Day in the life of an investment analyst

Yeah blackhat obviously does a nice job outlining things there. I'll just supplement with my own routine. I think like many jobs in this industry there is no such thing as a "typical day", but I'd generally divide them by earnings days vs. non-earnings days.

During earnings (I'm west coast based so make adjustments as necessary):

-- Wake up 4:15a - 5:30a -- Get in around 5:00a-6:30a, identify priorities for morning calls. Hop on a call for anything that's owned, print and review releases for all companies in your coverage reporting -- 6:00 - 8:00a: listen to calls, take notes, quick calcs to understand changes to margin/growth assumptions -- 8:00a-9:00a morning meeting: report on held or Buy-rated names, review any shifts/inflections, first pass at takeaways and recommended actions (if any) -- 9:00a - noon: Update models, draft notes summarizing earnings, think about implications for other industry players yet to report. Calls with sellside/IR to discuss releases. Informal meetings with PMs. Talk to traders if we're adjusting positions. Noon: quick lunch Noon - 2pm: finalize and post notes / rec changes 2pm - 7p or 8p: if earnings after the close, jump on additional calls, otherwise prep for next morning releases / further analysis on trends etc. 8p-11p: dinner, change diapers, check news for anything potentially mkt moving 11p: sleep

Outside of Earnings: -- Wake up 5:30a / Get in ~6:30a -- 6:30a - 8:00a parse thru emails. Delete about 80% of the stuff from the sellside, read anything that relevant to names you own or are looking into, or thematic research from good analysts. Quick analysis of any material news. -- 8:00a morning meeting -- 8:30a - 3pm: management meetings, sell-side meetings, meet with PMs to discuss ideas and existing holdings, work on industry presentations or individual stock ideas, create/update models on new companies under coverage, deal with any IPOs coming thru, present ideas (occasionally), or just dick around and read blogs/industry rags relevant to your coverage. 3pm - whenever (usually 5-6p): most PMs are gone, so you can focus on any special research projects. I'm pretty quant so i like to get my hands dirty with ugly analysis that requires me to focus during this time, but other analysts will call up industry contacts, grab drinks with a sellside analyst, or just cut out if there isn't much going on. Also a good time to deal with compliance/training which is annoying and the bane of my existence. 5/6p - 10p: dinner, exercise (in theory), change diapers 9-10p: check in from home for any news etc. that could require attention in the morning. 11p: sleep

I could also delineate between ramping-up on coverage as a new analyst vs. maintenance mode as a more experienced analyst, but that is a whole other discussion...