High School Investor Wanting to do more
Hello fellow financiers,
I'm a 15-year old high school student residing in Portland, Oregon who is looking to get started in the world of finance. Ever since a young age, I've watched the Nightly Business report, read the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Forbes. and I want to get some first-hand experience in corporate finance to help me get ahead.
I have heard that it is unlikely and hard to get any sort of internship at this age, however, I have a dedicated passion and will not quit until I am able to find one. I would truly appreciate some help on where I may potentially receive an internship?
What advice would you guys give me if I want to approach them about potential paid or unpaid internships? Either Work for me
Thanks!
Focus on SATs and school rather than trying to find an internship.
You're 15. Just focus on getting into a target and you'll be fine. There's literally no point looking for an internship this early, and no one will hire you anyway.
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just focus on school- if u really want an internship u can probably find one with your state senator which might be cool? or in code development, always nice to try something new
other than that, just enjoy your summer, you can self study stuff and all..
if you're still dead set on finance then i suppose you can cold email/call all of the AM/PMW/Companies near you and see if theyd take you on as an unpaid intern over the summer or something like that, but i dont know if it would do much..
Tips for a high schooler interested in investing? (Originally Posted: 08/22/2016)
Im really interested in learning more about finance and investing. What are some things I can do to practice and just improve my skills over the years? Any book you reccomend picking up that shoudlnt be too hard for someone with not that much experience? I want to get into ib after college and eventually hf or pe
Plastics.
Hey mate, I'm in high school and I've invested my own money for nearly a year now. I've made fuck all but I've learnt a lot about trading and how I need to discipline my self if I want to make good trades. You've also gotta remember that if you want to go into Hedge Funds, Equity research/AM roles if possible , it most probably will be the best way to get into the buyside. If you want PE, IB would most likely be your best bet!
I understand were your coming from but you've still gotta plenty of time to make choices about careers and colleges and I would say maybe invest your own money or read some books like Market Wizards. I have learnt a lot from them. Hope this helped!
Ya I'm definitely interested in investing my own money. but I just don't know where to start and don't want to lose all my savings.
Read -all the Michael Lewish books -Nassim Taleb -Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
then, watch the Mark Fisher videos (there are 6 on youtube)...then watch the PTJ documentary "Trader" from 1987.
Then open a trading account and start trading as actively as you can...every day, multiple times a day, for the next 2 years.
Ok also when you say trading do you mean just like buy certain stocks and let it sit until I decide to do something. I'm kinda worried about losing a lot tho. Will these books and video help me analyze stuff and actually know what I am doing instead of random buys Y
'fellow' financiers? you're 15, focus on getting into a good school.
dude... you're 15 years old. worry about getting into a good school and a hot prom date. No need to be worrying about internships right now.
Ah to be 15 again... you are in a fine position because while there is no chance you're getting an internship or any finance experience at this age, you could do something far more productive that will adequately set up your finance careers for years.
You see here, even though you sound like a straight goober ("hello fellow financiers" ... bruh whut), with a little character modification and grit, there is something to be done here. You are fortunate enough to be living in Portland, an area with at least some wealth, and despite not being a major financial hub, there certainly must be at least one hedge fund, PE, investment bank branch, etc in your area. Now these firms have powerful senior employees (MD's, Partners, etc..) that are fathers, fathers who specifically probably have 14-18 year old daughters. Daughters that are ripe for the picking. Do some research, and find out which of these girls you go to school with / do some other activity with. Woo them, date them, hang on to them for dear life. When you're a Sophomore in college, a sad sack of sh!t no less for having not been able to partake in some of the, err, more involved "extracurriculars" that some of you male peers have because they are not in 4+ year committed relationships, you will have something they don't have. A dope ass internship swindled from your GF's father like a baby with an ice-cream cone on the doc pier late in a late mid august night.
I had a friend who interned at a hedge fund after his junior year in hs I believe. Know someone is the best answer.
Idk man, I know a guy who knows a guy who's brother was a 13.5 year old high school investor with Goldman SA experience. You gotta grind harder
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