FINANCE CAREER RESEARCH GUIDE

LEARN ABOUT THE INDUSTRY

SOURCE LINK
Vault Career Guide to Investment Banking http://intranet.darden.virginia.edu/library/career_rev.asp
Vault Career Guide to Investment Management
Vault Guide to the Top 50 Finance Employers
WetFeet Career Guide to Investment Banking
WetFeet Top 25 Financial Firms
OVERVIEW
Both the Vault and WetFeet Guides are a good place to start your research to understand the investment banking and in-
vestment management fields as well as get a thorough list of the top finance employers. Both provide an extensive sum-
mary of the industry, trends, job descriptions, day-in-the-life, and company overviews. These industry guides give you a
realistic sense of the industry as well as the background and interests it takes to succeed

SOURCE LINK
Careers-In-Finance.com www.careers-in-finance.com

OVERVIEW
A great website for an extensive overview of the industry and all of the possible roles that one can fill. Careers-In-
Finance.com provides a valuable examination of the skills needed to excel in all of the finance disciplines, along with
definitions of different finance functions, salaries, and top firms.

SOURCE LINK
Inside the Minds: Leading Investment Bankers Book Series
Inside the Minds: Leading Wall Street Investors
OVERVIEW
The Inside the Minds book series provides comprehensive overviews of the topics of investment banking and invest-
ment management formed by leading industry executives.

STAY IN THE LOOP

The Darden Career Center suggests that you stay in the loop and develop current and specific knowledge of the
finance industry by utilizing the resources found below.

GENERAL SOURCES LINKS

E-Financial News.com E-Financial News.com
WallStreetJournal.com WallStreetJournal.com
Buyside.com Buyside.com
Finance.google.com Finance.google.com
OVERVIEW
These sites are the places to go to keep up on all of the latest news and happenings in the world of finance.

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INVESTMENT BANKING RESOURCES

The Bloomberg Terminal in the Darden Library – The Bloomberg terminal is a key guide for students
seeking up-to-date news on the happenings of the investment banking industry. Learn how banks rank in mergers,
the top M&A advisers for announced deals, and evaluating M&A activity at numerous investment banking firms.

The New York Times Deal Book – From the NYTimes’ chief M&A reporter, the Deal Book provides you with
daily briefings and breaking news about M&A, IPOs, Private Equity Transactions and Venture Capital Deals.
LINK NYTimes.com/dealbook
Mergerstat.com – Mergerstat.com provides up-to-date information on all mergers and acquisition deals. The site in-
cludes daily analysis of the deals, details on strategic and financial facts behind the deals, terms, funding, expected close

LINK Mergerstat.com
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
The Investment Company Institute- Keep track of the latest developments and research in the investment man-
agement industry in this comprehensive site devoted to investment management and mutual funds.
LINK http://www.ici.org/
The Investment Advisor Association- - The Investment Adviser Association is a not-for-profit organization that
exclusively represents the interests of SEC-registered investment adviser firms. The site provides information on the in-
vestment profession as well as a comprehensive list of links to other investment websites.

LINK http://www.icaa.org
Nelson’s Marketplace Newsletter and Guide to the 100 Top Research Analysts – Contains information
and trends affecting the investment industry. Stay up-to-date on the top money managers, the largest pension funds, and
the most prolific research firms. Also be sure to check out the guide to the World’s Best Money Managers.

LINK http://www.nelsoninformation.com

HEDGE FUND AND PRIVATE EQUITY RESEARCH WEBSITES

SOURCE LINKS
About Hedge Funds thehfa.org
Hedge Fund News hedgefundnews.com
Hedge World hedgeworld.com
Planet Hedge Fund planethedgefund.com
Hedge Fund Center hedgefundcenter.com
Hedge Fund Intelligence hedgefundintelligence.com
Private Equity.com privateequity.com
Private Equity Online privateequityonline.com
Private Equity Update assetnews.com

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BE READY FOR YOUR INTERVIEWS
SOURCE LINK
WetFeet Beat the Street http://intranet.darden.virginia.edu/library/career_rev.asp
Vault Guide to Finance Interviews
OVERVIEW
These two guides provide the best and most in-depth preparation for all finance interviews.

SOURCE AUTHOR
Heard on the Street Timothy Crack

OVERVIEW
Over 140 quantitative questions collected from actual job interviews in investment banking, investment management, and options
. The interviewers use the same questions year-after-year and here they are---with solutions! These questions come from all
trading.
types of interviews (corporate finance, sales and trading, quant research, etc), but they are especially likely in quantitative capital
markets job interviews. The questions come from all levels of interviews (undergrad, MBA, PhD), but they are especially likely for
MBAs Over 140 quantitative questions collected from actual job interviews in investment banking, investment management, and
options trading. The interviewers use the same questions year-after-year and here they are---with solutions! These questions come
from all types of interviews (corporate finance, sales and trading, quant research, etc), but they are especially likely in quantitative
capital markets job interviews. The questions come from all levels of interviews (undergrad, MBA, PhD), but they are especially
likely for MBAs

SOURCE
WetFeet Killer I-Banking Resumes
OVERVIEW
This guide strives to teach you everything you need to know about writing the “killer” cover letter and resume to im-
press recruiters.

WALL STREET BOOKS

These books will provide and interesting inside look into the stories of wall street as well as provide insights to
master the culture and skills of a banking career.

