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 […]
Complete List Of Finance Firms In Miami Florida
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, […]
Reality Of Working At A Hedge Fund – An Insider’s Guide
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 […]
Safest Cash Investments Ranked – Maximize Returns Today
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 In Finance Ranked – Best to Worst
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 […]
How To Get Rich In Finance – 9 Money Habits To Follow
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 […]
Best Private Equity Case Study Guide + Excel Model + Example
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 […]
Wall Street Prep Review – Is the $400+ Course Worth It? (2024)
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 […]
Complete List of Investment Banking Layoffs (2023)
It’s a bloodbath out there. There is no question about it. Revenues at investment banks are down 50%+ year over year as rising interest rates and slowing economic conditions have put a complete pause on most M&A activity around the world. It’s crazy how an industry can go from having an insanely good record year […]
Moving to Miami? 10 Reasons Why Florida Is Better Than NYC
Ever since COVID and the onset of remote/hybrid work, more and more people are rethinking where they want to live. For the past few decades if you wanted to work in finance, law, or any other white collar type job, New York City was the place to be. Especially when you are early in your […]