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| +40 | Guys, seriously stop asking for Hirevue questions quantgrunt It seems to be every other post on the <abbr title="summer analyst intern">SA</abbr> threads and every other thread in this forum is begging for hirevue questions. You all need to stop. Like seriously there aren't many things that are more beta than being frightened to... | 23 |
| +31 | Yeezy raking in 1.5 billion....... Kanye is always growing isa2130953 Air Jordan's do about 3 billion annually and I was shocked to see Yeezys are already half way there. Lots of people hate Kanye West and he has given people reasons. From saying "George Bush hates black people" on national television, to supporting MAGA and getting hated all... | 57 |
| +22 | Investment Banking bad for your health? Roadrunna I'm a bit of a health nut (workout 5x a week, track meals, etc..). Will working in <abbr title="investment banking">IB</abbr> affect that? Have the long hours cut into your exercise habits and/or eating habits? If so, how can one mitigate that? - A future banker... | 32 |
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| +29 | Nonlinear Career Tracks - Anyone on one? Venturepapi This post is for the nonlinear career trotters - All the paper perfect ivys to <abbr title="investment banking">IB</abbr> or Consulting can skip this thread unless you have some value to provide. But to the nonlinear career trotters, curious what your trajectories have... | 48 |
| +1 | How would you find out how much debt is needed to fund this reorganization? jaanders So I'm working with a foreign <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> firm, they opened a US subsidiary to acquire land in the Permian basin to eventually build a pipeline and perform some E&P. They currently operate through 2 separate subsidiaries, Sub A and Sub... | 2 |
| +1 | Need some Urgent Advice. Job offer Pending!!! Raptorfan Hi there, I am a commerce graduate working in a back office role. I started as an intern in Fund Accounting and have been promoted to a senior in two years. I have been applying for other roles in the industry and recently got an offer from a investment consulting firm (say Aksia or... | 1 |
| +8 | Job Hopping Monkeys in Banking B2Banker I've been seeing lots of articles being written on millennials as job hoppers with writers praising and condemning frequent job changes. I consider myself to be on the aggressive side in regards to not putting up with a job that is not a good fit but would still stick it out for a year+... | 15 |
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| +6 | The future of capitalism and high finance jobs quantgrunt In a stunning article https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/05/democracies-are-on-track-to-lose-their-global-economic-dominance.html makes the point through research that democracies and capitalism as a whole is losing out to the authoritarian governments. What do you think is the future of global... | 12 |
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| +2 | sell side vs. buy side process thrwaway1223334444 While I understand that a buy-side transaction tends to have more valuation work and modeling (whereas a sell-side mandate has more 'qualitative' work - drafting <abbr title="confidential information memorandums">CIMs</abbr>, meeting with buyers, etc.) can anybody... | 3 |
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| +2 | Residential real estate: Secondary marketing / capital markets growth opportunity? Exit? resiloantrader I haven't seen any posts regarding secondary marketing and capital markets in residential real estate and wondered if there any people here in my line of work. I've been in secondary marketing / capital markets for the past couple of years at a small residential lending company.... | 3 |
| +1 | Buy-side Fixed Income vs. Tier2 Management Consulting hightechmonkey Hi guys, I am wavering between my current job and an entry-level Tier2 management consulting <abbr title="full time">FT</abbr> position in Asia. The reason I got the consulting position is I did not really see myself go the way down becoming a credit research analyst/PM... | 1 |
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| +1 | GMAT Score on Resume for on-cycle PE recruiting michael_milkman I am an incoming <abbr title="investment banking division">IBD</abbr> analyst at a top <abbr title="bulge bracket">BB</abbr> group looking to recruit on-cycle this fall. Currently have my SAT score (2350+) listed on my resume. I recently scored a 740... | 2 |
