When Industry on HBO premiered in 2020, I watched the first few episodes, got distracted, and didn’t even finish Season 1. If you’re not familiar with it, the show follows several young graduates who start working in sales & trading and investment banking at JP Morgan Pierpoint & Co. in London. Over the seasons, they […]

If you’ve read this site for a long time, you probably know that we focus on creating financial modeling courses and guides. We still offer coaching for more experienced candidates and students with significant work experience, and I used to personally do a good number of mock interviews and resume edits, but our business model […]

Whenever I watch a new movie or TV show, I always try to go in optimistic – even if I have doubts about the premise, writing, or production values. Unfortunately, my initial instincts are often correct: If I have a bad feeling about something, it usually has issues. And that is exactly what happened when […]

Succession just ended a few days ago. When a top TV show ends, it is sad. All our favorite shows will end one day. In this case, it is Succession that has done so. Succession ran for 4 excellent seasons, but no more. Now it is over. And now I am sad. But unlike Connor […]

Many years ago, a friend who had been a trader at Morgan Stanley approached me with an idea: he wanted to write a book about how to advance in the finance industry. After all, he explained, 90% of your long-term success was about earning promotions and higher compensation. Everyone was obsessed with breaking into the […]

If you’ve been reading this site for a long time, you probably know the truth: I don’t actually “like” the finance industry. I’m not a typical banker – people usually assume I work at a tech company – and I fell into this career accidentally. But that also gives me an advantage because I can […]

In my most recent portfolio update, I received a lot of questions and comments about the 6% of my portfolio currently allocated to angel investments. Crowdfunding across various asset classes – real estate, peer-to-peer lending, and tech startups – has exploded over the past decade. But is it worthwhile? Should you allocate a percentage of […]

A few short years ago, the landscape of “finance tv shows” consisted of a bottomless black hole. That black hole resembled the exit opportunities available to mid-level investment bankers, but was even less entertaining. There were plenty of shows about dragons, drug dealers, and advertising agencies, but nothing about hedge fund managers, traders, or private […]