Contributed by Nancy Monson
Time heals all wounds. But until time kicks in, what do you do while you’re waiting? How do you relieve stress and decompress from everyday pressures? How do you ease the pain, distract your mind, soothe your soul? If you’re like me (and a whole lot of celebrities, it seems), you craft.
I’ve […]
Archive for November 2007
November 30th, 2007, 9:21 am
Craft to Heal:Taking Time Out to Pursue a Hobby Can Have Benefits for Your Body and Soul
filed under Intrepid Women Series
For the futures and derivatives industry, the Futures Industry Association Expo is one of the biggest events of the year. It’s a chance for everyone who works in the derivatives market to get together and discuss new developments in the field and the direction of the industry going forward. More than 4000 people from 20 […]
filed under News
All-star stock analyst Meredith Whitney of CIBC World Markets made major waves earlier this month when she presciently predicted the decline of Citi’s stock. According to a recent Business Week article, Ms. Whitney downgraded Citi’s stock to “market underperform” status, equivalent to a recommendation to sell, in an October 31, 2007 report. She bucked […]
filed under Breaking the Glass Ceiling
The Glass Hammer team is attending the Futures Industry Association (FIA) conference in Chicago this week.
Only an estimated 20% of the total attendees at the FIA annual conference are women. So why are women so underrepresented in this field? And why is it that the women in derivatives trading mostly work on the business side not on the modelling or […]
filed under Next Level
November 27th, 2007, 8:00 am
The UpDown: Fantasy Investing
Contributed by Lauren Davis
Move over, fantasy football. There’s a new game in town. The UpDown, a new fantasy investing site, enables its members to trade stocks rather than quarterbacks. The site provides each member with a $1 million dollar virtual portfolio, which they can then invest and grow, all without the risk […]
filed under Money Talks
Are you coughing from the dust kicked up by your resume as you wipe the cobwebs off of it? If you are looking for a new job but haven’t updated your resume in awhile…here are a few pointers for how to present yourself well on paper and get that dream job.
According to Distinctive Documents, an […]
filed under Next Level
Is work making you want to punch someone? I found a cure to release the office- related stress and help your head from exploding…it’s called Bikram Yoga. After the very first class, I felt ready to take on the world.
I went through a phase where I was at the gym every day, even […]
filed under Intrepid Women Series
The Glass Hammer has been live for just over two months now. We want to thank you for your support so far. We set up this online community as a “go to” place for women in finance to read news and advice to advance their career. Uniquely, the site is somewhere where we can go […]
filed under News
“You know, you are a pretty good boss, and I like working for this firm and all, but to be honest, this place is a little weak on diversity. So, I’m going to have to give you an F.”
Sounds like the setup for a skit from the Office, but in reality, this is what many […]
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Connie Thanasoulis recently left her job at Merrill Lynch and has been chronicling her experiences for The Glass Hammer…
Week 4:
I’ve decluttered my own house so much that I am now helping my mom with her projects. She’s 74 years old, and part of the reason I left work was to spend more time with […]
filed under Mentors
November 19th, 2007, 8:00 am
Adaptability – from Aboard the Paris-London Eurostar Train
My last article talked about training. If I had to plot a graph of “Dullest vs Most Valuable Training,” I would proudly place proper typing skills in the upper right hand corner. But the mind-numbing hours of practice have certainly paid off over the years. As colleagues pick out letters on their keyboards using the […]
filed under Next Level
This new series of articles, called “Passions,” is not a cheesy soap opera on day-time television. Rather, it explores what young successful professional women do when they are not working, and sheds some light on the hobbies and interests that they are passionate about.
Think that only a crazy person would jump out of an airplane […]
filed under Passions, Intrepid Women Series
Women, let’s rock the boat in Quantitative Analytics. Mostly known as a field for “Quant Jocks,” this financial sector is yearning for female professionals. In capital markets, where women have been traditionally underrepresented, this is one career where we have been dealt the upper hand.
Quantitative Analytics, or “quant” to those in the know, is defined […]
filed under Analysts and Associates
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