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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Mergers and Inquisitions

Corporate finance jobs at normal companies are bad … …if you’re using them to break into a deal-based field, such as investment banking , private equity , or venture capital , or as a “Plan B” if you interview around but do not get into one of these. In my view, corporate finance jobs are not ideal “stepping stone roles.”

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Top DCF Modeling Courses for Aspiring Finance Professionals

OfficeHours

A lot of young finance professionals are overwhelmed by the number of options they have when it comes to learning materials. The first thing that you will likely find when you search Wall Street Oasis’ guide would be their free article that they have summarizing the discounted cash flow model. Is it worth it? I will discuss this below.

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Sam Turner's Journey from Corporate Finance to Building an Empire of Small Businesses

How2Exit

b' E204: Sam Turner's Journey from Corporate Finance to Building an Empire of Small Businesses - Watch Here rn rn About the Guest(s): rn Sam Turner, from the UK, is an experienced professional with a 22-year career in the travel industry.

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Project Finance vs. Corporate Finance: Careers, Recruiting, Financial Modeling, and More

Mergers and Inquisitions

With the craze over renewable energy and infrastructure over the past few years, we’ve received more and more questions about Project Finance vs. Corporate Finance. This article will focus on careers and recruiting , while the accompanying YouTube video will discuss the technical/modeling aspects in more detail.

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Xavier Quoted in Wall Street Journal Article on Corporate Finance Outloo

Shearman & Sterling

Corporate partner Landon Xavier was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about the outlook for the Corporate Finance market.

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Commodity Hedge Funds: The Most Lucrative “Hidden Gem” in Finance?

Mergers and Inquisitions

If you want to work in the most cyclical role in the finance industry, it’s hard to beat commodity hedge funds. This article from PIMCO and the correlation data sum it up quite well: Included within commodity trading are the following firms and groups: Commodity trading desks at oil, gas, mining, power, and agricultural companies.

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Why Investment Banking? How to Answer the Most Boring But Persistent Interview Question of All Time

Mergers and Inquisitions

An older version of this article from ~15 years ago addressed this question, and you can find dozens of other articles that suggest answers. For that, please see the articles on the investment banking career path , exit opportunities , etc. Are Bad Why Investment Banking Over Other Careers? private equity or venture capital ).