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Sales & Trading and Hedge Fund reading list
Even though I should be studying for my Options & Futures exam coming up next week, I am meeting up with lots of first years interested in working on the trading floor or in hedge funds to give...
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Santa Claus pub crawl in Soho
Leaving our beautiful school on Park RoadCausing surprise at Baker Street tube stationTaking over Piccadilly CircusReady to party!!!!
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Thoughts for the new year
I have not been writing much recently, but that does not mean I am not thinking :-). I have mentioned before that the key switch in my thinking over the last year has been that I do not see myself as...
View ArticleRead the Gloom Boom Doom blog for sales & trading interviews
Interviews for summer jobs are coming up, and I have talked to some MBA2009s concerned that they still don't have an opinion on the market or much overview of how to understand the markets despite...
View ArticleTeaching yourself programming for financial modeling
In preparation for my trading (or structuring) job, I have decided to finally learn programming. In case there are people out there also considering to learn programming for financial modeling, I have...
View ArticleInterview questions to prepare for Sales&Trading
I have written up this list for the MBA2009s from my school but thought I might as well share it with others applying for summer internships in Markets. Writing it up, I realized there is a lot to...
View Articlelondon, the markets, and the second year MBA
Well, life in London is as exciting as ever. The big story in the markets is obviously the alleged $7 bn fraud at Societe Generale, though I am very sceptical about their version of the events. At...
View Articlethe job market in finance (and equity markets): should have listened to the...
In the mid of frantic interviewing for summer positions in investment banking a year ago, the president of our finance club posted this interesting article on our discussion board:If 10 percent or less...
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Tick tock tick tock - the second year
Yes, I am still here, even though I don't write much anymore. There is just too much going on. As always I was hoping for a relaxing term but I have the ability to always end up doing lots of exciting...
View ArticleWelcome message from the finance professor
What a great school where you get greeted to an upcoming course like this!! I am copying a shortened version of a message from our International Finance professor, which he sent about 6 weeks before...
View ArticleBuy side/sell side joke
Passed on to me by a friend on the buy-side (if an investment banker ever asks you to tell him a joke in the job interview, this may a a great one for him ;-))) ):"What is the difference between a...
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People are starting to leave
Tonight I attended the second good bye party of classmates in a matter of 3 days. Due to the flexibility of our programme, the MBA at London Business School ends in a gradual fashion; there are people...
View ArticleThe Mood in the City
The mood in London financial markets is not good. House prices are going downtown, and with them the British pound (great for me and all the poor foreign tenants, but apparently bad for the majority)....
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Back on campus for the final showdown
It had to happen, the final term of my MBA has arrived! Only 10 more weeks of school, then we're officially done with the MBA! I have just come back home from my first day at school, and this term will...
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London Business School partnership with Hong Kong University
For those who want to gain a strong network and experience and Asia but are also looking for a back door entry into London Business School, you may be interested in the MBA program of the University of...
View ArticleMcKinsey nightmare
I had a bad nightmare last night. I had just finished my MBA, and for some reason, I was starting back with McKinsey! I was at a welcome dinner in London, ready to start my associate training, and they...
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London Business School wins hattrick in Paris
We won in 2006, we won in 2007, and we won again this weekend! London Business School rules European sports! We won the MBAT tournament of the top 15 European business schools for a third time this...
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Israel trip
The MBA is drawing to a close - we will graduate in little more than 5 weeks - and I have saved the best for the end. I have just come back from one of the most amazing experiences of my MBA - a trip...
View ArticleMBA finances
I am graduating in 4 weeks, and am quite impressed by the cash flows I projected before starting the MBA. Though there were lots of deviations along the way, I had estimated that I should end the MBA...
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Graduation from London Business School
Can you believe it? Angel Angie, who two years ago was blogging about her miseries in the consulting world, then came to London Business School to move to London and find a new career has graduated...
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Last party of the MBA and the end of my blog
My friends, the MBA is over. The summer ball on Saturday was the final party at London Business School that I will attend in a long time. Of course, I may come back to Tattoo or Diwali next year, but...
View Articleupdate
hello my friends... you can imagine my life has been very exciting over the last 6 months, and i decided to give everyone a short update, just in case you were wondering what happened during the...
View Articlewatch this space
Hi all. Haven't posted in a LOOOOONG time, I know. You can see trading really is a full-time job. A lot of my MBA classmates have switched jobs and countries by now but I am still in London, still...
View Articleprojects i'm working on right now -McKinsey book coming soon (hopefully!!!)
hi all - it keeps on amazing me how many visitors this blog still has! i am glad the content on McKinsey, hedge funds, trading, interviewing and life at London Business School is still useful for many...
View Articleback at London Business School tonight!
I am excited to be going back on campus tonight for the launch of the Women in Business club at London Business School! I can't wait meet the MBA class of 2013 (oh my God, five years have passed since...
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