What Does an Investment Banker Actually Do All Day?
A behind-the-scenes look at how deal work, spreadsheets, and client pitches fill the hours from analyst to managing director.
David JordanInvestment
Where the numbers work and where they only look like they do: market selection, purchase price discipline, and the assumptions behind a projection.
Investment Return Calculator — Compound Interest Explained: The Math Behind Wealth
Compound interest pays interest on interest, bending slow starts into steep curves. Here is the math behind it, with simple examples and everyday cases.
Peter Almeida
Investment Strategies Compared: Passive, Active, and Hybrid
Passive investing tracks an index at low cost. Active investing selects holdings in search of an edge. Each carries real trade-offs, and a hybrid plan is simply a way to size them.
Peter Almeida
How to Read an Investment Portfolio Like an Analyst
Stress-testing allocation, overlap, and concentration turns a list of holdings into a set of measurable exposures.
David Jordan
AmFIRST REIT Yields 9.41 Percent While Trading 69 Percent Below Its Peak: Reading Both Numbers Together
A second look at AMFIRST's headline figures: the dividend is real per the data, but the price history and the payout math deserve equal weight.
David Jordan