Rising junior Dhruv Saraf and rising senior Luke Garlick participated in the firm’s ninth summer internship program. Through their six weeks with Clifford Swan, they touched every aspect of the business including fundamental securities research and trading, portfolio management software, inheritance planning, client service, operations, marketing, compliance, and IT.
Dhruv majors in Economics and Data Science at Claremont McKenna College. On campus, he is a Robert Day Scholar, a member of Graphite Group, and a Financial Economics Institute Research Analyst. Luke majors in Economics with a minor in Data Science Engineering at UCLA, where he is a two-time recipient of the D. Lipschutz Scholarship and President of Bruin Capital Management.
Gretchen Lee and Dan Mintz conducted the interviews, selecting Luke and Dhruv from an unprecedented number of applicants. Dan also held weekly check-ins and coordinated internship projects.
Luke’s favorite project was a deep analysis of the space sector and described it as “one of the most exciting industries right now.” He enjoyed analyzing the fluid possibilities of the largely untapped market: “usually you can draw a box around a company or an industry but with space there are so many avenues of growth and the confines of the industry and technology undefined.”
Dhruv’s favorite project was looking at Mutual Funds through researching Emerging Markets and analyzing several ratio trends. He “gained a solid foundation in Investment Counseling, especially in Fixed Income tools and Mutual Funds that aren’t in the news as much as Equities.” On the equity side, Dhruv particularly enjoyed trimming stocks for clients!
Clifford Swan was lucky to have Dhruv and Luke as interns, who strived to learn and become a part of our team, adding immense value to our firm and their professional development.
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