Class Purpose
Class Purpose:
The purpose of this class is to give you a hands-on opportunity to perform activities that you may be doing soon in the investment banking/finance field once you graduate. This class will help you make the transition between the finance theory that you learned in class and the actual application of financial knowledge to the main activities performed by financial analysts. The intended benefits of this class are threefold. You will leave with:
1. An understanding of and experience in doing the types of analyses most prevalent in the finance industry. This includes both industry analysis and company analysis.
2. Copies of your company and industry reports that you can leave with prospective employers. These should be examples of your best research, analytical, and presentation skills.
3. An experience that you can include on your resume that shows you were a research intern with GFA in the Winter Semester 2008. This can only be included after you have presented to management at the end of the semester. If you do not present to GFA management, you cannot include this experience on your resume.