Finance: Credit Analyst

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Meet Markus Widerøe. Markus is a Credit analyst at DNB. He has studied in different countries like Australia, Switzerland, and France his master degree (CEMS) and was a one day rock star in china. He loves books, personal development and raw food.

Books, movies, and TV-series mentioned in the interview

• The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle.
• The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance by Josh Waitzkin.
• The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield, with Shawn Coyne as editor
• Boiler Room, a 2000 American crime drama film written and directed by Ben Younger and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, and more.
• Margin Call, a 2011 American independent drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor. The story takes place over a 36-hour period at a large Wall Street investment bank and highlights the initial stages of the financial crisis of 2007–08.
• The Big Short, a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Adam McKay. It is based on the non-fiction 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis about the financial crisis of 2007–2008, which was triggered by the United States housing bubble.
• The Apprentice, a reality talent game show franchise originally aired in 2004 in the United States. Created by U.S.-based British producer Mark Burnett, the show depicts contestants from around the country with various professional backgrounds in an elimination-style competition to become an apprentice to a businessman.

Links and other useful resources

• The Financial times, an English-language international daily newspaper with a special emphasis on business and economic news.
• Market watch, a website that operates financial information and provides business news, analysis, and stock market data.
• The Economist, an English-language weekly newspaper owned by the Economist Group and edited in offices based in London.
• Reuters, an international news agency headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, England, United Kingdom and is a division of Thomson Reuters.
• FactSet, a website that delivers the insight and information to investment professionals through analytics, service, content, and technology.
• Mindjet, the developer of MindManager, the industry-leading software that helps business professionals achieve more by efficiently organizing and clearly communicating complex ideas and information.
• Wondering what the average salary of a credit analyst is? This article by Study.com has some answers.

Videos

This video gives you an idea of the day in the life of a credit analyst

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