About

Who I am

I grew up around the U.S. Foreign Service, which meant moving a fair amount and paying attention to governments earlier than most people do. That’s probably why the two things I’ve kept coming back to; how governments behave and how markets price things, never felt like separate interests.

I studied finance and economics at Nebraska and spent three summers working at U.S. embassies: human resources in Bogotá, then twice in Berlin, in the Economic Section and in Financial Management. Berlin’s economic posting was the one that stuck. Each morning we decided which of the previous day’s stories, whether a data print, an industry report, or a minister’s remarks was worth Washington’s attention, then said it in four sentences. I liked the judgment involved more than I expected to.

The other half arrived in a fixed income class. I found debt more satisfying to analyze than equity. Equity asks what a business might be worth; credit asks whether you’ll be repaid, and what that risk should cost today. I like that the question scales from a single private borrower, to a company choosing when to come to market, to a government whose borrowing cost is a running verdict on its economy. That whole range is where I’m pointed, from private credit and DCM through to macro and FICC research.

I’m looking for an analyst role in those markets from July 2027, in the US, UK, or Europe — I hold US and EU citizenship, so I can work in the States and across the EU without sponsorship.

Outside of work

I love to go to new coffee shops, specifically trying new specialty coffee shops wherever I’m at. Here in Dublin my favorite coffee shop is INTIKA CoffeeHouse . In Lincoln, Bloom Coffee is the best, while in Frankfurt Hoppenworth & Ploch Café , and in Berlin Bonanza Coffee has the cake!

I do other things too, don’t worry!

Education

MS in Economics — Trinity College Dublin, 2026 - 2027

📍 Dublin, Ireland

  • Econometrics 1
  • Econometrics 2
  • Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • Introduction to Microeconomics
  • International Economic Growth
  • International Banking and Cryptocurrencies
  • Monetary Policy
  • International Macroeconomics
  • International Finance
  • Computational Methods for Economics

BS in Business Administration, Majors: Finance, Economics — University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2022 - 2026

📍 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Relevant Coursework:

  • Options, Futures and Derivative Securities — Hedging Strategies · Interest Rates · Pricing of Forwards · Interest Rate Futures · Swaps · Option Mechanics · Stock Option Properties · Options Trading Strategies · Binomial Trees · Black-Scholes-Merton · The Greeks
  • Advanced Finance — Modigliani-Miller · Pecking Order Theory · Real Options · WACC · Capital Budgeting · Mergers
  • Financial Statement Analysis — Ratio Analysis · Receivables · Fixed Assets · Inventories · Liabilities · Leases · Taxes · Equity
  • Fixed Income Investments — Yields · Valuation · Term Structure of Interest Rates · Interest Rate Risk · Credit Risk · Duration · Convexity · ABS · MBS · Callable Bonds · Putable Bonds · Convertibles
  • Financial Institutions — Depository Institutions · Finance Companies · Securities Firms · Investment Banks · Mutual Funds · Hedge Funds · Insurance Companies · Interest Rate Risk · Credit Risk
  • Investment Principles — Asset Classes · Financial Instruments · Securities Trading · Risk · Return · Capital Allocation · Efficient Diversification · Optimal Risky Portfolio · Index Models · CAPM · Multifactor Risk & Return Models · Market Efficiency · Behavioral Finance & Technical Analysis · Equity Valuation Models
  • International Business & Economics — Multinationals · International Restructuring · Protectionism · Customs Unions · Regionalism · Common Agricultural Policy · EEC · Single European Market · EU Enlargement · Current Account · Exchange Rate Regimes & Determination · European Monetary Union · Euro Crisis · Brexit
  • Introduction to Econometrics — Simple Linear Regression · Ordinary Least Squares · Multiple Linear Regression · Heteroskedasticity
  • Applied Public Policy — Tidyverse · Plotting · Prediction · Causality Decomposition · Forecasting · ARIMA · Fable · AR Models · Two Step Forecasting
  • Intermediate Microeconomic Quantitative — Preferences · Utility · Budget Constraints · Constrained Consumer Choice · Demand · Consumer Welfare · Production · Returns To Scale · Productivity · Costs (SR and LR) · Perfect Competition · Monopoly · Monopsony · Oligopoly · Monopolistic Competition · Factor Markets
  • Intermediate Macroeconomics Quantitative — Measurement and Structure of National Economy · Productivity · Output · Employment · Consumption · Saving · Investment · Long-Run Economic Growth · Asset Market · Money · Prices · Business Cycles · IS-LM Model · AD-AS Model · Classical Business Cycle Analysis · Keynesianism · Unemployment · Inflation ·

Involvements:

  • Husker Venture Fund
  • Clifton Builder Program, Cohort 2024
  • Pi Kappa Alpha, Beta Alpha PC

Awards:

  • Dean’s List:
    • Spring 2024
    • Fall 2024
    • Spring 2025
    • Fall 2025
    • Spring 2026
  • CFA Scholarship:
    • Department of Finance, UNL College of Business, Spring 2026

Get in touch

The fastest way to reach me is email: sebastian.pucher@gmail.com . I’m also on GitHub and LinkedIn .