1.a related and popular area ** credit derivatives which might involve selling an option which pays off when a defaults on one of its debt obligations. 一个相关的热门领域是信用衍生产品。它可能会涉及到卖出一份当某个债权被拖欠时可以偿付(期权所有者)的期权 2.life as an analyst 作为一个分析员(也可能是金融机构最低层的/新手员工)的生活 track and generate weekly newsletters(weeklies), 跟踪并制作每周的新闻发布信(简称“周报“) keep schedules,保持日程进度 generate prospectuses 制作招募书(不一定是股权招募书,也可以是基金、债券) get burgers 拿到利润/客户/项目/生意(的确不是汉堡,呵呵) put in and retrieve pitch books from the copy center 将推介资料传到复印中心并从那里拿到打印好的推介资料(pitchbook一般就是银行向潜在客户推销自己时为客户量身定做的推销适合客户的某些产品的ppt或者文字资料) life as an associate 作为一个副手的工作(中文不是很清楚,就是比analyst高一级的员工,但比vp低一级) the ability to do dcf valuations 有作折旧现金流(d**counted cash flow)估价的能力 the ability to use excel in your sleep 睡觉的时候都能使用excel(好搞笑,就是excel玩儿得很好) the ability to arrange client meetings and get the log**tics right 能够筹划好与客户的会面并且让流程正确 the ability to deal with horrendous egos 能够处理好可怕的状况