By William Cao. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar and Swastik Patel. Overview/Introduction As you may know, a dividend, in short, is a company distributing cash to its shareholders for a certain amount of time. Though companies are not required to actually pay out dividends, investors can rely on them to see the company’s financial status. So,...Read More

By Soham Aher. Edited by Swastik Patel.  Introduction Working capital management refers to a company’s efforts to ensure it has adequate resources for day-to-day running expenditures while maintaining resources invested in a profitable manner.  Goals of Working Capital Management  Working capital management’s major objective is to help the business maintain enough cash flow to cover...Read More

By Sterling Xie. Edited by Swastik Patel Overview Stock and asset trading and purchases (high finance) are often seen as a largely logical game or system, but what many don’t realize is the reality of the game. Stock trading is deeply emotional. In reality, it is nearly impossible to predict market cycles. Even the best...Read More

By Sterling Xie. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview Women have made landmark strides in breaking through gender barriers in the financial world and especially on Wall Street. Starting in the 1960s, women gradually became more and more involved in finance and began joining Wall Street. Financial independence, freedom, and courage became known as the key...Read More

By Aniket Bose. Edited By Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview A mortgage broker is an agent that brings mortgage lenders and people seeking a mortgage together, but they do not use any of their funds to originate the mortgage. They also gather the necessary paperwork from the borrower and pass it on to the lender for them...Read More

By Dheeraj Veludandi. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar. Introduction The salary that investment banking(IB) offers is one of the only reasons people take up this career path. But, IB is also notorious for the stress levels that are brought upon with this job. A survey conducted showed that analysts at Goldman Sachs worked 95 hours every...Read More

By Aniket Bose. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar Overview Discounted cash flow (DCF) is a valuation method used to estimate the value of an investment based upon its cash flows in the future. DCF analysts attempt to figure out the value of an investment in the current time, making their predictions based on projections of how...Read More

By Aniket Bose. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview An initial public offering (IPO) refers to the process of providing shares of a private corporation to the public through issuing new stocks. The issuing of these public shares allows companies to raise capital from public investors. The transition from a private company to a public company...Read More

By Hrishikesh Menon. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview Market capitalization, or market cap for short, is the total dollar amount of a company’s outstanding shares. There are 3 main types of market cap (large, mid, and small). What is Market Cap? Market cap is the market value of the company’s equity and it’s calculated by...Read More

By Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview Hedge funds are partnerships between investors and fund managers to facilitate large investment deals. The fund manager seeks to maximize their client’s returns and eliminate as much risk as possible. As a general consensus, the target audience for hedge funds are the affluent, specifically those who have high net worths and...Read More