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18 Sep

Python Packages 101 — Part 1

September 18, 2023
By Training The Street

You have decided to learn Python and you have even picked up the basics such as While and For loops, If statements and using lists and dictionaries. Now you want to get serious and have no idea what to learn next. All of your Python expert friends keep throwing around...

05 Jun

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From Lego to Empire: How Buy and Build in Private Equity Turns Blocks Into Billions

April 23, 2025
By Training The Street

From Lego to Empire: How Buy and Build in Private Equity Turns Blocks Into Billions In this article, we will discuss the Buy and Build in Private Equity strategy and how it faired in the last decade. By Rasna Saini In private equity (PE), the “buy and build” strategy refers to an approach where...

23 May

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Global Private Equity Industry: Ending a 12-year Run of Stunning Performance!

November 28, 2023
By Training The Street

By Rasna Saini The Global Private Equity industry ended 2022 with a record $3.7 trillion in dry powder! However, the impact of the unprecedented mix of macro forces in play puts a question mark on how and when the GPs will put it to work. Investments, exits, and fund-raising all declined in 2022 as...

14 Mar

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What Happened To Silicon Valley Bank?

October 2, 2023
By Training The Street

Failure of Regulations or Regulator? By Matthew Parker Many words have already been written about the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”): the causes, the implications, whether there should be a Government bailout, should Glass Steagall be reintroduced - even should the FDIC deposit insurance be increased from $250k to $20m! To add...

22 Aug

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Choosing The Right Financial Training

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

How to ensure you and your team obtain essential finance skills Financial training comes in all shapes and sizes so how does one decide which is the best option to obtain new functional finance skills? At Training The Street, we consider the knowledge and skills required to be a high-performing finance...

28 Jul

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The Twitter Saga: Why Valuation Discipline Beats M&A Fever

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

The story of Twitter and Elon Musk, after playing out in the media for months, is now headed to the courts. Regardless of the outcome, the case will have a major impact on deal-making for years to come, affecting the way due diligence is conducted, transactions are structured, merger agreements...

17 Feb

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Adjusting Enterprise Value for Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Venereal Disease

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

Charlie Munger, Buffett’s long-time partner, and chairman of Daily Journal Corporation (DJCO) was answering shareholder questions today when the subject of crypto came up. On being asked whether he was wrong about buying crypto, Charlie said, “I’m proud that I never invested in Crypto. It’s like venereal disease”. That’s nice Charlie. That’s...

01 Jun

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HERTZ: 0-60 IN 100 YEARS. 60-0 IN 0.5

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

The following three statements are all true: In November 2019, Hertz went out to investors asking for $750M. Investors, impressed with what they saw, gave the company $900M instead. In April 2020, four billion dollars of Hertz's debt was rated triple-A, the same rating that the US government gets for...

18 May

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Neiman Marcus’ Last Call

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

Neiman Marcus and J. Crew are the latest to join a list of growing retailers filing for bankruptcy and they both have something in common – enormous debt burdens from leveraged buyouts led by private equity firms. As the government rolls out trillions of dollars in stimulus funds, a push by...

21 Apr

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Excel Mishaps: Why It Pays to Have Excel OCD

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

Marks and Spencer - When they announced that sales had risen in the quarter but they had, in fact, fallen; mistake due to... an Excel summing error. JPMorgan Chase - When they had $6.2bn in trading losses in 2012 (the “London Whale” incident) due to... an Excel error. Fidelity’s Magellan...

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