that... | 213 |
| +1 | Travelling MBA vs undergradTo those that have finished both undergrad and an MBA, during which did you travel more? Have only been to one or two places during college so far, so wondering if people do a lot of travelling during MBA.... | 1 |
| +2 | What exactly is a "credit mindset"Recently a lot of senior members of my firm have been emphasizing the value and importance of having a "credit mindset". There are so many sub-strategies to the credit umbrella and each with its own skill set (middle market direct lending, regulatory capital, litigation finance, traditional structur... | 6 |
| +1 | Juggling part-time work and studiesI’ve been struggling with my part-time job and my studies recently. We’re not really well-off to begin with. My college tuition is covered by my academic scholarship. I spend for the rest of my school needs (books, research papers, projects, etc). I don’t want to ask money from my parents sinc... | 1 |
| +1 | Traveling to Japan for a week. Any tips/suggestions/must sees? Hey Guys, Planning a trip to Japan in January. I will be there about 8 days. I don't know much about the country so any advice you can offer would be appreciated. Activities, things to eat, activities, etc. Thanks!... | 2 |
| +4 | Where do you get your newsCurious as to where everyone else gets their news from? Both for work and play For me it is BBC in the super early morning before work, then Bloomberg from when I'm in the office from 8ish. Love Vice for day to day stuff as well.... | 22 |
| +23 | Why are senior bankers so tall?I've noticed that directors and managing directors tend to be taller than average people When bankers get promoted, do they grow an extra inch or two? Is the added height included in senior bonus packages? Do PE guys get the same benefits, or do all the short bankers go there? Asking for a friend... | 29 |
| +1 | Barbarians at the Gate question...Recently finished reading Barbarians at the Gate and wondered why the debt issued to complete the LBO needed to be / was considered junk? Forstmann Little is described to have been highly opposed to using it, and I don’t understand why you couldn’t issue non-junk debt given the characteristics ... | 1 |
| +10 | Intellectual horsepower- is it born or can it be improved?As the title stated... curious to see your views on it and how to improve. Any books that’s helped you to improve on intellectual horsepower , see important things faster?... | 37 |
| +3 | Donald Trump vs. Lebron / Don LemonSo, Donald Trump started yet another (Twitter) beef, this time with Lebron and Don Lemon. Apparently, both are "dumb". This was Don Lemon's response: https://youtu.be/tzZGuFJTs1I [EDIT: tried to embed the video but don't really know how to. Moderators, please feel free to modify it to make it easi... | 25 |
| +2 | Data Source for Corporate Bankruptcies?Anyone know of a reliable data source for recent corporate bankruptcies in the US? Ideally need to be able to see data on revenue as well.... | 8 |
| +8 | How to verify if someone sketchy actually has an MBA from HBS?My mom told me my flyover state dumpy cesspool hometown hired this guy as "CFO" (so he's officially a public employee) and I believe he claims to have a Stanford masters in engineering and a Harvard MBA. He's only paid around 140K, seems really in over his head, and appears seriously dim when he spe... | 14 |
| +8 | What is the best way to deal with liberals/SJWs?NOTE: This doesn't apply to all liberals. I've met plenty of meaningful people so far who are educated, accomplished, yet aligned to the left. I still maintain strong relationships with many. My problem is the average poor liberal - the 28 year old gas station/7-eleven cashier, working part time, e... | 18 |
| +11 | How often do you visit your parents/call your parents?How often do you visit your parents? How often do you call your parents? I live at home with parents. ... | 25 |
| +3 | How Much Unemployment is Lack of Effort?In San Francisco a[ homeless man passed out his resume on a highway](https://www.thisisinsider.com/man-passes-out-resumes-on-highway-gets-job-offers-2018-7) and wound up receiving hundreds of offers. This got me wondering, how many people do you think are involuntarily unemployed because of a lack o... | 3 |
