The ability to effectively pitch an investment is essential to securing a job on Wall Street, where it immediately becomes a fundamental part of day-to-day business. This book gives you in-depth training along with access to complete online ancillaries and case studies so you can master the little skill that makes a big difference.It doesn’t matter how great your investment ideas are if you can’t convince anyone to actually invest. If you’re serious about success and ready to start moving up, Pitch the Perfect Investment shows you how to make it happen. Pitch the Perfect Investment combines investment analysis with persuasion and sales to teach you the “soft skill” so crucial to success in the financial markets. You’ll gain world-class insight into search strategy, data collection and research, securities analysis, and risk assessment and management to help you uncover the perfect opportunity; you’ll then strengthen your critical thinking skills and draw on psychology, argumentation, and informal logic to craft the perfect pitch to showcase your perfect idea.
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As noted by Geoffrey Moore, author of several highly-acclaimed strategy books in the technology industry, “Much heartache will be avoided and faster decisions will be reached by any organization that adopts Sonkin and Johnson’s recommendations.” Customers find the pitch quality of the book invaluable, with one customer specifically mentioning its effectiveness in structuring pitches. Customers find the informational content of the book valuable, describing it as a must-read for investment professionals and a comprehensive introductory text that contains advanced concepts. No other single resource will provide students, money managers, analysts, bankers, executives, salespeople, and individual investors with a faster way to improve their performance. Training for research analysts is basically nonexistent on Wall Street resulting in a “baptism by fire” that forces the new analyst to develop expertise on their own.
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- To overcome this deficiency, Sonkin and Johnson have written the ultimate “survival” guide for someone embarking on a career as an investment professional.
- Customers find the informational content of the book valuable, describing it as a must-read for investment professionals and a comprehensive introductory text that contains advanced concepts.
- They appreciate the visual examples, with one review highlighting the helpful illustrations, and find it particularly valuable for younger investors.
- Written by the leading authorities in investment pitching, this book shows you how to develop and exploit the essential, career-advancing skill of pitching value-creating ideas to win over clients and investors.
- Learn the overlooked skill that is essential to Wall Street successPitch the Perfect Investment combines investment analysis with persuasion and sales to teach you the “soft skill” so crucial to success in the financial markets.
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Arnie Ursaner, a sell side veteran, who retired after 43-years on Wall Street said, “I wish I had this book when I started in the business. I remember my early days being characterized by a lot of hits and misses. This book provides valuable shortcuts to experience more hits and fewer misses.” Money managers, analysts, bankers, executives, salespeople, students, and individual investors alike stand to gain massively by employing the techniques discussed here. Customers appreciate the visual content of the book, with one mentioning that the illustrations alone are worth the price of admission, while another notes the helpful examples and colorful anecdotes. Pitch the Perfect Investment accelerates the learning process, giving the college or MBA student the edge they need to succeed, whether they are pitching a stock idea in a job interview, in a stock pitch competition, or for a student-run investment fund. Sonkin and Johnson also seek to push the open-minded, seasoned investment professional out of their comfort zone and challenge them to think about familiar concepts differently.
Pitch the Perfect Investment accelerates the learning process, giving the college or MBA student the edge they need to succeed, whether they are pitching a stock idea in a job interview, in a stock pitch competition, or for a student-run investment fund. Echoing this sentiment, Aswath Damodaran, a prolific author of over 20 books on valuation and award-winning professor at New York University, said, “…this is a book that most of my students would have loved to have had before their first interview and job.” Training for research analysts is basically nonexistent on Wall Street resulting in a “baptism by fire” that forces the new analyst to develop expertise on their own through an agonizing process of trial and error. To overcome this deficiency, Sonkin and Johnson have written the ultimate “survival” guide for someone embarking on a career as an investment professional.
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This book gives you in-depth training along with access to complete online ancillaries and case studies so you can master the little skill that makes a big difference. Customers find this investment guide to be a must-read for professionals, offering advanced concepts and a comprehensive introduction to stock valuation. The book receives positive feedback for its readability, with one customer noting it kept their interest throughout. They appreciate the visual examples, with one review highlighting the helpful illustrations, and find it particularly valuable for younger investors. The single most important element in survival is having knowledge, as knowledge dispels fear, and on Wall Street, fortune favors the prepared mind.
- Customers appreciate the visual content of the book, with one mentioning that the illustrations alone are worth the price of admission, while another notes the helpful examples and colorful anecdotes.
- Pitch the Perfect Investment equips the chief investment officer and director of research with new tools, enabling them to tighten their analytical process and significantly improve communication and efficiency.
- O’Reilly members get unlimited access to books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
- No other single resource will provide students, money managers, analysts, bankers, executives, salespeople, and individual investors with a faster way to improve their performance.
- The ability to effectively pitch an investment is essential to securing a job on Wall Street, where it immediately becomes a fundamental part of day-to-day business.
Pitch the Perfect Investment: The Essential Guide to Winning on Wall Street (Wiley Finance) 1st Edition, Kindle Edition
Learn the overlooked skill that is essential to Wall Street successPitch the Perfect Investment combines investment analysis with persuasion and sales to teach you the “soft skill” so crucial to success in the financial markets. Written by the leading authorities in investment pitching, this book shows you how to develop and exploit the essential, career-advancing skill of pitching value-creating ideas to win over clients and investors. You’ll gain world-class insight into search strategy, data collection and research, securities analysis and risk assessment and management to help you uncover the perfect opportunity, you’ll then strengthen your critical thinking skills and draw on psychology, argumentation and informal logic to craft the perfect pitch to showcase your perfect idea.
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O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers. Customers appreciate the book’s age range, with one customer noting it’s especially suitable for younger investors and another mentioning it’s good for high schoolers. It doesn’t matter how great your investment ideas are if you can’t convince anyone to actually invest. Ideas must come to fruition to be truly great, and this book gives you the tools and understanding you need to get it done.
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