+49 Doctor thinking of exit opportunities 42 8y
+50 Big 4 to Equity research.. 52 8y
+13 Moving from SIG ER to HF (equity) 3 8y
0 What Causes Stock Price to Rise or Fall? 17 8y
0 goldman intern and personal relationships 2 8y
+3 Boeing 3Q Highlights 1 8y
+3 Mining and metals research 1 8y
+15 WS-Prep 3-statement Question - Segment Growth Setup 3 8y
0 II 2017 Research Rankings 1 8y
+14 Perfect Earnings Prediction? I’ll Pass. 2 8y
+4 Primer on entertainment industry 6 8y
+18 Valuing a Publicly Traded Construction Company 1 8y
+3 Diabetes Primer/Research 1 8y
+12 Simple Industry Data (Retail Market of Coffee) for ER report 3 8y
+27 Evercore ISI 14 8y
+12 Question on Credit Suisse HOLT 1 8y
+21 Looking to start an equity research firm 12 8y
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+10 Second Interview Equity Research Associate 1 9y
0 Relationships with industry experts 2 9y
+11 Choosing between offers: ER vs valuations 3 9y
0 2018 FT positions - What's the turnover of ER and FI desks? 1 9y
0 Attend Barclays After the Bell or Uni Career Fair? 1 9y
+13 Equity Research Associate Interview - How Screwed Am I? 2 9y
0 Forecasting Dilution Impact of SBC 0 9y
0 Modeling Apparel Retailers 0 9y
+21 Regular Stock Pitches - Help 3 9y
+28 Can you move from macro research to other departments? 2 9y
0 GS: Equity Strategy Interview 0 9y
0 Baird ER SA 2018 Position - Montage Invitation 1 9y
+42 CFA® for Equity Research? 30 9y
0 Primer or Initiation: Alternative Asset Management 0 9y
+42 Equity research personal trading restrictions for immediate family members? 8 9y
+19 ER SA superday - stock pitch prep 8 9y
0 Help a monkey out with some modeling basics 2 9y
0 Interview Stock Pitch for AM vs HF vs ER 2 9y
0 What to expect from Hirevue? 1 9y
0 Estimating lost yield- Stock Repurchase model 0 9y
+1 Alerian MLP Index, anyone? 2 9y
0 How to learn to evaluate a company like Goldman? 0 9y
0 Coleman Research Group (CRG) 4 9y
0 MBA Research Associate- Buy or Sell Side? 6 9y
+32 Stock Pitch 10 9y
+19 Biotech/Life Sciences Key Drivers 1 9y
0 Analystix Tools- free Excel Add-ins for financial analysts 3 9y
+14 Slightly tweaked valuation method? 1 9y
0 Adjustments to opening balance of shareholders' equity 0 9y
+13 Equity Research Group Sector Presence 7 9y
+12 CMBS/MBS(Agency and Non-Agency)/CMO research teams 1 9y
0 Buy Side Equity Research Analyst/Associate Programs 1 9y
+16 Upheaval in Research Regulation 3 9y
+121 Don't lose hope, from BO/MO to Equity Research 34 9y
0 MSF for transfer into ER or AM? 3 9y
+6 How would you value a company like Amazon? 3 9y
0 CFRA Research? 0 9y
+10 Suggestions for forensic accounting books 1 9y
+15 UBS/DB/GS research 6 9y
+35 My team just got laid off 24 9y
+82 CFA vs Self Study 22 9y
+20 duduct minorities interest from FCFF 16 9y
0 REIT to ER 1 9y
0 What to learn first to be ready to do a stock pitch? 0 9y
+22 What can I do to make my resume stand out? 6 9y
0 Brooks Automation, (BRKS) GO 1 9y
+3 Admin works in research? travel booking, printing, binding, etc 3 9y
0 MKM Partners 3 9y
+13 Estimize 3 9y
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+12 please help about valuation for company when it has a real estate project 1 9y
0 Possible to ditch out early once a week? 3 9y
0 How do you maximize your first few years in ER? 0 9y
0 What would you do in my position? PMW plan B? 4 9y
+6 First day as an equity research associate! 5 9y
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0 Starting career at a FOF doing Investment Research or a propriety networks firm (like Guidepoint Global) research associate? 0 9y
0 Advice to transition to buyside 0 9y
0 If a company has no sell-side coverage, how do you explain how your variant opinion of the Company differs from the market? 3 9y
+16 Lateral from ER to IB 11 9y
+13 Matching Historical Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement Items 3 9y
+36 ER vs CB 27 9y
+11 Does consensus estimates = current value of the stock? 6 9y
+45 Equity Research - Getting Started 59 9y
0 Equity Research Product Analyst or Risk Analyst? 0 9y
+94 Which sector coverage would you choose and why? 84 9y
+34 What do you think is the most overrated large company, and why? 19 9y
0 ER dissertation topic 4 9y
0 Moody's Associate Analyst -> Research 0 9y
+4 Is a stock with high projected EPS growth a red flag? 3 9y
0 Research Analyst( Scientific Equity, Global Economics) vs Global Supply Manager at SV giant 0 9y
+10 Where Can I see Equity Research Reports On Companies? 16 9y
+21 DCF analysis isn't matching with stock's analyst expectations 13 9y
+6 Morgan Stanley Messed Up SNAP ER Note 3 9y
0 Tested out of bootcamp week...feeling like I may be missing out on important training/meeting people? 3 9y
+20 Graduated 4 months ago, Can't land a job 3 9y
+14 Hottest Equity Research Sector to join in 2017 8 9y
0 GfK Boutique Research 3 9y
0 RBC ER VS Jefferies ER? 1 9y
+8 Breaking into sellside ER from starting at OppenheimerFunds? 1 9y
+5 MSc or MBA for equity research 1 9y

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