Maintenance Margin
What is Maintenance Margin? Maintenance margin is the total amount of capital that must remain in an investment account in order to hold an investment or trading position and avoid a margin call. To better understand what a maintenance margin is, it’s important to review the underlying concepts of margin accounts and margin calls. Breaking...
Valuation Principles
What are Valuation Principles? Business valuation involves the determination of the fair economic value of a company or business for various reasons such as sale value, divorce litigation, and the establishment of partner ownership. Image: CFI’s Business Valuation Modeling Course. Key Principles of Business Valuation The following are the key principles of business...
Paper Wealth
What is Paper Wealth? Paper wealth refers to an individual’s or company’s wealth, measured by assets that are listed on paper. In other words, paper wealth is a speculated amount of wealth, determined as the money that could potentially be generated when the assets of an individual or company are sold. Paper Wealth vs. “Real”...
Equity Research Interview Questions
What are the Most Common Equity Research Interview Questions? Based on our first-hand experience, as well discussions with equity research professionals, we’ve compiled a list of the top questions to be asked by a research analyst when interviewing an associate. We’ve also added what we think are the best answers to these challenging interview questions. Here are the...
Why Investment Banking? The Fastest Way to Learn and Grow
Mastering the “Why Investment Banking?” Interview Question You’re almost guaranteed to be asked this question in an investment banking interview. Of all the jobs you could have out of university, why investment banking? The key is to quickly demonstrate that you’re smart, that you understand what the job entails, and, having a full view of what’s...
