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Archive for August, 2008

Never Too Late To Become A Financial Analyst

Posted by Corinne in August 24th, 2008  
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Posted in: Career     Tags: Career, financial analyst jobs, financial anlaysts

A reader asked me last week if it is too late in her early thirties to follow her passion to become a financial analyst. My answer to her was, “No, it’s not too late.”
A study has shown that the majority of people, estimated as high as 80%, are in the “wrong” industry. When students are [...]

Stretch Beyond Your Limits

Posted by Corinne in August 17th, 2008  
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Posted in: Mindset     Tags: financial analysts, Mindset

Have you ever tried stretching beyond your limits? What are limits anyway? Who set these limits on you? Here are some examples of how we sometimes impose limits on ourselves: “I’m too tired today to write another financial analysis.” “There is no way I can finish this project in a week!” “I can’t find any [...]

Go With The Flow and Look For Hidden Possibilities

Posted by Corinne in August 2nd, 2008  
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Posted in: Career     Tags: Career, financial analysts, layoff, Mindset

I assume that as a financial analyst, you can’t escape reading the daily news. I can’t imagine a financial analyst who isn’t up to date on the latest Bloomberg headline. In this past year, the problems in the financial industry have inundated the news front. Being exposed to negative news day in and day out [...]


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One day I estimated that I had spent about half of my waking hours as a sell-side equity research analyst (until I took early retirement in 2002). I have experienced firsthand the biggest booms and some of the most sensational busts in the industry! The swift downfall of a 233-year old merchant bank, the tragic collapse of a rising financial institution during the 1997 economic crisis and the inevitable withdrawal of a regional powerhouse from its overseas operations (triggered by prolonged forex control), to name a few. Read More

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