Vicky Short Stack Strategy Poker by Matt - January 31, 2017July 3, 20200 Texas Hold 'Em POT-STACK RATIO RULE If the amount of money in the middle (the pot) is less than 2x your stack (how many chips you have) and you have the top pair or better (for example, Flop is K 8 7 and you have AK), just go all in. PRE FLOP Raising Hands AA
The Restructuring Process for the Distressed Company Restructuring by Matt - January 23, 2017February 23, 20190 Stakeholders in Financial Distress and the Distressed Landscape When a company is distressed and runs into difficulties being able to meet debt service, restructuring is required with options ranging from a refinancing to liquidation of assets. Now it has been upheld in a court of law across various developed legal systems that
Investment Banking in Vancouver Canada Career by Matt - January 22, 2017May 25, 20180 Vancouver is a regular feature in various nice-sounding lists – Most Livable Cities/Best Place to Live/Highest Quality of Life – things that ostensibly do not go hand in hand with investment banking and other financial services. Despite two large undergraduate business schools close to the city (UBC on the Endowment Lands
Should You Write Your CFA? CFA by Matt - January 20, 2017September 6, 20200 This is a question asked more than once a week by junior staff in investment banking (all product groups) and sales and trading, as well as people looking to break in. Keep in mind that this discussion is for the Canadian market only. The answer is probably yes if you
Investment Banking Resume Observations Networking by Matt - January 14, 2017February 23, 20180 I have seen a lot of resumes and cover letters as of late. Some very impressive ones and some that are extremely cringeworthy. If you stand out in a bad way, your resume and cover letter are almost certainly due for a forward to several other bankers – possibly at
Coffee Chats and Informational Interviews Networking by Matt - January 8, 2017February 19, 20180 As summer recruiting continues, I am receiving a lot of emails for informational interviews and coffee chats. I know a junior banker who has gone on over 100 coffee chats since December has started (which may speak more to him or his group than anything else). For undergrads and masters, the