>> You have to definitely have the technical skills.
So you have to be good at math.
You also have to be good at -- you have to have a combination of science
and art because you have to be able to interview people and strategies and firms
and put everything together and kind of say is this firm going to do well going forward.
So you have to assess are they happy where they are?
Does the team work together well?
What's their process?
Is it a good process?
What's their philosophy?
And can that philosophy process be sustained going forward?
So in terms of the skills you need,
you need good communication skills both verbal and written.
You need good math skills, good analytic skills, and without a doubt you need
to have a passion for investments.
If you don't like investments you're not going to like this job and you have
to be able to sit and do the work.
Like you have to have a certain amount of ability to focus and just kind of concentrate.
You need to be able to read.
You should read as much as you can.
You should read The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, every article,
all kinds of information you can put your hands on.
So and you have to always want to learn.
And you have to be creative.
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