| +1 | PowerWhen I first read the book "The 48 Laws of Power", by Robert Greene, I was taken aback by its relevance to the world of finance and politics. I started noticing people using these tactics in real life (Many of who probably hadn't the slightest clue of what they were doing). I recently watched a Joe... | 1 |
| +1 | Unique Travel opportunities I’ve heard of a few jobs in finance where the person is relocated to different countries every other year, and I was wondering if there were and other unique travel opportunities in finance?... | 1 |
| +1 | Podcasts/Books relating to IBI thought I might make a master thread for different podcasts and books and other informational material people have found useful. I will include my list and I am sure many others will add to it. **Podcasts** -The Art of Charm -Built to Sell -Deal of the Week -Fully invested -Marketplace -Merger... | 3 |
| +6 | For bankers that have been around, is banking pay today really that good?There is an interesting piece in New York Mag from this weekend. It talks about the hole left in 2008 in the economy. The first movie in the Dark Knight trilogy aptly has a scene where Rachel Dawes takes Bruce Wayne underneath the highway, to the road in the dark, where poverty littered the sidewalk... | 21 |
| +7 | Commercial Banking forumCommercial banker here. I would love a commercial banking forum on WSO. There are a lot of intermixed comments on CB in the other forums because they don't have a home for them. I saw a thread topic from 2012 on the idea of starting a CB forum but it didn't get traction. What do you guys think? Are ... | 11 |
| +1 | Five Critical Responsibilities for Successful Project ManagementProject Manager is responsible for delivering the project with authority and responsibility from the Project Board to run it on a day-to-day basis and should undertake these five responsibilities. [Read more...](http://blog.microagility.com/five-critical-responsibilities-successful-project-manageme... | 1 |
| +1 | What does Investor Protection by Country entail?Countries like Singapore and New Zealand have high "Investor Protection" but what exactly does that mean? What is more protected compared to other countries?... | 3 |
| +1 | What is Appian?Appian is a BPM specialist vendor: its BPM products and services are its core focus. Appian focuses its efforts across government and commercial industry sectors, including retail, manufacturing, financial services, service providers, healthcare, and energy. Appian's BPM technology offering compri... | 1 |
| +12 | Do Interns have brain cells?I've heard so many different stories of outrageous things interns have done. Would like to hear some more stories of either yourself as an intern or interns you have worked with.... | 23 |
| +2 | Continue pursuing dentistry?I am going to try and keep this as concise as possible, sticking to several factors. I am a rising sophomore at a large state university in NC. I have been wanting to pursue healthcare my entire life, but more specifically gained interest in the field of dentistry a few years ago while shadowing in ... | 4 |
| +1 | Is there a real financial model out there with real examples used from a company financial reports 10-K 10Q?Is there any actual real-life example of a financial model with valuations other than WSP and BIWS. real life examples are way more complicated than what they offer in either course. I've been looking for ones with long cash flows to see how they reconcile the CF including discrepancies and other co... | 1 |
| +2 | McDonald's Monopoly ScamCame across this article about the mcdonalds monopoly game and thought it was pretty interesting. Basically a guy scammed the whole thing and all the top prizes were tied up between his friends and the mob. Give it a read if you'd like https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-an-ex-cop-rigged-mcdonalds-mon... | 1 |
| +1 | My EBITBRAH MugHi All, Recently bought a mug from (EBITBRAH dot com) as a joke for a colleague but they didn't provide shipping times to Canada. Any ideas? Thanks!... | 1 |
| +4 | What's your use of cryptocurrency?Hi guys! I was wondering what's your use of the acquired cryptocurrency is? Do you just buy and sell again to make money? Do you buy goods and products? Other purposes? Anyone uses crypto for travelling? Thanks for your answers!! ... | 24 |
