Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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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OCTOBER 17, 2023

“ We have long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune-tellers look good.” ” Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation, expressing his view on those who make short-term market prognostications. Corporate borrowers have also leveraged longer-term borrowings.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While everyone seems to know about equity research and trading stocks, fixed income research gets far less attention. As with equity research and hedge fund roles, there are two main options for breaking in: Complete the CFA , get fixed income-related internships, and start working directly in FI research, either at a bank or a buy-side firm.

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APRIL 13, 2023

“The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.” ” Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation Warren Buffett is one of the world’s foremost investors. Its economic effect will also be deflationary.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

I’ve now been writing about finance careers for almost 20 years, and the topic of the CFA for investment banking never seems to die. I first criticized the CFA in a 2009 article , which generated a lot of angry comments. But earlier in 2023, the CFA Institute announced the biggest changes to the program since it started.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Charles Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation, expressing why he thought he and his business partner, Warren Buffett, had been such successful investors for so long. “It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.”

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