Anyone have Primers?

Hey guys,

I am looking to diversify my overall market knowledge and it is easy to pigeon hole yourself by only looking at one industry . Anyone have any primers they'd be willing to share? Preferably anything in the basic materials space, but I'm open to any and everything.

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TunnelMoney

I'm trying to get to understand a few industries outside of my own world, just for general knowledge. And I just learned that WSO used to have a huge bank of industry primers - but it was closed last year. Since I'm late to the game I guess I'll have to re-invent the wheel. Would anyone have a list of the filenames so I could get Googling?

I've got a lot of material on energy (Oil&gas) and building materials, if anyone is interested. Happy to answer questions on the heavy materials industry too - I work in M&A for an industry major.

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Just a thought - why not put them into your public dropbox folder, then post the link(s)? Much quicker and less hassle than having a hundred people messaging you for the same thing (remember that ER interview quiz thread a while back?)

 

If anyone has great resource websites feel free to post them.

Another beneficial approach is calling up IR departments and ask for a buy-side packages and industry information they may be able to provide you with. (Sometimes you may have to fib a little and propose you own/work for a boutique firm and are interested in becoming a substantial shareholder.)

Tannor.P
 

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