By Adam Schadt
Publication Date: 2026-10-19 14:20:00
I have an MBA from the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School where I was a full time student concentrating in finance and corporate accounting. I spent my summer internship at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) where I analyzed member trading activity for violations of FINRA rules as well as conducted investigative inquiries and analysis of firm responses. Since graduating in 2016, I have had over ten years experience with business valuation and financial statement analysis, including six years experience doing private business valuations. I’ve had experience valuing equity interests, debt and fixed income securities (including preferred interests), derivative instruments, intangible assets, and real estate holding companies. I also have a year and a half’s experience doing quality of earnings work. More details on my professional background are on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/adamschadt My total investing experience predates my MBA and career switch to the financial industry: I bought my first stock in my late teens in the late 1990s and enjoy actively managing my personal portfolio. I’ve had experience investing in long or short stock positions, options (both buying and writing), preferred stock, REITs, and master limited partnerships. On Seeking Alpha I tend to mostly write about companies that interest me but that I do not have long or short stakes in at the time of my writing about them. I believe this helps to…


