Buyside Training for
the Modern Investor
Built by investors, for investors.
Learn the timeless fundamentals and current
technologies that move the buyside forward.
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Fundamentals
Meet Modern AI
Most investment training is disconnected from real workflows, and most AI content is untethered from the day-to-day work of an investor.
At Fundamental Edge, we provide solutions built for the buyside. Our practitioner-led programs are centered around the irreplicable fundamentals that have built great investors for decades, paired with AI workflows built to meet the demands of the seat.
Fundamentals
The foundations for a repeatable, institutional grade investment process. These are the timeless skills and workflows that every investor should learn.
Advanced Concepts
Key practices and frameworks that separate a good investor from a great one, sourced from instructors with decades of experience on the buyside.
AI Augmentation
AI is a force multiplier that can augment your investment process rather than replace it. Deploying AI properly enhances an investor's unique genius.
Student Testimonial
“If you want to go deep on equity
investing, fundamental analysis, and
the hedge fund industry there is no other
course that offers a better ROI."
Principles
Built by Practitioners
Each program is designed and delivered by investors who have sat in buyside seats.
Fundamental Foundations
Instruction is built upon the timeless, irreplaceable foundations of fundamental investing.
AI Augmented
All training includes AI augmentation designed to improve (not replace) the fundamental process.
Built for the Desk
We don't just focus on theory. Our goal is to help you immediately produce better results on the desk.
Instructors
Brett Caughran
Founder & Head Instructor
Brett brings 13 years of buy-side experience at Maverick, D.E. Shaw, Citadel, Ball Rock Fund, and Level1. Two Sigma and Schonfeld along with experience teaching FIN 494, “the hedge fund analyst process” at Arizona State University. He founded Fundamental Edge in 2022 to help redefine training on the buy-side.
Andrew Carr
Analyst Trainer & Head of
Enterprise Training
Andrew brings ~7 years of buy-side experience at Balyasny, ExodusPoint, and Skyler Capital. With an expertise in coaching candidates to earn at single-manager, long-only, and multi-manager firms. Having made a career change and changed firms several times, Andrew understands the challenge of recruiting and the benefit of guidance.
Alex Goston
Credit Instructor
Alex has over a decade of credit investing experience across distressed, opportunistic, and performing credit. With experience on both the public and private side of credit investing at KKR and RBC Global Asset Management, Alex brings expertise in deep fundamental credit analysis.
Paul Johnson
Analyst Trainer
Paul brings over 35 years of experience as an investor and business school professor. He is the founder of Nicusa Investment Advisors and teaches value investing at Columbia Business School and the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Paul has also co-authored several notable books, including Pitch the Perfect Investment and The Gorilla Game.
Student Testimonial
“This isn't a bunch of research papers
and theory. This is applicable day one.
If you don't take it, you're already behind."
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“This program is one of one - there's nothing else like it on the street and it's perhaps one of the most important investments you can make in your career... The curriculum provides the perfect blend of theoretical investing frameworks and practice derived from real world examples. The long form interviews and office hours are the icing on the cake."
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