| +2 | Travis Scott Drops Astroworld, Thoughts?Travis Scott dropped Astroworld last night and it's already topping the iTunes charts. Thought it was really good though a few people I've talked to thought it was too instrumental. What are WSO's thoughts/favorite songs?... | 18 |
| +2 | Baupost Jerk-Offerhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-07/they-gave-her-a-3-8-million-bonus-and-then-the-boot So this article alludes to a Baupost employee who was fired for "masturbating at his desk". Is this verifiable or crude sensationalism ? Did someone bright enough to break into one of the worlds ... | 4 |
| +3 | DJ D-Sol Goldman Sachs"After releasing his first single, a remix of Fleetwood Mac's 1977 hit "Don't Stop," in June, the track made its way to number 38 on the Billboard dance charts this week, fueled by appearances on at least three Spotify mixes including "Happy Summer Beats" and "Fresh Electronic." - Business Insider ... | 2 |
| +2 | Wealth Targets?What is your personal number in finance/business? How likely do you think that you will be able to achieve it?... | 6 |
| +2 | "Venture University" ProgramCame across this Venture University Program online https://www.venture.university/ Does anyone know anything about this or have any experience with it?... | 6 |
| +23 | How much do you give your parents per month?Title. How much of your salary do you contribute to your family? What percentage do you feel is a suitable number for someone starting work? ... | 66 |
| +3 | Getting up to speed on econometrics for macro analysis What advice would you give to a junior with a weak math background that needs to get up to speed on econometrics for macro analysis? What steps would you suggest? How long could it take to be semi useful? Thanks... | 6 |
| +2 | Journey to learn to be a better man Hello fellow community, I am going to join a company full time starting August 2019. Since I started college I never took any time of to travel or do any other activities besides internships and focusing on getting a decent job finished college. I now have around 6 months to travel and do anything... | 1 |
| +1 | Public Finance Summer Analyst Relocation Are summer analyst who apply for public finance positions at banks like Citigroup or Morgan Stanley, offered the same relocation package that summer analysts who do investment banking are offered?... | 1 |
| +1 | Finger Prints ran after offer??So I’ve seen quiet a few topics regarding background checks on here but none in my particular situation. I cleared a check and was granted a start date. I have a DWI but that’s all I have so it was all good to go. But apparently it’s this firms policy to run finger prints again just before th... | 1 |
| +15 | MGTOWLet's bring the crazy discussion over here. Just curious on the WSO community's thoughts. I'm wondering if this just doesn't apply as most finance bros already don't give a shit about what society (women and the whole rising matriarchal class) thinks. The MGTOWs view women as no longer adhering to ... | 26 |
| +1 | How much does trading system such as Bloomberg AIM cost roughly?I am doing some research as to the costs for those trading systems for a small hf ($100M). Anyone can share some rough estimates?... | 2 |
| +6 | How to afford buying an apartment in ManhattanHey guys - lt may be irrelevant but I am curious as to how people can afford to buy an apartment in Manhatten. Seems that a one-bedroom apartment costs at least 1 million. What kind of career path do you need to have in order to afford this? Would like to hear some thoughts on how the numbers work o... | 36 |
| +28 | Millennials Quitting High-Paying Jobs -- Ever Seriously Consider Quitting Yours?Article in NYPost today about how millennials are quitting high-paying jobs simply because the work is boring and the hours are too long (though one guy in the article complains about his "50 hour weeks"... guess he wasn't in finance). https://nypost.com/2018/07/25/millennials-are-bailing-on-their-... | 73 |
| +1 | Post-Employment Benefits Q'sIn what situations / what industries / what type of companies would you need to pay extra attention to pension plans? How often do you encounter defined benefit vs. contribution pension plans, and how applicable is a working knowledge on the subject, esp. in terms of accounting practices etc.? If... | 1 |
