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How To Become An Investment Banker (Without ANY Experience)

How To Become An Investment Banker

So like every finance major does I’m sure by now you’ve searched around Google for “how to become an investment banker”.

And most likely you’ve gotten flakey articles with little to no substance on how to break into investment banking.

We’re here to change that.

This is an overly detailed, step-by-step guide to teach you exactly what you need to do to land a job in investment banking.

More importantly, each section is personalized for you based on where you are in your education or career.

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How To Get Into Wall Street Without A Perfect GPA

How To Get Into Investment Banking

How do a group of juniors from a non-target school take down ivy leaguers and make it to the finals of Harvard’s Stock Pitch competition?

How are students from non-targets with average GPAs landing jobs and internships at top investments banks, private equity firms, hedge funds and venture capital firms?

Makes no damn sense right?

Wrong. You’re just approaching the job market the wrong way.

Luckily for you, there’s still a way to break into your dream field.

So how can you do the same?

First, you need to understand EXACTLY what these firms look for in an ideal candidate by reading our step-by-step guide

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How To Get Into Investment Banking Without A Perfect GPA

Get Into Investment Banking

How do a group of juniors from a non-target school take down ivy leaguers and make it to the finals of Harvard’s Stock Pitch competition?

How are students from non-targets with shitty GPAs landing jobs and internships at top investments banks, private equity firms, hedge funds and venture capital firms?

Makes no fucking sense right?

Wrong. You’re just approaching the job market the wrong way.

Luckily for you, there’s still a way to break into your dream field.

So how can you do the same?

First, you need to understand EXACTLY what these firms look for in an ideal candidate by reading our step-by-step guide

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How To Research Stocks: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide

How To Research Stocks

If you’ve ever searched for:

“How to research stocks”

Or even if you don’t want to admit it:

“How to research stocks for beginners”

Then this is the guide that’ll show you EXACTLY how to do so, in a simple, easy to understand, step by step method.

Let’s Begin

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Understanding Information Arbitrage with Government Contracts

Information Arbitrage

I’ve noticed there is usually quite a bit of information arbitrage to be found with companies that contract with the government.

When you work with the government, the majority of contracts for goods and services go through a public competitive bidding process. The government usually has a website where they’ll post what they need and companies will bid on the job.

More importantly, the government also tends to release the winner of these bids and the value of the contracts. That’s where you’ll find your information arbitrage.

If you’re diligent and track this closely, you can find some excellent opportunities for under the radar investments.

Here’s a quick lesson on how it works.

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Financial Accounting 101: An Overly Simplified, 5 Minute Crash Course for Investors

Financial Accounting

Financial accounting. Who needs it?

Accounting existing for two basic reasons:

– To track how much money companies make

– To track what they own (assets)/ what they owe (debt)

Of course it’s much more complicated than that, but let’s kept it simple for now.

The best way to understand financial accounting? Pretend like you own a business.

Here’s a quick lesson on how it works.

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