11/14/16 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming events:

goodtimesSF 6th Annual Finance Networking Happy Hour -- Nov 17, 2016, 5pm, posted by @WallStreetOasis.com".
Boston / Cambridge WSO Meet Up, Sat 11/19, 5:30pm (all ages), posted by @jessli".

Upcoming webinars:

-Webinar: RE Case Study: American Express -- 7pm ET, 11/16/16
-Webinar: PE Business Development Roles -- Another way into PE besides IB -- 7pm ET, 11/20/16

Posts of the Week:

Shut. The F*ck. Up. by @The Uncontortionist". 55 SB's.
How To Deal With Anxiety - And Use It To Your Advantage by @geoffblades". 34 SB's.
America: We Had A Good Run by @Eddie Braverman". 24 SB's.
How Did Trump Win? by @geoffblades". 23 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Official Election Results Thread by @AndyLouis". 181 comments.
Clinton/Trump Election Prediction Thread by @DickFuld". 88 comments.
How did Obama do? by @WheyOfLife". 56 comments.
USA: 50 Things I Miss & Love by @AndyLouis". 54 comments.
How will the results of the election affect Wall Street and the overall economy? by @StreetofBulls". 46 comments.
What exactly do bankers do in their free time? by @JTJR". 40 comments.

AMA of the Week:

AMA: Internal Pharma M&A Group ($10B+) by @pthrowaway". 7 SB's.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @thebrofessor" in the post "How will the results of the election affect Wall Street and the overall economy?".

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @thebrofessor" 1008, 2. @TNA" 929, and 3. @Sil" with 836.

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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 3 months free to the WSO Job Board ($45 Value). Without further ado:

Investment Banking
@Mini-Monk” - Generalist - 3rd+ Year Analyst
@TheNotoriousFIG” - Generalist - 2nd Year Analyst
@OccultFinancier” - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Analyst
@TylerAsh” - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Analyst

Sales & Trading
@Bchen” - Fixed Income - 1st Year Associate

Real Estate
@Son of Sternlicht” - Commercial – Broker
@larry david” - Commercial - 1st Year Analyst

Asset Management
@WoodySan” - Fixed Income - 2nd Year Analyst

Consulting
@Mcraig” - 1st Year Analyst
@skippyconsultant” - Other

Equity Research
@nebben2k10” - 2nd Year Associate

corporate finance
@MichaelBurry” - 1st Year Analyst

Risk Management
@SouthernRisking” - 2nd Year Analyst

Other
@the_viking” - Other – Engineer

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.

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