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I find M&A interesting. Sort of missed out not choosing to set my path in that direction.
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Hateyou
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What do you mean? Like being a negotiator or lawyer for them or something?
kegkilla
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There’s also a lot of money to be made in the due diligence side of transactions.
I make my living largely doing M&A valuation modeling for industrial companies.
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Doing the analysis portion. I couldn't do the negotiation portion. I hate people generally
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For the most part. I run a very small consultancy. I'm a numbers geek at heart; the sales and business development aspects are an ongoing challenge and activity can be very uneven. (It's been basically dead for the last 9 months, but when it's good it's good enough I can float times like this.) Our analysis is based on a specialized linear optimization modeling system developed by me and my partner over the last 15 years, and working on that is the part I enjoy.
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I have a fun tale of the market helping me out yesterday. I'm an employee of a subsidiary of Eaton Vance. Woke up yesterday morning to news that we were bought out by Morgan Stanley.
Bought at a premium, stock up 50%, all my incentive stock that was going to vest over 5 years, vested immediately.
So that was nice.
Bought at a premium, stock up 50%, all my incentive stock that was going to vest over 5 years, vested immediately.
So that was nice.
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Anyone buy/sell physical metal? I've found a few reddit groups, especially pmsforsale that claim to facilitate the trades. The biggest issue i'm finding is how to safely buy and sell without getting screwed either by outright theft/fraud or big companies paying too far below spot.
Furry
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My recommendation is don't. I wouldn't buy commodities unless I had to for a job, especially not precious metals where there is not only fraud, but extremely convincing and hard to detect fraud. And i REALLY wouldn't go to reddit PMs as my first option if I still felt compelled to risk a 100% loss and buy metal. There's actual reputable companies/mints.
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Fogel
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Does this story involve you getting drunk and accidentely buying a bunch of metals?
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Fogel
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No, he sells kitco and apmex for years. I'm just trying to help him find a way to get better prices. But maybe selling through the big guys is just safest and the cost of dealing with these, liquidity wise. I DO KNOW he was scammed by a buyer on ebay once who sent back a empty package for a full refund. And ebay/paypal and the post office all did jack shit.