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Professional Athlete -> IB
I recently turned 24 years old and have no experience in finance and just began reading WSO again. I went to a non-target school and was pursing a high-finance role when, halfway through my freshman year of college, I decided to commit 100% to my dream: Being a major league baseball player. I was...
Getting started
hey guys, I am currently finishing high school and I have started reading quite a few books on investing and economics in general. I have been reading these books with no clear order on the topics. I would like to know what resources would you suggest that teach the basics of the market and teach me...
Schwab FCA to Other Financial Careers
Alright so I'm nearing the end of my undergraduate career, getting a BS in Economics, however my passion is to go somewhere in the financial industry. I currently have strong interest from Charles Schwab to enter their Financial Consultant Academy, but they have also offered their Associate...
Developing basic trading knowledge/skills (I'm a complete novice)
I'm a 26 yr-old professional, doing corporate strategy for a F500. I'm a very smart guy in most respects, but know pretty much nothing about trading , and don't follow the markets consistently, thus I've never invested my money in anything but my company's IRA plan (so mostly a generic 401K plan,...
Starting a Hedge/Private Equity/Investment Fund. Launching your own - How to start one successfully?
How does one usually do it successfully? Are most fairly experienced in the industry before they launch their own fund? How about contacts? Thanks.
2009 Starting Salary/ Bonuses
Now that most 1st year analysts have received their bonuses, lets recap on the year! What were starting salaries/ bonuses in 2009? So far, I've heard of Citadel (Trading): 100K base + 20K signing + 9K relocation + 40 K bonus Citi (S&T): 70 K base + 10k bonus That's all I know of........
Starting Salary?
I am finishing my Master's Degree and I have been interviewing at a privately held trading company. It is going well but I will be providing social science research to the CEO, not trading. No amount of research has given me any real indication of what the starting salary should be, but the HR rep...
Question about starting businesses
So I've been mowing other peoples' lawns for around 10 years now, not as a business, just for extra cash. Well now I have a son and instead of getting a job that's only gonna pay me minimum wage while giving me shit hours, I want to officially start a lawn care business for the summer (making...
Starting my education before university
Hi, I'm looking to go into the finance/economics field (not sure which exactly right now) and I'd like to start getting into the field and reading some stuff now, instead of waiting on university to learn stuff. Are there any books that would be good to start reading as a kind of introduction to the...
How did you guys do when you first started trading?
How did you guys do when you first started trading ? *i meant when you started trading your own money, probably not the right section but anyways...
Class of '09 MBA starting salary and bonus
Apparently these forums don't have much info on class of 09 MBA staring salaries/bonuses. Was wondering what offers people are getting in terms of staring salary, bonus, and other benefits across IBD , S&T and research.
How long will new bankers last?
I'm going to be starting full time in IBD this summer and I wanted to get a pulse of what people think regarding how long this year's new associates and analysts will last before more layoffs come. I'm going to UBS , but this discussion doesn't have to be bank specific. Thoughts?
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