Recent content by steveborner

money sent fella :-). let me know when you have sent them steve

you could do a distance learning course and then you dont have to pay for a college course, just buy the books and teach yourself. Thats what I am currently doing for units 1 and 4 (unit 1 is pretty boring and a fair bit to cram but nothing too challenging that I have seen so far)

hello mate, email me your paypal addy to [email protected]. Can get the money sent accross. Thanks Steve

Hi All, I have decided to bite the bullet and go to university.:smart: I will be 22 come Sept 2009 when I start and so think it would be best to go to a University closer to home in London. I got 3 B's at A level (regretting taking my foot off the pedal up to exams after getting a job offer)...

A great thread! definately worth a read for newbies(like myself)! Thanks again Steve

Trader Dante, after reading this thread over a few times, looking at the job adverts and the effect of the credit crunch, I have decided to cut my losses and enrol in university starting next academic year, hopefully either economics and finance or money management and finance. By time I...

NNIT - I know this may sound obvious, but buy an Alevel Economics text book, read through cover to cover, although it wont give you true market knowlledge your understanding of fiscal policy and effects will definately benefit. Trader Dante - great thread! Definately a great help for a newbie...

have a look on amazon - i got my distance learning books very cheap from there! best of luck with the studies guys! Im having to crunch it on the trains to and from work and of an evening - no fun but worth it in the end!

has anyone found any routes in to junior IDB positions as yet or seen any advertised?

im only a newbie, but from what I understand the ey to making money is market volatility. even in a downturn this presents opportunities. Is this correct?

Intro, thanks for the reply, this would be trading, although they are owned by Icap they still trade under the Link name. Icap are purely inter dealers arent they? They are described as market leaders and have offices in London Tokyo as well as New York. How realistic is the move from...

BSD - they are according to milfhunter.com lol!

im not a trader, but my job is stuck on excel screens all day. So I get what you mean by the boredom, and long hours mon - fri kill social life. I recently strarted building a kit car that I will race on track days, just that extra hobby has kick started my social life and made me more...

GJ, In all honesty, I went in expecting far more than what I can realistically expect as a first step in the office as a non grad. The post you have quoted I had pictured a manic trading floor I also had the image if waltzing in as a junior trader/broker working my way on to trading. The...

Hi All, I have found a position as a traders assistant for Link, who since April have been part of ICAP PLC. Has anyone had any experience with Link? The position is salaried which is ideal, and have been told the succesful applicant would be expected to be a desk assistant for 12 months, and...