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Top DCF Modeling Courses for Aspiring Finance Professionals

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The discounted cash flow analysis, commonly referred to as the DCF, along with the Leverage Buyout Analysis, commonly referred to as the LBO, are some of the most commonly used and complex financial modeling techniques on the Street today. Is it worth it? I will discuss this below.

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

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This article will focus on careers and recruiting , while the accompanying YouTube video will discuss the technical/modeling aspects in more detail. And yes, coincidentally, we have a new Project Finance & Infrastructure Modeling course. See the sample Excel file included here for very simple examples of this.

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

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Some of these client differences relate to the distinction between private wealth management and private banking; for more on that, you should review the the private banking article. Think: benchmarking portfolios rather than modeling companies. There’s much less technical work because your analysis tends to be very high-level.

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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

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Most of this guide deals with the “late-stage VC” strategy, as dozens of other articles cover private equity strategies such as leveraged buyouts and traditional private equity. Over time, many traditional growth equity firms have shifted to the “growth buyout” category as their assets under management have grown.

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Long-Only Hedge Funds: A Cozy Career, or a Complete Contradiction?

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More differences emerge when you compare long-only hedge funds to long-only asset management: Investment Analysis and Financial Modeling You complete similar analyses and financial models at any “fundamental” firm ( long/short equity , long-only, activist , event-driven , etc.). both also do long/short equity).

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The Search Fund Internship: Perfect Pathway into Investment Banking and Private Equity Roles?

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You can take the templates in our cold emailing article and tweak them for the specific search fund(s) you apply to. The Interview Process for a Search Fund Internship You are unlikely to get traditional “technical questions” unless you’ve marketed yourself as having financial modeling experience.

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The Full Guide to Healthcare Private Equity, from Careers to Contradictions

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For more on this, please see our healthcare investment banking article. These roles are for bankers and people with deal experience, such as corporate development professionals; firms care much more about your investment, financial modeling , and due diligence skills than your scientific knowledge. If you have an M.D.