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| +32 | Here are the Target Undergraduate Schools in Canada thefinancekid **EDIT**: Changed rankings to place Ivey in 1st place instead of UBC Sauder PMF as people I've talked to think it's unfair to compare the top 7 kids at Sauder to entire schools. And, to be fair, the top 7 kids at Ivey/QC place comparably to Sauder PMF kids and Sauder as an entire... | 85 |
| +6 | "You work too much!!!!" quantgrunt Considering the hours of <abbr title="investment banking">IB</abbr> has a spouse, friend, family member ever told you this? How many hours were you putting in at the time? How do you respond to such a question? | 4 |
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| +1 | Accepted and signed conditional PE offer - when to resign from current job? F1_button Hi All, When is an appropriate/acceptable time to resign from your current employer following accepting and signing for a new job offer? Before or after all the conditions in the offer letter have been met? What would be considereded "industry standard", i.e. what expectations would... | 4 |
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| +13 | AMA - FP&A Manager JShloe I recently made the move from public accounting as a senior business valuation / audit associate to an FP&A Manager role at a public FinTech Company. <h4>Bit of background:</h4> <ul> <li>BA in Acct from non-target school</li> <li>MA in Acct same... | 17 |
| +2 | Cowen HC/Biotech thoughts? tgn005 Seems like Cowen’s HC and Biotech groups are killing it in deal flow. Anyone have any experience with them and have any thoughts on how they stack up against other groups in terms of deal flow/exit ops/culture? | 3 |
| +1 | Best way to to network if you don't have many alums from your school? adc0035 I am currently a rising junior from a non-target and don't have many alums to network with. I wanted to know the best way to network with people from reputable firms to get them on the phone? Additionally, I want to take a trip to New York after I have networked with several people so that... | 3 |
| +1 | Seeking advice on how to network with non-alum and industry professionals in Canada, ESP TORONTO Browniee I am attending UBC Sauder and have been consistently trying to be optimistic about breaking into <abbr title="Sales and Trading">S&T</abbr> career, intending to move to Toronto as soon as I'm done with school. I got into the AEO Program at IVEY but I was unsure of... | 1 |
| +1 | Will passing the EIA as a college student make me stand out to WM firms? Mook13 I am currently a sophomore at a semi-target school pursing WM. I know that the SIE exam can be taken without sponsorship from a bank, unlike the series 7 and 66 exams. From those I have talked to thus far who work in WM at <abbr title="bulge bracket">BB</abbr> banks the... | 2 |
| +9 | THE END OF THE FOURTH REICH: Is Deutsche Bank DEAD? Lloyd BIankfein Deutsche Bank is [CUTTING 18,000 JOBS](https://www.businessinsider.com/the-latest-deutsche-bank-to-slash-18000-jobs-in-reshuffle-2019-7) and exiting S&T. Is Deutsche Bank going to be the next BEAR STEARNS? Will they go belly up like a harpooned PLUS SIZE MODEL? | 9 |
| +15 | Failed Real Estate Acq Assoc Candidate Case Study Lowdoggo I recently sat for a second round interview for the role above with a very large US-based developer's London office. It was shortly followed by the recruiter "expediating the process" by sending me a case study that they have all of their hires do. I returned my product and... | 25 |
| +2 | Freshman, Second Internship: Business Analytics at healthcare business vs Investment Consulting Younghoon Dear, I'm a freshman studying at a non-target. I'm an international student from Korea, and pursuing finance industry, hopefully <abbr title="investment banking">IB</abbr>, <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr>, or management... | 7 |
| +50 | AMA: Investment Banking Intern Season monkeyking722 It's that time of the year again... Intern Season <h4>My background</h4> Graduated from a semi-target. Networked my way into banking and was lucky enough to secure an <abbr title="investment banking">IB</abbr> internship my sophomore year. Returned for... | 72 |
| +1 | Financial Model Tutoring ThatOtherGuy I always considered my real strength in modeling to be dumbing down financial concepts and educating non-finance people how to understand the models they're looking at. Because of that I've been contemplating the idea of tutoring students aspiring for careers in finance but I'm... | 1 |
