Arun Sundaresan is a Portfolio Management Intern at Personal Capital. Arun has previously worked at Citigroup in London, and spent time at Personal Capital last summer. He is currently studying Finance at Washington University in St. Louis.
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I grew up in the Bay Area, and always assumed that sky-high house prices and an astronomical cost of living were the norm. It wasn’t until I went to college in St. Louis that I realized…
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I usually leave the house each morning at 6:50. I hop in the car and drive to the train station, usually getting there around 7:05. I spend eight minutes waiting on the platform, using that…
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