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    Personal Statement - Finance & Investment

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    The document discusses the author's interest in economics and finance stemming from the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis. It describes how the crisis led the author to study monetary systems, financial theories, and economics. The author demonstrates success investing simulated funds and in mathematics competitions, and believes their leadership, analytical, and reading skills would make them well-suited for a career in finance. The author aims to utilize their statistical knowledge and understanding of interrelated systems to evaluate financial assets and manage risks.

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    The document discusses the author's interest in economics and finance stemming from the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis. It describes how the crisis led the author to study monetary systems, financial theories, and economics. The author demonstrates success investing simulated funds and in mathematics competitions, and believes their leadership, analytical, and reading skills would make them well-suited for a career in finance. The author aims to utilize their statistical knowledge and understanding of interrelated systems to evaluate financial assets and manage risks.

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    The document discusses the author's interest in economics and finance stemming from the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis. It describes how the crisis led the author to study monetary systems, financial theories, and economics. The author demonstrates success investing simulated funds and in mathematics competitions, and believes their leadership, analytical, and reading skills would make them well-suited for a career in finance. The author aims to utilize their statistical knowledge and understanding of interrelated systems to evaluate financial assets and manage risks.

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    Personal Statement - Finance & Investment

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    The subprime mortgage crisis which has brought the fall of the Lehman Brothers

    and numerous critical requisites to bailout companies such as AIG, Citigroup, and
    many others by the US government has since compelled me to seek an even
    deeper comprehension about the forces which drives our financial systems and
    how such major fiascos were able to recur over the timeline of our financial
    history.
    Absorbed into understanding the main mechanics behind our monetary system, I
    discovered that it was merely nothing more than our governments abilities to
    adopt, capitalize and regulate fiat currency beyond our legal boundaries. Since,
    I was introduced to several financial theories such as the use of floating
    exchange rates in the valuation of international currencies and credit derivatives
    in the valuation of financial products such as CDSs and CDOs like the ones traded
    during the crisis. My take in Economics in A-Levels has introduced me to theories
    such as the Game Theory in strategic-decision making and the Tragedy of
    Commons together with Nash Equilibrium which has reinforced my apprehension
    of the financial and investing world as juxtaposing both elements allows me to
    gain an even wider insight upon how something we regard as insignificant would
    be able to affect an entire market.
    Being able to triple an amount of $100,000 in virtual currency on the stock
    market in a matter of 4 months has entitled me to be the top ranked investor in
    my college organized challenge, of which has made me realize that success of
    investments does not lie in the possession of luck or skill but rather in ones
    ability to manage risks as well as to interlink every aspects of our modern world
    and to understand how they are able to affect an overall market.
    Being awarded Credit up to Distinction in the annual Australian Mathematics
    Competition has prompted me to take A-Level Mathematics, considering the fact
    that Mathematics does play a crucial role in the calculation of risks and the
    valuation of financial assets. Given the nature in monitoring and evaluating
    stocks on a market, I am looking forward to the day I am able to utilize my
    statistical knowledge.
    As a competent student, I had the opportunity to hold several posts in high
    school being a Treasurer, a secretary, a committee member in various clubs and
    societies and also being under the schools Prefectorial Board. These has
    effectively reflected the imperative attributes of being a financial investor such
    as leadership in leading others under my care and trust; meticulousness in the
    management and structuring of finance; responsibility in carrying out my duties;
    teamwork in our participation in various competitions; as well as acceptance of
    failures. Acknowledging the limitless boundaries of knowledge, I have been an
    avid reader of which I have been awarded the NILAM Award twice for reading a
    total 290 books in a matter of 10 months, as a vast array of cognition and insight
    is needed in the field of investing. Furthermore, my past endeavors in mooting
    and debating competitions as well as my representation as a delegate in a recent
    summit has all the more enlightened me in the expertise of analyzing and
    breaking down arguments.
    With such, I intend to enter a profession that aligns with the interests and
    aptitudes I have discovered and developed over the span of my studies. I can
    ensure the University that my acceptance would be defined as a wise intellectual
    investment without utter regrets as I understand that the honors would be mine

    to uphold the integrity and of what symbolizes the universitys identity to the
    rest of the world.

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