Investment Banking, Private Equity, Hedge Fund Career Advice
One of the main reasons I wanted to pursue a career in finance and ultimately join a hedge fund is because I wanted to get rich. Even though I grew up in a nice middle-class family that didn’t struggle much with money most of the time, I always had a drive to one day become […]
Since 2016 I was always a bit skeptical of crypto. As a value investor for the longest time, it was very hard for me to wrap my head around made-up internet coins that had no inherent/tangible value. Up until one year ago, the overall cryptocurrency space to me was a speculative trade based on how […]
Back in 2020 during COVID buying residential real estate seemed like a no brainer. Everyone thought housing markets like in NYC were dead as the city shut down and people started working remotely. With housing/market sentiment and rates at all-time lows, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to buy real estate. Fast forward a few […]
Before COVID, Florida was seen as a place where old people go to retire. It was never a place where people thought they could build a good career as there weren’t many high paying finance jobs for young professionals. Even today, NYC is still arguably the best place to start a career right after college, […]
With all the articles online talking about the tens of millions of dollars hedge fund managers make, everyone thinks that working at a hedge fund is the easiest path to get rich. Young investment banking analysts fresh out of undergrad dream about breaking into the buyside and think it’s the promise land. In reality, while […]
At some point in your career, you will look at your bank account and see that you have a significant amount of money just sitting there doing nothing. If you grew up like me with parents that didn’t have great financial knowledge, you likely have no idea what to do with this cash. Everyone is […]
Work / life balance is one of the biggest concerns for college students when starting a career in finance. For a college educated person in the US, there are so many different paths a person can take in their careers. Whether it’s a traditional Fortune 500 big company corporate finance, investment banking, venture capital, or […]
Growing up with middle class parent, I’ve always had dreams of becoming rich. For most of my life, I grew up in a small town with less than 30,000 people with a household income in the high five to low six figures. My net worth after graduating from college was -$45K due to student loans […]
The most important part of the private equity interview is the case study round. After meeting a few people and going through a number of interviews, you will most likely get hit with a case study where you have to analyze whether a company is a good leveraged buyout target or not. Your performance during […]
If your ultimate dream is to break into investment banking and then later break into private equity or a hedge fund, then by just reading this blog you’re on the right track. About Buyside Hustle After growing up in a small town of <30K people, I went to a “semi-target” undergraduate school where I majored […]