+24 TMT Internet Industry Outlook Report 92 7y
+3 Research Report Critique for a Final Year Undegrad 1 7y
+6 Equity Research 2020 FT Recruiting Megathread 3 7y
+240 Career Ladder: Equity Research vs. Investment Banking - (A Definitive Guide, Part 3) 31 7y
+21 Studying for Series 86 with limited accounting/valuation experience-- Tips? 9 7y
+6 Anyone know any remote equity research internships/companies that hire remote interns? 5 7y
+13 "Do You Have Any Questions For Us?" 1 7y
+13 Help Needed Please - Balance Sheet not Balancing 4 7y
+13 Chances of landing a ER job? 6 7y
+3 Where to find Associate/Analyst ER Notes? 1 7y
+3 Stock Pitch and Note Templates? 1 7y
+7 AM Research Analyst to Sellside ER? 4 7y
+12 ER Coffee Interview Follow up - Asking For Interview Guidance? 1 7y
+3 TowerCos valuations 1 7y
+3 Berenberg US Equity Research 1 7y
+12 CFA® Level 1 Prep - Kaplan Pro Question Bank For Sale! 1 7y
+9 Comparing the PBV valuation with DCF valuation 2 7y
+12 Where to Buy Man Plus Vixea? 1 7y
+11 Determining the cost of debt and equity 3 7y
+3 Entry 1 7y
+13 Breaking into ER during Off-Cycle 1 7y
+12 Attaching Old Stock Pitch on Job Posting 6 7y
+12 Following up after ER interview 1 7y
+12 TMT 101s / Primers 1 7y
+15 Bobby Bonilla Deal - the Mets didn't fuck up as bad as you'd think 1 7y
+15 Bobby Bonilla Deal - the Mets didn't 1 7y
+12 Help for a Non-Target Student 1 7y
+28 Advice on how to not look like an idiot at my first investor day. 7 7y
+3 Hypothetical Situation with Customs and Border searching your work email at the border 1 7y
+23 efc: Research analysts are the cockroaches of investment banking 1 7y
+11 Expected Compensation 1st Year Associate ER? 10 7y
+9 Comp for post-MBA Associate? 1 7y
+21 Emailing Analysts on ER reports 5 7y
+3 JPMorgan Equity Research 2020 1 7y
+6 On the Job - Question 3 7y
+3 —-Deleted—- 1 7y
+21 so what's ER really like now, anyway? 2 7y
+15 ER Writing Test - 48 Hours 8 7y
+3 How long do mid caps stay as mid caps until they become large caps or fail? What is the average of mid caps? 1 7y
+3 How to find PE ratio and other price multiples for Russell 2000 (Small Caps) and other indexes (Other asset classes)? 2 7y
+14 Recent Graduate Searching For ER opportunities during Off-Cycle 1 7y
+3 Factset Difficulties 1 7y
+12 Pre-MBA ER Internship and MBA Advice? 2 7y
+12 Got Some Questions While Building Sales Forecast Models... 1 7y
0 Breaking in from Asset Management 5 7y
+15 What to write on research report as analyst name, when analyst is leaving firm? 1 7y
+3 Does Anyone Have a PDF Copy of Best Practices for Equity Research Analysts 1 7y
+14 ER to HF or other buy-side: What should I learn? 4 7y
+3 Modeling+Writing exam 1 7y
+7 Reaching out internally 4 7y
+3 How many candidates in each interview stage at BB 1 7y
+7 State of ER Industry 1 7y
+30 State Street - ETF Sales Consultant.. 8 7y
+28 ER vs TAS 8 7y
+11 Wolfe Research Healthcare Services 3 7y
+14 CFA®: Practice Questions 7 7y
+19 Best Sectors 4 7y
+9 List of publicly traded companies and their credit ratings 3 7y
+15 Internal Transfer to Research 1 7y
+13 Career move to ER - What more should I be doing? 2 7y
+12 Deeper understanding/thinking out of the box 1 7y
+3 ER Interview - Consulting Firm 1 7y
0 Telsey Advisory Group 4 7y
+12 Waiting for final round decision. Should I phone? 2 7y
+3 Best Specific Valuations Metrics by Sector 1 7y
+3 Research Support: Company Reports 1 7y
+3 What is your take on security tokens? 1 7y
+15 Equity Research... Need a better culture, what's next? 2 7y
+3 Fixed Income Research Interview Prep 1 7y
+5 Best Sectors-Equity Research Coverage for SA/FT 1 7y
+102 The Joyous Process of Hiring 72 7y
0 Insights into Capital Group's Investment Group Information Resource (IGIR) Associate position? 3 7y
+33 What software do you use for equity research? 11 7y
0 ER analyst compensation and hours and travel 13 7y
+12 Equity vs Macro Research at Tier 1 BBs 1 7y
+18 Need help balancing the 3 statements 7 7y
+5 Sell Side Equity Research Positions? 4 7y
+3 Option Pricing 1 7y
+3 ER/Stock Pitch Report 1 7y
+17 How does the analyst come up with the relative valuation for ER reports? 5 7y
+6 Citi Research 2020 internship 5 7y
+7 Outlook of macro research vs equity/fixed income research 2 7y
+3 First year compensation at bulge brackets? 1 7y
+9 Choice of Analysis 4 7y
+21 Equity research reports - BB technology TMT industry reports 65 7y
+17 How to best prepare for SIE? 10 7y
+6 Automating Reading SEC Filings 1 7y
+12 Structured Equity Research Process 1 7y
+33 BB Equity Research VP or B-School to pursue M&A Associate Role? 15 7y
+6 ER Full Time? 1 7y
+12 Raymond James - Equity Research Full Time Associate Program - How to get Accepted? 3 7y
+67 Bulge Bracket ER Q&A 21 7y
+9 Differences between IB and ER recruiting? 1 7y
+3 Quant Equity Research 1 7y
+69 What would you ask the CEO of a company you're looking to invest in? 10 7y
+11 Are there any firms that take any entry level equity research associates? 2 7y
+3 Fisher investments securities research exit opps 1 7y
+7 I suspect ppl in finance are dishonest about the CFA 1 7y
+18 Moving from Biotech into Equity Research 1 7y
+29 Did you do ER because you want a Buyside role? 16 7y

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