| +1 | how to Forecast the following on the balance sheet ?How do I forecast the following on the balance sheet **current assets:** -Due from related parties -Prepayments and other current assets **non-current assets:** -Long-term loan receivables -Land use rights -Intangible assets **Current liabilities:** -Salary and welfare payable -Short-term debt ... | 1 |
| +1 | how to create a financial modeling when Cash Flow Statement is not provided in 6-K form ?I've been trying to figure out how to create a financial model fro CTRIP, a Chinese company that is listed in the US. They report 6-k Forms and cash flow is missing. Depreciation is not included in the income statement. can someone help me figure this out? Symbol: CTRP... | 3 |
| +2 | Leveraged Buy Out QuestionsHey WSO, I honestly for the life of me can't figure out how to do a LBO. I've looked at guides and googled the topic on WSO. Guides teach you how to do it but imagine a DCF, its completely different explaining it during an IB interview compared to doing it. Could someone give a detailed explanatio... | 3 |
| +1 | How accountable should you be held for your subordinates' actions? (Urban Meyer)[Urban Meyer is on paid leave](https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/02/us/urban-meyer-ohio-state-university-assistant-zach-smith-abuse/index.html) while an investigation is being conducted to see how much he knew about a former assistant coach (assistant coach was recently fired after being charged with a mi... | 1 |
| +20 | Forego the Facial Hair?I’m not gonna lie – I’ve got a pretty sick beard. None of the scraggly B.S -- we’re talking thick, we’re talkin’ rich… like if Jack Dorsey and Bryce Harper and a baby that was a beard. (before, of course, Bryce shaved). But when I watch CNBC, other than the aforementioned Mr. ... | 46 |
| +5 | Weekly shit listThis thread is brought to you by the guy who saved a macro shortcut as ctrl + s in an excel sheet I was working on. I had been working for about 30 minutes when I tried to save. The macro referenced a workbook that wasn’t on my computer, so excel crashed and I lost 30 minutes of work. So frustrati... | 7 |
| +1 | CFA Society Prep Classes in SF Hi Monkeys, A coworker recommended the CFA society classes and I wanted to see if anyone here has an opinion on them. His biggest benefit was networking in addition to what he learned. Hit me! ... | 1 |
| +2 | WSO New York Happy Hour: Thursday, 8/2, 7:00pm, Slattery's Midtown PubDog days of August are almost here...join us at Slattery's Midtown Pub after work for drinks and socializing. 21+ only, please. You can RSVP [here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XzPRRIGi2rpexsJyN-ivlhmP1auId-a_qf1E_wpeBOc). Date/Time: Thursday, 8/2, @ 7:00pm How to find the group: Mention "WSO... | 4 |
| +1 | New Regulation/News/Trends that will affect how banks view riskCould somebody advise on some recent news that would affect a bank's risk division, and why this would happen?... | 4 |
| +2 | What Is the Future for London Banking? I just read an article by CNN about Deutsche Bank moving its euro clearing activity from its London office to Frankfurt. [quote] Germany's largest lender confirmed Monday that it has moved "a large part" of its euro clearing activity from London to Frankfurt. The bank declined to specify how much ... | 1 |
| +1 | FINRA qualification? Require or not?I would like to enter a career path which is more focus on **sales & trading / client facing career**. Does having a qualification in FINRA series exam get me in more easily? As from its website, I saw that after 1st Oct 2018, the exam is open for everyone above 18. And would like to know which ser... | 1 |
| +78 | "I can't stand interns who __________"Pretty self-explanatory: just looking for traits/habits/characteristics of interns that really piss you off and might preclude them from getting a FT offer. ... | 80 |
| +1 | Can we export an object from IDQ to Powercenter tool. if yes then how?Yes, we can export an object from[ IDQ to Powercenter tool. Connect to Repositary Service Locate your Project Folder in Developer tool Expand Mapping tab Choose your mapping(Needs to be exported) Expand Informatica Folder Click Object Export File Locate under your project folder select the Mapping/... | 1 |
