Monday @Mentions January 4th 2016

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming webinars:

-Webinar: Developing a short thesis - Weight Watchers/WTW stock -- 9pm ET, 1/5/16

Upcoming webinar rewinds on the WSO Frontpage (replays of old webinars you may have missed, free for 24 hours):

BO to MO: Maximizing Your Experience + Q&A, 1/7/2016
Careers in Equity Research + Q&A, 1/8/2016
Week in the life in Structured Products Origination at a Bulge Bracket Bank + Q&A, 1/9/2016

Posts of the Week:

2 steps to killing it in 2016! by @geoffblades". 9 SB's.
2 steps to killing it in 2016 (Pt 2) by @geoffblades". 3 SB's.

Q&A of the Week:

Q&A - London Megafund PE, one year in... by @Trashbat2". 2 SB's.

Comment of the Week:

This comment: by @DickFuld" in the post "Race/Ethnicity in Business- Is being an African American a disadvantage?".

I get the feeling that some people here are projecting. I know that Virginia tech has written many times that HE feels much more comfortable with other white people and doesn't really do much with minorities. I believe he said he does something in real estate and I believe UTD sells software. So, criticizing someone for being an intern for not knowing the financial industry when neither even works in the financial industry strikes me as a little strange, to put it mildly.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @DickFuld" 582, 2. @ItzWhitneyBItch" 344, and 3. @Dingdong08" with 284.

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) and ii) access to the private Certified User chat room to network with other professionals (priceless). Without further ado:

Investment Banking
@torreador" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 2nd Year Associate
@Marauder2-3" - Corporate Banking - 1st Year Analyst
@futureceo" - Corporate Banking - 2nd Year Analyst

Private Equity
@QSure" - Other - 2nd Year Analyst

Consulting
@angelz629" – Other

Asset Management
@Damil4real" - Equities - 3rd+ Year Associate

corporate finance
@swiss_monkey" - 2nd Year Associate

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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