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Hey Guys, I am currently in my second year of college pursuing my Bachelors In Commerce ( Finance And Accounting). I have been wondering about which career path to choose in the financial services...
View ArticleLSE SUMMER SCHOOL
Hey guys, I was planning to apply for the AF 250 course ( Finance) at LSE for the next summer. Need your views on the course and the value attached to it. I have a about 60% of an overall score in...
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Masters in Financial Engineering
Guys I was wondering how import is an MFE degree if you wanna get into hedge funds or investment management ? Is it an effective qualification for a buy side job or is it just a course for people with...
View ArticleOxford MFE Chances
Anyone who got into the MFE program at Oxford? I have a 770 GMAT and a 6.5/10 GPA (screwed up my first year), which is equivalent to a 2.1 degree . I have a finance and accounting background. Wanna get...
View ArticleWhere are we heading to?
A lot has been said about the how over 90% of the trades today being controlled by computers..M still in my 2nd year of my graduation..wondering what to get into..equity research, S&T and portfolio...
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Are the markets getting more efficient?
Most people say that the EMH is absolute bullshit. But I have come across opinions which say the markets over the years are getting more efficient and it gets difficult to beat it. Some say most fund...
View ArticleInvest while working as an MBB consultant
Can a consultant at McKinsey/Bain/BCG invest in stocks of the cos they advise?
View ArticleNoob question: Sales to PM??
Can a guy woking in the institutional equities sales dept move on to the buy side and become a PM?
View ArticleTrading questions
I am currently majoring in accounting and finance. No computing skills. How much would someone with a background like me need to get a trading job?Do you really need to have MAJOR in Comp Sc/Math or...
View ArticleWhats so great about fixed income?
why does someone actually make a career in fixed income or even invest in fixed income products when you get a similar ROI by just using fixed deposits? What exactly does a fixed income fund manager...
View ArticleRetirement Age???
Just wondering will a MBB Consultant have enough money to retire as a senior partner? I heard they make a million or so per year. Is it possible to own a nice home on a small island, 3-4 nice cars and...
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Any space for the "regular" guys?
Since hedge funds and a lot of trading jobs today are dominated by quants do the people with an econ/finance deree without or little programming knowledge have any potential in the HF/Trading industry?...
View ArticleComputer Skills
I was wondering how computer-savvy ( leaving aside Excel/PowerPoint skills) you need to be to do well in consulting? Assuming you have an assignment where you need to help a company improve its IT...
View ArticleColleague culture
Just wondering how the employees of an MBB firm behave with each other. Is it the same dog-eat-dog mentality like in ib or is there camradarie, good friendships blooming under all the high pressure...
View ArticleAss licking quotient
Rank the following professions in order which shows which one of them requires minimal ass licking,sucking up (in the name of networking) and being nice to people who do not deserve any niceness and...
View ArticleHow do IB analysts get into Ivy League B-Schools?
How does every class has 20-25% fro IB? Most people say IB analysts pretty much do all the menial and dirty work. So they do not have the "quality" of work ex for an m7 school, for obvious reasons. Or...
View ArticleInsead international exposure?
Anyone with an IB background who spent 4 years just making pitch books and models w/o any international exposure get into Insead? They seem to emphasize on the international exposure part.With a high...
View ArticleB-school nexus?
Is there like a nexus of sorts between people from the same schools? Does the partner from Wharton like the Project Leader from Wharton more? Does he get a leg up whn it comes to promotions? How tough...
View ArticleKPMG or DE Shaw
I am based out of India.Have offers from KPMG Transactions Services and DE Shaw Operations (back-end stuff,might have some equity research thrown in). What do I choose?Future career goals: IBread more
View ArticleHELP!!!
So I am in the middle of a winter internship. I was asked to do some due diligence on a company The operational aspect of it was pretty straightforward. Now I have been asked to do a financial due...
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