Portfolio Performance

Should one mention his/her portfolio performance in high finance interviews (assuming it is good to excellent)?
When can we say that a portfolio performed well (TWR, MWR, CAGR or IRR)? Over 10%? Over 15? a 50% more than the S&P500 or Nasdaq in the same period?

 

No, nobody cares about your PA. You could just as easily be a lucky degenerate gambler as a good stock picker and you're missing out on many of the true challenges with creating a pitch/idea like you would have to in a professional environment regardless of which you are. Maybe worth mentioning during an interview as part of a "why this job" question if you've had one for many years and can point to it as evidence of your interest in public markets but it generally won't be a topic of real discussion.

"The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly" - Robert A. Wilson | "If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion
 

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