For an analyst, what pays more in an investment bank- 'Sales and Trading' or 'Capital Markets Origination'
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Sales and trading could be slightly higher in most places. But depends on the place really. There are banks that like their traders more than CM guys and vice versa.
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There was a computer company that had a brief claim to fame, Tandem Computers.  They had duel, or multiple processors and storage devices.  That seemed so wasteful of the then-expensive computer equipment, but it began the stock exchanges into reliable, high-volume accurate transaction accounting.  While Tandem was concerned that if one computer ever failed there was the other computer to pick up the slack.  That computing confidence of reliable data processing reduced the need for regional stock exchanges which picked up business because the New York Stock Exchange, for instance, simply couldn't clear and process all the orders for stock trades.\n\nComputers have done nothing but better since.  Still, there are some moments, such as the options markets meltdown threat recently, when several hundreds of thousands of contracts could not be accounted for.  I've heard they fixed that.  Still, each exchange has a redundancy of long experience, they have a clearing house that compares all the sale orders with all the buy orders and balance things out.  \n\nIt often points out things like a brokerage house had 100 of its own customers buying xyz and 200 of its customers selling xyz, so it settles inhouse, where the brokerage simply reconnects a buying customer's account number to the selling customer's account number and the shares never really move.  But then there are those others.  Meanwhile a second brokerage company (of which there are hundreds) may have had the opposit experience (Analysts at brokerage A said company xyz would have higher costs on its west coast operations, so their customers tended to sell more, and Analysts at brokerage B said, while west coast operations have higher costs the east coast operations have had higher sales, enough to more than compensate) so at brokerage B there were 100 customers selling and 200 customers buying.  They just swapped account numbers on 100 blocks of xyz stock.  Brokerag A goes to the clearing house with tickets for 100 sell orders and Brokerage B goes to the clearing house with 100 buy orders and they are matched, so Brokerage B owes Brokerage A for 100 blocks of xyz stock.\n\nThere are a few more steps, but you get the idea.
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if you can remember \n\n1. vertical analysis (aka 100% analysis) where sales is 100% and the rest are expressed as a percentage of sales, done on a year by year basis, then interpret the relationship of each account to the total sales;\n\n2. horizontal analysis using the first year as the base year and computing for the percentage increase/decrease on the succeeding years, in amount and percentage, then interpret the increase/decrease, maybe the causes and implications;\n\n3. ratio analysis by computing the financial ratios each period then interpret these ratios relating to the operational, financial or investing activities.\n\ngood luck.
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A specialist probably exercises his/her financial knowledge in the market (meaning he/she sells/buys financial options) based on available market information\n\nAn analyst is likely the one who studies the buying & selling in the market, creates financial reports/analysis that are in turn used by the specialists.
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READ! You would be surprised at the volumes of information at your local library. And if they don't carry a particular book, you can get it through the Interlibrary Loan Service.\n\nBeginner’s Books on Investing\n\n"Which Is Better, Buy-and-Hold or Market Timing?" \n\n"Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Market Timer\n\nThe Beginner's Bible in Technical Analysis is:\nEdwards & McGee"Tech. Anal. Of Stock Trends"\n\nDroke, ClifTechnical Analysis Simplified\n\nKahn, Michael N.Tech. Anal. Plain & Simple\n\nKamich, Bruce M.How Technical Analysis Works\n\nLefevre, EdwinReminiscences of a Stock Operator\n\nLofton, ToddGetting Started in Futures\n\nLowenstein, RogerBuffet (Warren)-The Making of a Capitalist\n\nO'Neil, William J.How to Make Money in Stocks\n\nOz, TonyHow to Make Money From Wall Street\n\nRotella, Robert P.Elements of Successful Trading, The\n\nSchwager, JackStock Market Wizards\n\nSchwager, Jack D.New Market Wizards\n\nSperandeo, VictorTrader Vic-Methods of a Wall Street Master\n\n\nCheck out this news story: Six strategies for a new bear\n\nhttp://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?dist=newsfinder&siteid=mktw&guid=%7B6E08848C%2DD6D3%2D4652%2D9CD3%2DE518AEEAE3FE%7D&column=Paul%20B.%20Farrell
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I think this article will help you:\n\nhttp://www.exinfm.com/training/webpages/course03/Capital%20Budgeting%20and%20Cash%20Flow%20Analysis.mht
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A trader has a product to trade a broker provides a service.  e.g. mortgage or insurance brokers don't provide the mortgage or the indemnity rather they negotiate the best deal on behalf of their client and obtain a fee for same.  A trader on the stock market sells stocks.
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In most countries when you sell an investment, you have to pay taxes on the profits immediately, even if you sold the investment to reinvest in something else.\n\nTo avoid this inconvenience banks and other investment firms invented the "fund of funds". The manager of this type of fund determines his own strategy of arbitrage and reinvestment within a number of mutual funds. For the buyer of the fund of funds the advantage is that his reinvested money did not leave the fund of funds, and he doesn't have to pay taxes.\n\nThe advantage for the bank is that the fund family used by the manager is often that of the bank, which means that the bank earns twice the manager fee, once on each fund.  \n\nThe details depend on the country and its tax rules.\n\nBeing a fund of funds is one of the investment strategies used by hedge funds as it permits arbitrage between stocks, bonds, commodities according to the model the manager uses\nbut without him being encumbered by the burden of having to choose individual investments.
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You really should go for the smaller markets that focus on the higher end clients.  This is where you may have a shot at making money.  \n\nWalmart is NOT the way.
