Archive for the 'Boutiques' Category

Another crazy week at work (pending deals and, you, know, everyone getting laid off and leaving me with all their work to finish) and another weekly reader Q&A while I find time to write more 3,000 word articles…
Elite Boutiques
“I had multiple full-time bulge bracket offers but instead opted to go to a recently founded “elite” [...]

A CFA will not help you all that much - getting banking experience, even if it’s a smaller bank, is definitely the way to go. If you have to, offer to work for free just so you can get the proper experience and start building relationships for a bigger and better job down the line.

Bear Stearns Episode 2: The Shareholders Strike Back

Posted by Inquisitor on March 19th, 2008

The reality is no one knows what’s going on. Neither the CEOs of the companies, the Fed, nor any of the Managing Directors know what’s going to happen.

Will people be fired? Yes. But no one knows how many, who, or when, and anyone else saying otherwise is simply spreading false rumors.