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Intro To Investment Banking
Investment banking is a sector within the financial services industry that is focused on the creation of capital. Investment banking clients are normally limited to businesses and governments. Investment banks offer a multitude of financial services to their clients, primarily limited to capital raising operations and mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Value Investing And Warren Buffett
With a net worth of over $80 billion, Warren Buffett has already cemented himself as the greatest investor of all-time. Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway has grown its assets to the hundreds of billions. Currently, it has major stakes in dozens of large market capitalization companies. Although Buffett’s success may inspire the average retail investor, it is important to understand how “The Oracle of Omaha” built his wealth: value investing.
Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, And Global Poverty
Global poverty is an issue. It’s not that hard to recognize this fact. The trouble comes in identifying solutions. Charities are one angle by which the world is tackling the issue. Education, infrastructure, and ending political conflict are others. In the 1980s a new, novel idea grew prominent. Microfinance promised a sustainable way to elevate hardworking people out of poverty. Meanwhile, the well-to-do can fill their wallets as well. But time has tested the efficacy of a once bright idea.
Long And Short Positions
Quite simply, you can either be long or short in the stock market. If you are long, you are bullish, meaning you expect the market to go up. If you are short, you are bearish, meaning you expect the market to go down. The potential risk and reward of a long position versus a short position, however, significantly differ.
Recent Podcast
In this episode, our hosts Rohan Gupta and Alex Patel talk to Suzanne Nora Johnson, the former vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs, about investment banking and its role in finance and the economy. We delve into topics like the basics of investment banking, the history of investment banks, the difference between buy side and sell side, and much more! Check out the episode to learn about investment banking in a simplified way!
Finance Tip
“I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for ten years.” — Warren Buffett