I'm filling in for Eddie over the next month while he's off. Enjoy!
Thread of the Week:
Hands down the discussion thread of the week was Will You Buy Your Fiance a Diamond Ring? by blogging intern @"JrTrader". The post brought in 220+ comments, was picked up by Business Insider, a few sb's for the effort, and 29 likes on facebook.
Comment of the Week:
@"Marcus_Halberstram" had the Comment of the Week this week on the thread bain capital vs. apollo, when asked to compare the two, his comment "They both often invest in semi-distressed companies, the only difference is that in Apollo's case, its intentional." earned him 9 Silver Bananas.
Caption Contest Winner:
This week's Caption Contest winner is @"AcctNerd" with 11 SB's for his comment on the HBS gentleman and their sweaters. Congratulations you'll get a pm about your free WSO shirt soon. Ideas for an image you'd like to see in the caption contest? PM me.
Guidance Counselors:
Both @"BOTT1702" & @"valueisoverrated" had very helpful Q&A threads this past week, thanks guys!
Q&A: Credit Analyst at +$5B Distressed Shop
Q&A I'm an Agricultural Commodities Trader
Do you want to do your own Q&A? Email me: [email protected]
Most Active Monkeys:
1. @"AcctNerd" 192, 2. @"WallStreetPlayboys" 94, and 3. @"valueisoverrated" with 72
See where you rank here.
New WSO Certified Users:
I wanted to take the space here to thank and congratulate the new Certified Users from the past week. Welcome to the club. Some of these are new members, but all have confirmed that they work in the indicated industry at the level selected on their profile. All Certified Users have a yellow star next to their usernames when posting in the forums, so you all know which sources you can trust the most. As WSO Certified Users, they get i) 3 months free to the WSO Job Board ($45 Value), ii) access to the private Certified User chat room to network with other professionals (priceless) and iii) a free ticket to attend the 2014 WSO Annual Conference in New York on June 28 ($200 Value!). Without further ado:
Investment Banking
@speedmerchant - Generalist - Business School
Sales & Trading
@blender
Consulting
@Hassan Malik - Director
Commercial Banking
@B2Banker - 1st Year Analyst
Are you a working professional and you're interested in joining the WSO Certified User club? E-mail [email protected] and [email protected] your username and send a link to your LinkedIn profile.
@AndyLouis : not enough cynical, snarky comments about marriage and booze. You're gonna have to step up your game if you want to effectively fill in for Mr. Braverman!
This is a very astute observation...
lol, not in the mood today, next week
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