| +88 | Burnout / Life ChoicesMod Note (Andy): make sure to see the top comment below by user APAE All, Created a burner account here to talk about burnout and life choices. For reference, I went to a semi-target, did 2 years at a BB/EB, and have finished up ~1 year in PE. In between, I took a prolonged summer gap - left th... | 87 |
| +1 | Wall Street Oasis SEO Interns Needed NOWJuly 13, 2016 -- We are currently adding interns into a different research related project. If you were planning on applying to this internship - please email me directly at Andy at wallstreetoasis.com. Thanks!! ---- Wall Street Oasis is looking for several hard working individuals to join our in... | 56 |
| +1 | How to display CAGR for a seasonal business?If you're computing CAGR and you have say the last twelve months, but the business makes most sales in two quarters every year, does that affect computation of CAGR? How would you go about calculating based on a business with seasonal fluctuations?... | 1 |
| +1 | Costa Rica - Recommendations?Title says it all. I'm heading to Costa Rica at the beginning of October and would love some recommendations of places to go and see and things to do/ avoid? Thanks in advance! ... | 2 |
| +61 | Refusing to Party with Boss -- Bad Move?I have a friend who’s doing a summer internship at a bank (not BB, but a smaller place). His boss invited a bunch of the employees on his boat July 4th and all was good… until the boss broke out the Old School joint and started getting high. The joint went around the group, and every employe... | 89 |
| +1 | Clean Energy Finance Investing Job/Bootcamp???**Hi, I am a rising senior in high school** Interested in: Investing, Renewable energy application in developing nations. I am currently doing a financial modeling class from the Investment Banking Institute, and am looking for something clean energy related (i specifically want something in the E... | 3 |
| +52 | work/life balance >>>>>> $$$. also i resent my asian parentsi resent my tiger, helicopter asian parents. they were basically amy chua. i had no fucking life growing up. no video games. barely any friends. no TV. all i did was school, academics, etc., after school academics, violin, etc. fucking horseshit. all my parents cared about was GPA, how well I did on... | 43 |
| +12 | Walked in on Boss While on ToiletMy cousin had a big interview at a BB bank, so naturally, five minutes before the interview he wanted to "fully empty himself," as he says. So he goes to the bathroom and walked into a stall to find a guy sitting on the toilet (lock was broken). They locked eyes for 3 very long and awkward seconds... | 26 |
| +95 | What is the best career advice you ever received, and from whom?Patrick surprised me by getting a site feature implemented within 36 hours of its suggestion (context [here](https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/is-wso-serving-its-purpose-still?page=0#comment-1644284)). I want to test out the new feature where only Certified Users can respond, so I took a momen... | 101 |
| +1 | Public v. Private investingWould love to hear from those in the WSO community, who've worked in either private (PE, VC, etc) or public (HF, AM, etc) investing, about what generally makes someone a more natural fit for one of these? I.e. - you'd be a better fit for public if you enjoy the markets, don't mind the stress associ... | 1 |
| +4 | Any Interest in Machine Learning Content?Hi All, I am practically finished with my 3rd analyst year in a top debt shop and am taking time off to work on some personal projects. In an attempt to stand out during my tour of duty, I got into python / data science / machine learning and patented two algorithms, one of which is my firm's first... | 18 |
| +1 | I need help organizing an event I'm unfamiliar withI recently got hired as an event manager for a foreign company and one of the events they assigned to me is an upcoming Latin foreign affair meetup. Despite my three years worth of experience working in the industry, I’ve never handled such an event before. To other professional event planners out... | 1 |
| +3 | Who has the best shot at becoming Skynet? We all know the Tech powerhouses: Amazon, Google, FaceBook, Apple, etc. Which of them are in a position to emulate Terminator's Skynet? If you asked me 2 years ago, I would have said Google, without a moment's thought. The answer seemed simple, they have data on everyone, everywhere, and everythi... | 12 |