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In general IB ( introducing broker) and White Label IBs have difference.\nWhite Label is normally regulated broker and it accepts deposit from customers. It use trading platform of primary broker with its own logo and also use back-office facilities of primary broker.\nSimple IB does only marketing for primary broker and gets a compensation for introducing of customers.\nAll funds normally go to primary broker directly.\nSome times it is more beneficila to open an account via IB rather then go directly to primary broker.\nBecause IB pays you money for every trade!\nA good example of introducing brokers:\nhttp://www.realtimeforextrading.com\nhttp://www.swissnetbroker.com\nhttp://www.z-forex.com\nhttp://www.invest2forex.com\n\nI hope you will find my answer as useful.
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A commission-based job means you get to make your own paycheck based on sales you most likely are going to do. However, the drawback is if the people you're selling to aren't buying, you might find the financial times a little tight. However, if you sell a lot, you would be rolling in the dough.\n\nUnfortunately, you don't have anything to fall back on if sales are slow, though. \n\nA salary job is nice because it offers security. The downside is that you might be required to work more hours than required of a normal work day, and you won't get paid overtime. This lessens the value of what you're getting paid. While you have the security of being paid a steady income, if you're working more hours and not getting anything more for it, the job will become a burden.\n\nIf you feel confident in your sales abilities, then go with the commission job. If you're ok with working extra hours for no added benefit, but still have the security of a steady income, go with the salaried position.\n\nGood luck to you!
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A sales position that pays commissions and ofers repeat business is the best. This gets even better if there is a customer service department to handle future sales orders from your accounts. Advertising is a good choice. Selling TV or radio ads, or even selling design services or graphics production like posters or tradeshow displays. You keep bringing in new customers and you keep making commissions on every client you brought in. Insurance is also good for residual income.
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A financial analyst (or securities analyst, research analyst, equity analyst) works with financial analysis. Equity is a financial security used for financing business. It differs from debt in that it pays no set interest. It is a claim on future earnings.An analyst will write reports on the companies they are supposed to cover, trying to describe the businesses and their opinion of the companies investment potential, usually from a fundamental analysis standpoint. They also summarize that report with a rating, such as "buy", "sell", "market perform", "overweight", "hold", etc.\n\nThe analysts get their information by studying public records of the company and by participating in public conference calls where they can ask direct questions to the management. Previously, analysts were said to obtain lots of information (especially from clients of their investment bank), via exclusive meetings with upper management. Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure), is said to prevent most of this from happening at present.\n\nFinancial analysts, also called securities analysts and investment analysts, work for banks, insurance companies, mutual and pension funds, securities firms, and other businesses, helping these companies or their clients make investment decisions. Financial analysts employed in Commercial lending perform "balance sheet analysis," examining the audited financial statements and corollary data in order to assess lending risks. In a stock brokerage house or in an investment bank, they read company financial statements and analyze commodity prices, sales, costs, expenses, and tax rates in order to determine a company's value and project future earnings. In any of these various institutions, the analyst often meets with company officials to gain a better insight into a company's prospects and to determine the company's managerial effectiveness. Usually, financial analysts study an entire industry, assessing current trends in business practices, products, and industry competition. They must keep abreast of new regulations or policies that may affect the industry, as well as monitor the economy to determine its effect on earnings.\n\nFinancial analysts use spreadsheet and statistical software packages to analyze financial data, spot trends, and develop forecasts. On the basis of their results, they write reports and make presentations, usually making recommendations to buy or sell a particular investment or security. Senior analysts may actually make the decision to buy or sell for the company or client if they are the ones responsible for managing the assets. Other analysts use the data to measure the financial risks associated with making a particular investment decision.\n\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_analyst
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Income statements contains information about your revenue and your expenses. When you reduce your revenue with your expenses, you'll get profit or loss. \n\nBalance sheets contains information about your assets, liabilities and capital. Your profits or loss value from the income statement will be incorporated in your capital calculation and make your capital either increasing (profit) or decreasing (loss).\n\nRetained earnings statement is generally used for accounting in corporations, where the owner is more than one. Because the owner is more than one, your income statement value has to be divided for each owner at the last month of your accounting period. To make it not confused with your current income statement which will keep changing at time to time, your income statement value at the last month of the period is transferred to the retained earnings statement.\n\nThe statement of cash flows will calculate the difference between your cash in and cash out. The difference will be considered as the amount of your available cash right now (either in your bank or in your pocket). It will be included in your balance sheets calculation as assets.
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India.  Lots of financial companies are now outsourcing their financial analysis to India.  But I doubt that's what you had in mind.\n\nYou could start by getting a job with a local office of an international finance company or investment bank, and then see if they would transfer you abroad.  It might be the easiest way to do this, and the company would take care of all the paperwork for you.
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It depends on the job and the employers tastes.  If you have no programming experience, the best thing you can do is to try use your computer smarts to advance yourself in the field of finance.  Get a job as an analyst and since you are really good w/ computers, you can leverage that skill to do the job of an analyst, better than the person who DOESN'T have that computer skill.
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Depends which field.  Generally, they'll skim over your work XP unless you have something fantasic that's a very good fit.\n\nFor analyst type positions, the most important thing is probably how well you can think on your feet.  They'll grill you for the whole day with brain teasers, finance questions (if you majored in econ/finance), statistics, probability, algorithms, and other similar things.  You obviously don't have to get them all right, but your general pattern of thinking and coming to the right solution is important.\n\nTraders are probably more personality fit since that's an important part.  Sales is more talking.  There are tons of entry level positions at GS.