SOURCE AUTHOR
Den of Thieves James Stewart
OVERVIEW
Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine will long be remembered for the Wall Street insider trading scan-
dals of the 1980s. Stewart, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal reporter who covered the various scandals, has used his re-
portage as well as an exhaustive culling of court documents, testimony, and interviews with all of the participants to fashion an au-
thoritative account of what happened. Stewart has done a thorough job in assembling the facts and has made connections that may
surprise some readers.

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LEARN ABOUT THE INDUSTRY
SOURCE AUTHOR
Monkey Business John Rolfe and Peter Troob

OVERVIEW
As eager-beaver business school students, Rolfe and Troob garnered job offers as junior associates at the elite Wall Street investment
bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, lured by dreams of wealth, glamour and power. Readers whose fascination with Wall Street she-
nanigans has been fueled by Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker will find this thorough rundown of an investment bank associate's daily
routine sobering. By the time Rolfe and Troob were able to discern the key fact that the "investment banking community has long
been an oligopoly, with only a handful of real players with the size and scale to drive through the big deals," they were already grap-
pling with the gritty reality of performing grunt labor in an environment ruled by despotic senior partners who called innumerable
meetings to set unrealistic deadlines and make superhuman demands on anybody within screaming distance.

SOURCE AUTHOR
Liar’s Poker Michael Lewis

OVERVIEW
As described by Lewis, liar's poker is a game played in idle moments by workers on Wall Street, the objective of which is to re-
ward trickery and deceit. With this as a metaphor, Lewis describes his four years with the Wall Street firm Salomon Brothers, from
his bizarre hiring through the training program to his years as a successful bond trader. Lewis illustrates how economic decisions
made at the national level changed securities markets and made bonds the most lucrative game on the Street. His description of the
firm's personalities and of the events from 1984 through the crash of October 1987 are vivid and memorable.

SOURCE AUTHOR
Barbarians at the Gate Bryan Burrough and John Heylar
OVERVIEW
The leveraged buyout of the RJR Nabisco Corporation for $25 billion is a landmark in American business history, a story of avarice
on an epic scale. Two versions of the fierce competition for the largest buyout ever consummated are presented by skilled journal-
ists with contrasting styles. Burrough and Helyar are clearly fascinated with the personalities of the players in the deal and with the
trappings of corporate wealth. The restless, flamboyant personality of Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR Nabisco, is portrayed as the key
to the events that were to unfold. The colorful description of all of the players and the events will likely have broad appeal. Lampert
signals the complexity of her story by introducing her narrative with a three-page cast of characters. Her focus on the strategy of the
players and on the fast-paced action provides a more concise description of a deal big enough to augment the wealth of many rich
people.

SOURCE AUTHOR
A Random Walk Down Wall Street Burton Malkiel

OVERVIEW
The best-selling, authoritative, and gimmick-free guide to investing. Burton Malkiel evaluates the full range of investment opportuni-
ties, from stocks, bonds, and money markets to real estate investment trusts and insurance, home ownership, and tangible assets such
as gold and collectibles. This edition includes new strategies for rearranging your portfolio for retirement, along with the book's clas-
sic life-cycle guide to investing, which matches the needs of investors in any age bracket. A Random Walk Down Wall Street long
ago established itself as a must-read, the first book to purchase before starting a portfolio.

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SOURCE AUTHOR
Forecasting Company Profits Fred Wellings

OVERVIEW
In the first book to look from a thoroughly practical perspective on the crucial business of profits forecasting, Fred Wellings provides
an integrated approach to the theories which underpin the forecasting process.

SOURCE AUTHOR
The New Money Masters of our Time John Train

OVERVIEW
Money Masters of Our Time is a reappraisal and revision of those money masters who have stood the test of time plus a look at
new money masters. Train emphasizes the parts of their various business careers that illuminate their investment techniques focus-
ing on notable individuals whose decisions to buy and sell have actually made money grow. How do they reason? Where do they
get their information? How much do they depend on fact and how much on psychology? What are their criteria in selecting a
stock? What stocks are they buying now, and why?

SOURCE AUTHOR
The Fast Track Mariam Nacify

OVERVIEW
Thousands of undergraduates, MBA students, and others are rushing for prestigious entry-level positions in the highly competitive
and lucrative fields of management consulting, investment banking, and securities trading. How are you going to compete? In The
Fast Track, experienced recruiter and fast-track insider Mariam Naficy helps you make the right decisions every step of the way as
she guides you through the rigorous, highly specialized recruiting process. The Fast Track includes: Comprehensive job descrip-
tions of consultants, analysts, and traders, explained in layperson terms. Over twenty in-depth interviews with people in the busi-
ness at every level from first-year analysts to CEOs and recruiting managers.

SOURCE AUTHOR
Confessions of a Street Addict Jim Cramer

OVERVIEW
It's hard to think of anyone more intense or opinionated, or who wears as many hats as James Cramer. In Confessions of a Street Ad-
dict, the man who first made a name for himself on Wall Street successfully managing his hedge fund--and then became famous on
Main Street with his manic appearances on CNBC--tells the improbable story of his career as journalist, Wall Street pundit, Internet
entrepreneur, and television commentator.

SOURCE AUTHOR
The Business of Investment Banking Thomas K. Liaw

OVERVIEW
Designed as a complete guide to the major banking activities in today's global marketplace. Text identifies and analyzes key trends
world wide, allowing banking and finance professionals to effectively manage deals and incorporate trends into operations.