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Visual Guide - The Financial / Credit Crisis Explained
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| | Ever wanted to understand the sub-prime crisis or the credit crisis or the global financial meltdown happening around us? Here is a visual guide thanks to Wallstats.com... |
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How to pass the CFA level one exam in 30 days working full-time (Update 3#)
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| | I feel that I have come up with a strategy that will enable me to have a good shot at passing the CFA level one exam. But with less than 30 days to go, its going to be tough... |
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CFA Level One Studying Update #2 - 67 days to go
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| | How Many Days Do You need to Pass the CFA Level One?
Six weeks on from my first CFA Blog update and my original CFA Level One Study Plan, I am now 67 days from the start of the CFA exams on December the 7th, 2008, in Sydney. |
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Successful Investing, Worldly Wisdom and Your Circle of Competence
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| | Capitalism’s Holy Grail
Coming up with a system to succeed in the stock market and achieve market beating gains year after year is not an easy task. One might define the capitalist’s holy grail as finding the one system that will acheive the maximum possible returns year upon year.
“If you don’t get this elementary, but mildly [...] |
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What Questions to Ask in an Investment Banking Interview?
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| | I found the following information in the Wetfeet Insider Guide to Careers in Investment Banking. This post follows on from my previous post on Investment Banking Interview Questions and Tips.
The following are good generic questions that will fit most investment banking interviews. However, you’ll want to think of additional ones that apply specifically to the [...] |
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CFA Level One Studying Reflections - Part One
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| | Excited by a delivery I received a few weeks ago whose packaging better resembled that of a fridge than what I would have expected of a curriculum for the CFA, I now find myself stunned by the realisation that weekends are out of stock until December if I wish to pass the CFA.
As I discussed [...] |
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Passing The CFA Level One Exam - Study Plan and Notes
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| | My compilation of short articles has been a bit short of articles lately as a result of me beginning a new job and study for the CFA (Chartered Financial Anaylst) level one exam in December.
Firstly, I am working for a stock market research publication known as Intelligent Investor which applies value investing principles to analysis [...] |
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Business and Company Valuation; Discounted Cash Flow and Multiples
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| | Business and Company Valuation
“What is a business worth?” Although it seems simple, determining the value of any business requires experience, sound judgment from market and industry experience and at least some understanding of financial analysis.
Underpining everything that is outlined below however (much of which I sourced from wstselfstudy.com), I am certainly a part of the [...] |
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Australian Law Firm Summer Clerkship Careers Site Links and resume advice
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| | Clerkship Applications, Clerkship Interviews and Law Resumes
For the law students out there who are completing the somwhat daunting legal summer clerkship or articles clerkship applications at the moment, I thought it may be helpful to provide a set of links to each of the main Australian Law Firm careers sites.
It is not an easy job [...] |
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Glossary Of Frequently Used Symbols in Corporate Finance
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| | Whilst this is again not one of my more substantive posts, I thought the following glossary of frequently used symbols in corporate finance may be of some interest:
ANk Annuity factor for N years and an interest rate of k
ABCP Asset Backed Commercial Paper
ACES Advanced Computerised Execution System
ADR American Depositary Receipt
APT Arbitrage Pricing Theory
APV Adjusted Present [...] |
