Arsalan Fakhraei
Finance · Markets · Analytics

Arsalan Fakhraei

Final-year finance student at UBC Sauder. I trade, I write market reports for a small group, and I did the ESG side of an equity research pitch for the CFA Research Challenge. Looking for analyst roles in banking, research or markets for 2027.

Arsalan Fakhraei

Work

Markets

Intact Financial stock pitch cover
Equity research · CFA Research Challenge

Intact Financial (TSX: IFC) — Buy, $311

Our team's pitch for the CFA Research Challenge. P/B valuation, eight-company comps, bull/base/bear. I did the ESG chapter. The full deck is on the page.

Read the pitch →
Semis Under Fire chartbook cover
Market research · Chartbooks & briefings

Market briefings

Reports I write for my trading group. Semis in a bear market, gold flipping after a jobs print, and the spring 2026 oil shock.

See the reports →
Daily Market Movers dashboard page
Trading process · Risk framework

How I trade

The rule set, the daily report that runs the book, and the real numbers: up to US$87K in capital, a −12.5% year, and what two leveraged ETFs taught me.

How it works →
Dot-com curve-fit detector dashboard
Interactive · Data visualization

Dot-com analogue: curve-fit detector

Everyone's been posting the "S&P 500 looks like 2000" chart. I slid the two windows against each other and computed the correlation at every lag to see how real the match is. It's mostly curve-fitting.

Open the dashboard →

Data & analytics

Coursework in Python, R and Tableau (COMM 337 and 365). Learning SQL this term.

Netflix churn study chart
Market research · R

Why people cancel Netflix

A 44-person survey on churn. Correlations, t-tests, a Friedman test and a regression that explains 66% of cancel intent. Paid sharing is the biggest driver, not the algorithm.

See the analysis →
Map of Vancouver Airbnb listings
Data visualization · Tableau

Vancouver Airbnb, 4,001 listings

81% are entire homes and 40% belong to hosts with more than one listing. A map, neighbourhood breakdowns and the growth trend.

Explore it →
Google Play installs by category chart
Business analytics · Python

The Google Play market in numbers

About 7,000 apps in pandas: crowded categories versus popular ones, why ratings say little, and why only 8% of apps charge.

See the findings →

About

I grew up in Tehran, moved to Vancouver, did two years at UBC Okanagan and transferred to Sauder in 2024. Outside class I trade a live account alongside a group of four (a wealth manager, a commercial banker, two friends) and write the weekly read-through for them. I use AI a lot when I build things and I'm upfront about it; the ideas, the rules and the calls are mine.

Off the desk: tennis, violin, espresso, board-game nights, and slowly learning French.