Instead of "buy side" and "sell side," think about whether you're a dealmaker or a nerd.
If you figure out which one you are, you’ll 10x “effort adjusted returns” in your career!
One of the most fun parts about being in an investing role is that your knowledge compounds exponentially over time
Going from covering 40 companies to 50 companies makes you a vastly better investor than going from 10 to 20
At a certain point, pattern recognition kicks in and you start to uncover a lot more about the industry and vertical you are looking at
I see it almost as solving a jigsaw puzzle. As you solve more pieces, it becomes easier and easier to identify where the next piece falls within the puzzle
If you are intellectually curious and love to learn, cannot think of a better job to have
Investment banking analysts realizing that working at Goldman Sachs means aligning logos at 2AM and has absolutely no resemblance to Wolf of Wall Street
Society is finally coming to terms with the fact that elite colleges are hedge funds that use “education” as a front to receive tax benefits from the government
The only value college provides is credentialing and a network. Once you can substitute those, you don’t need college
Reminder that a junior investment banker won gold at the Olympics while working 80 hours a week to align logos for his Managing Director
You can just do things.
في فترة سنوات العمل، تكون زيادة ثروتك من ارتفاع دخلك وادخارك منه.
أما الاستثمار في هذه السنوات، فهو لحفظ رأسمالك وتنميته على المدى البعيد. لذلك، يُفترض أن يُوجَّه تركيزك ووقتك إلى كيفية رفع الدخل، لا إلى متابعة المؤشرات وأخبار الاسهم وملاحقة موضات الاستثمار.