Where are they now?: Alumni Spotlight.

Meares’ best “Wolf of Wall Street” impression

Joseph Meares ’10, Stedsman and “Man of High Finance,” took the time to stop watching Fox's Maria Bartiromo and researching stocks to tell me what’s he up to these days. Here is what Meares had to say…

St. Ed: What are you up to these days?

Meares: I’m an Equity Research Associate at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. Basically I spend 12-14 hours a day analyzing stocks. I am also studying for the CFA exam and be a charted financial analyst/

St. Ed: How has the prep gone for the exams?

Meares: I’ll begin studying for the last segment of the CFA exam in January, so this will probably be my last correspondence with the outside world until June.

St. Ed: I might be jumping the gun here, asking for financial advice, but do you think that I should get a reverse mortgage on Steds?

Meares: If living in NYC for 3 years has taught me anything, it’s that street performers make BANK. So, it’d probably make more sense to just have the most talented freshman perform on South Quad for donations to the Hall.

St. Ed: Thoughts about the Polar Vortex?

Meares: I recently hired a sherpa to accompany me on my daily walk to work. Highly recommended.

St. Ed: Since I have you, what are your thoughts on the “signer" at Mandela’s memorial? Crazy, or just so sane that it blows our minds?

Meares: A lot of people said Steve Jobs was crazy when he invented the Big Mac too…3 buns?

There you have it… Joe Meares, a Steve Jobs fan and soon to be CFA.