Jesse Freitag-Akselrod – Akselrod Academy

December 5, 20140Comments

Switching Language Settings & Unhiding Sheets

I was asked two questions recently: How to change the language settings from German to English (so that the English key shortcuts work) How to un-hide an Excel sheet using a key

by Jesse Freitag-Akselrod

Finance & Valuation

March 4, 20130Comments

Financial Models – Handle with care

Certainly there is merit to the analytical process of financial modeling: combing through public data, interviewing management teams, learning about industry trends and comparing different companies on specific empirical data. The

by Jesse Freitag-Akselrod

Finance & Valuation

March 4, 20132Comments

DCF – Valuation in the land of fairies & pixie dust

DCF is the valuation method most frequently taught in the classroom and it is considered the “most academic” of the valuation tools. DCF also happens to be the most misleading and

by Jesse Freitag-Akselrod

Finance & Valuation

March 4, 20130Comments

Getting the big picture

A common criticism made about new financial analysts is that they “lack judgement” or “don’t see the big picture.” Not good, come bonus time. So what is good judgement & how can you

by Jesse Freitag-Akselrod

Finance & Valuation

March 4, 20130Comments

Financial modeling – Why do we need it?

If you’re trying to get into banking, equity research or any number of other competitive finance jobs, you’ve probably heard that you’ll need to learn “how to model.” But what does

by Jesse Freitag-Akselrod