| +1 | What is a typical comp structure doing originations for a private debt fund? egold70 The debt fund in particular does about $400MM per year in originations, roughly 65% residential and 35% commercial properties. Average loan size is $3-4MM. My background is 15+ years acquisitions/asset management for primarily institutional capital. Is there a typical formula for how... | 2 |
| +8 | Have any of you changed since doing finance or going to an Ivy League school? KDISABITCHHHHH Okay so I grew up pretty wealthy in the midwest. I used to be a person who treated everyone with respect and was not superficial by any means. However, when I got to college(a target ivy), I noticed a change when I started hanging out with students who were quote on quote, "fuck you... | 13 |
| +4 | 2nd Year MbA Recruiting MitchMitchell Hey guys, I currently go to a top 15 business school. I recruited for banking in the fall, but struck out(2 Superdays, 3 more first rounds). Is there any market for a second chance at recruiting ala consulting or am I finished? Your responses are greatly appreciated. | 6 |
| +1 | When do job markets tend to recover from recessions? basicallymonky As a Gen Z, have 0 knowledge on job markets of the past. And after reading a lot of posts and comments here from 2010-2012 talking about the job market being shit then, I wondered how long it usually takes for the job market to recover to pre-recession levels. I know it's case dependent... | 2 |
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| +67 | Weirdest thing you have seen a Co- Worker obsessed with? PeRmAnEnTiNtErN I knew this guy who was obsessed with Taylor Swift. He had 2 premium memberships to her fan club, always gets front row tickets, and I'm pretty sure he has the most Taylor stuff I have ever seen. Got any co-workers who are obsessed with something that's just weird or is their... | 101 |
| +1 | RCP Advisors Info shortvix629 I've been looking into <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> jobs at lower middle market firms, was wondering what the starting analyst salary is for firms such as RCP advisors and what the possible exits opps are?? Would it be better for long-term career to go to... | 1 |
| +3 | EV/EBIT is > EV/EBITDA Spike Spiegel Everyone is familiar with the classic P/E vs. <abbr title="enterprise value">EV</abbr>/<abbr title="earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortization">EBITDA</abbr> debate, but I think most people find it pretty straightforward. Most people... | 5 |
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| +1 | Which markets are better than others for investment sales? realestatenewbie7 For those of you in investment sales, which are the best markets to get into? Which are the worse? Is it true that net lease sales are a joke? | 1 |
| +2 | Project IRR & Hurdle Calculations KClubs There is a project. We have some cashflows. We know how long it takes. We can find an <abbr title="internal rate of return">IRR</abbr> for this project. This project has some performance incentives involved. If the <abbr title="internal rate of... | 2 |
| +3 | How do I break in? What are the realities? Low GPA, Non-Target. thomasmnewman96 Hi Monkeys I don't know if <abbr title="investment banking">IB</abbr> is the right forum but I had to start somewhere. Long story short I'm wondering my prospects and some guidance. I used to live in New York as a kid so I want to move back. Academically... | 10 |
| +6 | Best Biotech Groups? tgn005 There was a thread posted on this a couple of years ago, but I wanted to see if there were any new insights about the top players in the HC biotech space. Doesn't really seem like <abbr title="bulge brackets">BBs</abbr> really specialize in this area, and the sector... | 11 |
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| +2 | Sleds for Women emoney What’s a good pair of sleds for women? I know there are some tiers below Gucci and Ferragamo for men like Jay Butler and was wondering if there were good brands for women. | 6 |
| +51 | The Banker's Guide to Watches The Pharma Guy Slow bank holiday night, so I figured I would go into this. After having followed watch brand for some years and having had countless conversation with fellow consultants and banking friends about why you don't spend your first bonus on a fucking mixed steel-gold submariner, I figured a... | 261 |
