3 Month Mastery - Keys to Becoming a Top-Rated Management Consultant by Jenny Rae Le Roux

Author:Jenny Rae Le Roux [Le Roux, Jenny Rae]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-04-28T22:00:00+00:00

Core client type #4: Hedge fund

These clients buy and sell public stocks, usually representing ownership of a small percentage of the company, in order to influence the market. After riding a curve upwards, they sell the stock, looking to make a handsome profit. They are interested in similar research to private equity companies—if they understand fundamental demand that could affect company performance, their hedges (often in the $B) are more likely to pan out with tremendous upside.

6 Prep Steps wrap up & action items

To recap this lengthy section, there are 6 Prep Steps that are absolutely essential to starting off as a top performer—Excel, Access, PowerPoint, customer information, accounting, and market research.

Excel - Action items

As a new analyst, you’ll be spending a lot of time creating models in Excel. It’s absolutely crucial that you’re competent on the 5 factors that make a great model—formatting and layout, flexibility to respond to changes in inputs, knowledge of formulas, linking within documents, and pivot tables. You’ll also need to have a handle on key functionality such as creating formulas, performing data analysis, cleaning data, etc.

Here are 3 Excel Prep action items to get you started on your way to mastering Excel:

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