The Shape of Wall Street
Most workers on Wall Street aren’t wolves or math geniuses — in reality, the industry has a lot of room for smart people to apply a wide range of skills to get rich.
Option Shortcuts
Options questions on the Series 7 exam are, let’s be honest, written to confuse those who have a good understanding of options. That’s because they want people who have a great understanding of options.
Debt Details for the Financial Professional
Facebook: Just about everyone who wants to work on Wall Street gets into stocks at some point, but fewer people ever really find much exciting about bonds. This is a mistake–bonds are a bigger part of the market, harder to analyze, and can even provide superior risk-adjusted returns if employed correctly. So, what do you need to know about bonds and when do you need to know it? This week, Zolio untangles the world of bonds and what the government expects everyone on Wall Street to know.
Calculating Values on the Series 7 Exam
To prepare and pass the Series 7 exam, you’ll face much of the fundamental math of finance, but you’re likely to face it in a way that is confusing or unclear. To make sure you break through and understand the test’s questions, you’ll need to have a firm foundation in the ideas the test is asking about–but what are those mathematical ideas on the Series 7 exam? Zolio explains.
How to Easily Calculate Options Plays
If you want to work on Wall Street, you need to be comfortable doing options calculations on pen and paper. Even in the world of options calculators, pretty much everyone who works on Wall Street has been tested on their ability to do complex options calculations by hand—fortunately, Zolio is here to help you so that you too can do these calculations without a computer or a calculator.
Tricky Math on the Series 7
Worried you don’t have the math skills to work on Wall Street? Don’t be–the math isn’t hard, but understanding what math to use when is crucial. Consider the simple account calculations that the Series 7 tests on, for example.