| +1 | Need Advice - Recruiting LeveragedBlackouts As stated above, need advice. Current non-target, rising junior. Signed an <abbr title="summer analyst intern">SA</abbr> offer with one of the following (EVR/LAZ/MOE/PJT) for 2020. Got reached out to within the past week from a <abbr title="middle... | 2 |
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| +3 | I wanna learn how to model JohnGutfreund Hello <abbr title="Wall Street Oasis">WSO</abbr>, I am just finishing up my freshman summer and I want to start to learn model. These skills could help me prove my commitment in an interview and will also be very valuable as a <abbr title="summer analyst... | 5 |
| +1 | Typical Deal Structures/Return Expectations for Ground Up Development? aguaskier Hello all, I just graduated and have started working at a small developer (operating approx 300 beds only in our local market) that focuses primarily on student housing/multifamily. As we look to new markets, I've been doing research on typical deal structures and LP expectations for... | 1 |
| +3 | Do most RE firms have compliance departments? Swedish_1 I'm asking because I used to work at a LifeCo that required us to preclear every single trade we made. It was massively annoying to do so because it was a whole process to do it. I now work in a development office that doesn't have a compliance department, so I'm able to freesling... | 7 |
| +19 | AMA: Big4 Consulting to Private Equity, now M7 MBA VincentGambini <h4>About me</h4> <li>Top 20 Undergrad with GPA ~3.0 in Economics</li> <li>Big 4 Consulting ~2 years (Not an <abbr title="mergers and acquisitions">M&A</abbr> diligence group, classic S&O)</li> <li><abbr... | 26 |
| +3 | Whats going on at Deutsche Bank, and how will incoming analysts be affected? Curious DB Monkey So... Incoming full-time analyst in the Equities group at <abbr title="Deutsche Bank">DB</abbr>. Didn't think this was going to happen when as a Sales and Trading Summer Analyst I accepted the full-time role as I didn't want to deal with recruitment again, but... | 7 |
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| +1 | Compounding Pref Question ChangedMyName I have to build a waterfall with monthly periods the goes Pref->ROC->Split->Split. Normally this would be pretty straight forward but the splits have "hurdles" that are "x percentage of total distributions" to GP type of things. Anyways my question is about the Pref... | 5 |
| +2 | Deciding between Hedge fund or PE if an elite business school is my end goal PidgeonX I am currently a <abbr title="summer analyst intern">SA</abbr> at a mega multi-manager <abbr title="hedge fund">HF</abbr> (think Millenium/P72/Citadel). Still uncertain about my long-term career plan, but I have been thinking of working in management... | 2 |
| +2 | ThinkPad or Macbook ? JohnGutfreund Hello <abbr title="Wall Street Oasis">WSO</abbr>, I currently have a MacBook Pro with the shitty butterfly switch keyboard. However I have always been a “Mac Guy” I have an iPhone, air pods, iPad, and the MacBook pro. I am fully apart of the apple eco-system. This... | 13 |
| +1 | Landing in Private Equity from Big 4 Consulting... Say What?! WallStreetOasis.com Member @VincentGambini shares his very unlikely path from a Big 4 Consulting position to a lucrative private equity fund. How he positioned himself at the Big 4 in order to be more attractive to PE firms, a key piece of advice to his younger self and how he got his big break. Want him to... | - |
| +1 | Anyone short or negative on Lions Gate LGF-A? Love to get your thoughts LMidMarket Curious as to if anyone is bearish on Lions Gate, as the companies recent performance has been fairly poor and it doesn't appear that they're going to sell Starz any time soon unless the debt burden becomes to cumbersome and they have no choice but to flip it. I've done some... | 1 |
| +2 | Does the size of a boutique matter for an internship? TheStat For <abbr title="investment banking">IB</abbr> internships before <abbr title="summer analyst intern">SA</abbr> recruiting in the summer after sophomore year does the size of a boutique <abbr title="investment banking">IB</abbr>... | 12 |
| +1 | Updating a recruiter? harrietlk435 Through on-campus and diversity events, I've met a few recruiters at <abbr title="bulge brackets">BBs</abbr> and sent follow-up emails after these events. It's been about three months since these events and I haven't been very proactive about reaching out to... | 2 |
| +2 | Who was the smartest person you ever met? WhatUpBro How did you know? What made him or her standout compare to the rest of the pack. I guess what defines "smart" is a whole nother discussion. | 18 |
