+15 Is AI finally starting to kill Equity Research? 6 1d
+10 How to handle call with DOR 2 1d
+6 Baird superday 2 1d
+15 Susquehanna Buy-Side Equity Research 15 2d
+9 Who would you hire out of these two? 2 2d
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+6 What do ER summer analysts actually do? 3 3d
+5 In cap markets currently, interested in research 4 6d
+14 How Concise to Keep Networking Emails 9 1w
+13 Am I living in la la Land 3 1w
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0 JP Morgan Part Time Equity Research Intern 1 1w
+21 Sharing my Stock Pitch Report Project with y’all. 12 1w
+1 Appropriate Amount of Follow-Up Emails? 4 2w
+55 Are any ER juniors actually happy? 14 2w
+13 From BIG4 Audit to Equity/Credit Research -> how to break in 1 2w
+41 Laid off from ER, 10 months unemployed. Is AI killing this industry? What now? 18 2w
+18 Is Biotech/Healthcare ER worth taking? 10 2w
+18 Is Equity Research Still a Good Career Path in 2026? 20 2w
+9 Best ER Adjacent Careers 5 2w
+125 Calling All Former ER: Where Did You Go? 43 3w
0 Wolfe Research Comp 1 3w
+9 Failing at recruiting - where from here? 1 3w
0 How do you catch stale numbers or unverified claims before publishing? 3 3w
+9 The Most Detailed Technical Breakdown of $MAAS: Five Months Later, Is the Party Over? 0 3w
+9 what to buy at this point 0 3w
+3 Personal Trading 3 3w
+9 AI data centers are slamming head-on into the physical limits of the grid? 1 3w
+9 How Are People Actually Thinking About NVDA Into Earnings? 1 3w
+3 Goldman SA ER 2027? 5 3w
0 Exploding Offer - Should I Still Recruit for ER? 1 4w
+9 Technical/Data Background → Semiconductor Equity Research: Built an AVGO Earnings Model and Would Appreciate ER Feedback 1 4w
0 The Silent Inflection Point in U.S. Power Infrastructure 0 4w
0 ER FT Recruiting Timeline 1 4w
+3 London ER recruiters 1 1mo
+9 Anyone recently interviewed for Bloomberg Intelligence Equity Research? 1 1mo
0 D.E Shaw Fundamental Research 1 1mo
+9 VP shortlist at current shop vs. signed BB offer — thoughts? 1 1mo
+1 London BofA Global research (ER) SA 2027 1 1mo
+14 Deleted 9 1mo
+23 Advice on remembering massive amount of data 5 1mo
+3 Found this really interesting equity report on X 0 1mo
+6 Recruiting season questions, rising sophomore @ Kelley 1 1mo
+27 Integrating Claude into your process 3 1mo
+2 What is it like working in BD at a pod? 2 1mo
+9 What are the best paths into equity research through a life sciences undergrad? 1 1mo
+14 Pivot from Top European Engineering to Equity Research: Strategy Review 14 1mo
+30 Struggling on my internship 5 1mo
+6 Ramesh Deonaraine 1 1mo
0 Upside of ER? 4 1mo
+49 Q&A - Equity Research 22 1mo
0 Cleveland Research Company 2 1mo
+6 Do you have what it takes to be a good publishing analyst? 1 1mo
+14 How do you actually trace second-order effects after a market event? 7 1mo
+15 How do you actually build your football fields — CapIQ, template, or from scratch? 11 1mo
+39 Why do you want to be a sector-lead analyst? 13 1mo
+3 ER Modeling & Writing Test - Advice? 1 1mo
+22 Started ER Internship, Reconsidering: Exit Opps? 15 1mo
+3 ER Interview 1 1mo
+18 ER - Intern and Full Time QBank Technical Questions 103 1mo
+33 Best MSF for ER 15 1mo
+3 Superday - Modeling & Writing 2 hour test, advice or models you could send 1 1mo
+4 Generalist vs specialist focus if end goal is L/S 3 2mo
+42 FT Networking: Better To Be Direct Or Indirect? 7 2mo
+2 Buy side ER case study 3 2mo
+5 London MS ER SA 2027 6 2mo
+10 Which masters after Equity Research 4 2mo
+22 Full-Time Equity Research Recruiting 5 2mo
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+25 ER outlook 7 2mo
+2 Biotech // Therapeutics ER Comp 4 2mo
0 I truly don’t know what to do 2 2mo
0 GS Dubai Off Cycle (GIR/Equity Research) - Anyone heard back? 1 2mo
+3 ER o&g interview process 4 2mo
+6 Trying to prepare for upcoming soph year 1 2mo
+6 Advice for a new associate? 2 2mo
+13 ER--Unusually long reference checks post-superday 10 2mo
0 Preliminary Analysis of Toast 1 2mo
+6 Networking During My Internship 1 2mo
+8 Biopharma ER? 3 2mo
+15 Built a desktop valuation app (DCF / DDM / reverse DCF) so I'd stop rebuilding Excel models for every pitch — would value some ER feedback 3 2mo
+8 Why hire an equity analyst if AI can write the reports 2 2mo
0 MLP Equities Analyst Program Update 0 2mo
+18 Former Pharma scientist with sell-side biotech ER experience — interview processes keep stalling, what am I missing 4 3mo
0 Insurance investing conferences? 1 3mo
+35 Does anyone else find it very difficult to take vacations in ER? 5 3mo
+11 PayPal (PYPL): Why Is the Market Valuing PayPal Like a Low-Growth Company Despite Strong Free Cash Flow? 2 3mo
0 Resources to Find Info on Modeling a Biotech Company 3 3mo
0 Rising Senior in ER feeling lost/FT advice 1 3mo
+16 Intel (INTC): My Bull Case Still Doesn't Justify the Current Stock Price 2 3mo
0 JPM Equity Research SA27 3 3mo
+11 Thoughts on boutique ER firm opportunity and options afterwards 2 3mo
0 JPM Equity Research SA27? 1 3mo
+9 Rising Sophomore clueless about recruiting timeline 3 3mo
+7 Irenic Latest Views? 3 3mo
+14 Rising junior at semi-target, fumbled sophomore recruiting — how cooked am I really? 8 3mo
+9 Is equity research dead? If not, what aspects are still viable? 3 3mo
+9 What is the best path for me as MBA student to HF 3 3mo
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