| +7 | Enough is enough. What is the best coffee?I've been hearing all sorts of different brands being thrown out there talking about the best coffee. The usual Starbucks, Dunkin, etc. Which do you guys think is best to get your morning started?... | 42 |
| +69 | Mexico ---> illegally entering US ---> VP @ GSSurely I'm not the only one here who watches Tucker... Did anyone else see the girl he had on who was an illegal immigrant who became a VP at GS? ... | 192 |
| +5 | Best Place to Smoke Cigars in NYC?Hey Monkeys Just moved to the Big Apple and looking for a spot to smoke a stogie and meet cool people. Been going to Casa de Montecristo's every Friday due to their awesome BYOB policy and bumping DJ. Probably going to check out Carnegie Club here pretty soon. Any recommendations on spots to smoke... | 29 |
| +4 | DJ D-SolAlright guys as a WSO community how do we feel about the legend himself DJ D-Sol climbing on the Billboard charts.... | 6 |
| +2 | "I Can't Stand Bosses Who _________"This is a flip on last week's discussion, where the higher-ups vented about the interns... Now, for all you interns/analysts/associates (or, hell, I guess even VPs)... what does your boss do that just drives you f'in nuts? ... | 3 |
| +1 | Ever work with someone who got busted by a regulatory agency?If so, what was he doing? Insider trading? Misrepresenting to clients how much he paid for bonds? Market manipulation? I wonder how common it is.... | 1 |
| +8 | Poker as Side Hustledo you know people or have friends who have full time jobs and play poker as a side hustle? have they seen success in this? do any of you guys personally do it? ... | 48 |
| +1 | Selling t shirts on Tee Spring?Anyone out here sell t shirts on teespring and make any money off it? All you do is upload a design and they produce the shirts for you once someone orders. Their cost for the shirt is around $11 so not a bad deal for someone starting out. I made a couple shirts last night, but need to start marketi... | 8 |
| +5 | The Juul Phenomenon: How many people you know are using it?Was browsing the finance meme accounts on instagram and noticing that a majority of the posts/stories involve Juuls. How common is their usage really in finance? Do your coworkers actually use it - and were they cigarette smokers before they started vaping?... | 29 |
| +1 | Including returns from reinvested project's net cash flows in the DCF analysisI perform several DCF analysis daily and have to make analysis aligned to my company's investment analysis proceeds. There is a rule that returns from reinvestment of exceeding cash flows should not be part of a DCF analysis. From my own research on this subject I found out that it is probably relat... | 1 |
| +21 | How to not be racist.First, this is not click-bait or trolling. I'm dead serious. I grew up in a rural Northern town with basically all white people. I subscribed to not judging people by the color of their skin, religion, or ethnicity. Overall it was like the sleepy little town of Mayberry mixed with Bedford Falls.... | 58 |
| +8 | How did you handle moving to an unfamiliar city (not NYC)?Lateraled into IB from a non-IB job and I consider myself very lucky. Excited about the the new opportunity, but I am becoming more and more nervous about the move to a big city (Chicago, LA, Houston) where I don't have any close friends. Additionally, it's a fairly small office, so I won't have the... | 18 |
| +1 | How to create a market regime indicatorHello I want to ask whether anyone could lead me in an in-depth way on how to create a market regime indicator. Let me explain by what I mean: 1) Most investment banks have their views say on whether you should overweight US, EU, Equity, Fixed Income etc.. I practically want to do the same with a l... | 1 |
| +24 | If you had to start your life over again, what would you change? What you would change and what advices you would give to a 20 years old kid to be successful in life does not matter if it's in finance or another field!... | 48 |
| +9 | The Crowned Juul: Disruption in Big TobaccoTLDR: Big tobacco has a non-consumer experience problem, and I think Juul solved it Full disclosure: I've had phases of smoking cigarettes and vaporizers from time to time (not currently) and have NEVER owned a Juul although I have used one before. I am also not saying Juul is the only winner in th... | 11 |