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| +2 | Fundamentals nok15105 Hey everyone, Just a quick question. Do you all know of any free sites that you can find a company's fundamentals and also use as a stock screener? Thanks in advance. | 9 |
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| +2 | Modeling Test? adpp0 I have a second round interview coming up for an <abbr title="investment banking">IB</abbr> analyst position. All I know from the recruiter is that it will be an hour long technical interview with the associate and that it will involve testing my modeling skills and... | 6 |
| +20 | New NYC MF regulations Edifice Owners/operators/multifamily funds, what are you guys hearing in your world? State assembly reached an agreement last night in Albany. The new regulations, expected to be signed in the law: * eliminate vacancy decontrol (ability to bring up to market-rate when tenant leaves) * limit Major... | 60 |
| +14 | Housing Prices Rise at a Cost: Fourth Straight Monthly Decline in Home Sales YungBull CNBC released [an article](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/22/us-existing-home-sales-fall-for-fourth-straight-month.html) describing the current state of the housing market: * Rising building materials costs, as well as shortages of land and labor, have left builders unable to bridge the... | 31 |
| +2 | Investment Grade Bonds analyst exit opps Kill Switch Hi Monkeys, I can't tell you guys how much I've learned from everyone. I wanted to reach out to see if anyone could prove some suggestion on my career path choice. My background is a postgraduate in <abbr title="Hong Kong">HK</abbr> and now receives one offer... | 3 |
| +1 | Does prestige make you feel happy? quantgrunt Do all of you all who work at prestigious firms in your division (BB <abbr title="investment banking division">IBD</abbr>, top <abbr title="Sales and Trading">S&T</abbr>, CO groups etc.) feel happy working in such firms? Do you wake up in the... | 4 |
| +16 | How Can WSO Get Better? Let Us Hear it! Overdue Site Suggestion Thread WallStreetOasis.com So inspired by this [somewhat sobering thread](https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/is-this-site-slowly-dying-or-is-it-just-me), I wanted to open up this new thread to let the community express any changes or suggestions to help make the experience better for you on WSO... while we are not... | 45 |
| +13 | Is retail like we know it dead? babybaboon Open to any and all. Any markets, any type of retail, any thoughts. TLDR: Where are the value opportunities you still see in today's current market climate and in the coming years? A few years ago I would have been pretty skeptical getting into the retail business. To be fair, I still... | 23 |
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| +2 | Escaping Competition in Your Career Venturepapi The recent thread circulating re: "Why Do Overachievers Think That Finance Is The Sole Route To Success And Riches" prompted me to start a discussion on escaping competition in your career. I think posting this in the <abbr title="investment banking">IB</abbr>... | 3 |
| +1 | Insight on Houlihan Lokey - Consumer, Food & Retail - NYC wallstreetmonkey2017 Have an upcoming interview with this group and was wondering if anyone had any insight into the CFR group in <abbr title="New York City">NYC</abbr> regarding deal flow, culture, exit opps and comp. Also, does anyone know if the group does their own modeling? This is for an... | 4 |
| +1 | Bankers Who Jumped to Enterprise Software Sales? Venturepapi Curious if any ex-banking monkeys have moved out of banking for enterprise software sales in the past? If so, would love to hear more about your transition, how you made it happen, and where you started post jump? Inspired by:... | 2 |
| +1 | Deloitte Investment Banking FT Analyst articlecreator What exactly is this program? How much does it pay? What is the interview/recruiting process like? Is this real investment banking? | 3 |
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| +1 | Work from Home training najafgarh ParminderSingh Work from home can be a great deal for both employees as well as employers. Employers can get more staff to do their work and the employee can get their home comfort. When there is comfort zone in your work, the employees are able to work with more efficiency and contribute more to the production. | 1 |
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