Investment Banking Insights

Today we're sitting down with Pete Fraser, a former mechanical engineer who successfully pivoted to investment banking after his MBA at Cornell. Pete shares his journey from working in a steel mill in Gary, Indiana to landing a coveted position at Guggenheim in New York City. We discuss: *  The culture shock of MBA recruiting * A cautionary tale about getting cut * The "Zero Defects" philosophy * The importance of having a champion on the inside * ...and much more Check out Pete's book Wall Street Dropout at https://streetdropout.com/ [https://streetdropout.com/] You can reach out to him at: peter@streetdropout.com Contact: investmentbankinginsights@gmail.com

Beta measures systematic risk...great to know, but what do we do with it? In today's episode we'll walk through how to un-lever and re-lever beta based on the capital structure of a target business that you're valuing (e.g. for a DCF analysis). Contact: investmentbankinginsights@gmail.com

How I did on the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam and advice for you! Contact: investmentbankinginsights@gmail.com

What does beta mean in finance and what is it used for? A simple explanation. Contact: investmentbankinginsights@gmail.com

Today we're performing a quick comparable companies analysis for NVIDIA in Capital IQ. We'll walk through how to create the set of comparable companies and get to the point of being able to compare trading multiples for similar firms. Contact: investmentbankinginsights@gmail.com