0 Who makes more Equity Sales/Trading/Research 2 11y
0 Best approach for me? 4 11y
0 Key Drivers in Food Industry 2 11y
0 Entry into Equity Research - With an Engineering PhD. 2 11y
+22 Transitioning from Fund Accounting to ER 9 11y
0 Quadrant Skew Capital Equity Research Program 0 11y
0 Job offer decision 3 11y
+8 Email to former boss 4 11y
0 Compensation range for ER? 9 11y
+32 ER and personal investments question 15 11y
0 Models 1 11y
+20 A sobering look at ER from motley fool... true/false? 5 11y
+16 Free Equity Research Reports? 5 11y
+21 Most and least modeling-intensive sectors 7 11y
0 Nooby question bear with me... 7 11y
0 Working out Tangible Net Worth 0 11y
0 What questions to expect for phone interview in sell-side ER? 16 11y
0 BU or Purdue for equity research 4 11y
+13 Isn't "updating the models" just copying and pasting and dragging formulas across columns? 12 11y
+17 CFA® Level 3 Material is soul-crushingly boring 8 11y
+7 S&P Historical Constituents 12 11y
0 ER interview with MD 1 11y
0 evaluating Management 1 11y
0 Primers on gaming industry? 0 11y
+19 tax shield 11 11y
0 Banking deals on an equity research resume 0 11y
0 What to say to Head of Research? 10 11y
0 Delete This Topic 12 11y
0 Advice on creating sample model/report 1 11y
0 Help with 10 year DCF (EXCEL ATTACHED) 3 11y
0 Value Investor Group on WSO 0 11y
0 Free Research? 5 11y
+8 CFA® Research Challenge Advice 7 11y
0 Do people in ER get seamless dollars when they stay past 7 or 8pm? 4 11y
+3 WSJ article: new rules will change how equity research is paid for 4 11y
0 Calculating P/E - Does minority interest matter? 1 11y
+188 Q&A: 3rd year ER analyst 93 11y
0 Can Deloitte/PwC/Booz leads get me into ER? 0 11y
0 Turning on the headlights - Small/Mid Cap Research 0 11y
0 When do ER interviews for banks start? 1 11y
0 Do I need to build my own model for the first round intervew? 5 11y
0 How to create company dataset in Thomson Reuters Eikon? 2 11y
0 From Biomedical Sciences PhD to Equity Research 1 11y
0 GrubHub and Seamless 3 11y
0 Long-term investing vs Wall Street's short sightedness 5 11y
+86 Q&A: I am an Equity Research Associate 79 11y
0 Equity Research Summer Internship Timeline 2 11y
0 How flexible is your shop? 0 11y
0 Equity Research Bonus Schedule 0 11y
0 How do I use multiples for stock pitches? 4 11y
0 Take GS GIR Early Offer? 12 11y
0 Does a Director of research also have a coverage universe? 4 11y
+13 Good vs Bad Equity Research Reports? 3 11y
0 Would this be an appropriate means of cold calling/emailing? 4 11y
0 Am I too old to become an equity research analyst buy side?? 21 11y
0 Office environment of SS ER division? 5 11y
0 Best in class firms 1 11y
+18 A hodgepodge of ER Questions sent to me via PM 4 11y
0 What to highlight on a resume for research? 0 11y
0 Energy, Oil, E&Ps, Drillers, ETC 5 11y
0 Career Changer - Need Help! 2 11y
0 II Rankings w/o Sub? 0 11y
0 Forming "Deep-Dive" Research Ideas 2 11y
0 You don't know what you don't know 4 11y
0 ER Self requesting a model submission 2 11y
+5 Undergrad intern promoted to associate analyst - advice 0 11y
+13 Interview for long only fund - prepare a short? 6 11y
0 DebtWire Credit Research 1 11y
0 What should I do next? 2 11y
0 inconsistent Income statement 3 11y
+11 Stay in SS ER or move to BS? 9 11y
0 cost of capital of state-owned enterprises 1 11y
0 Greenwich vs. II Rankings 0 11y
0 What do ER analysts do in secular bear markets? 1 11y
0 How much do buy side ER analysts make? 2 11y
0 ER Writing Test with Morningstar 5 11y
+19 Cost of equity -> Market Value or Book Value? 6 11y
0 Anyone have a Grocers/Discounters Primer? 0 11y
+29 Overly cautious networking? 12 11y
+7 Analyst report 12 11y
+17 Capitalized costs 12 11y
+6 Buy or Sell recommendation of a stock(Immediate advice needed) 7 11y
0 Update my sample ER report before I send it over 5 11y
0 From risk to ER? 3 11y
+10 Equity Research Interview Guide? 12 11y
0 Stock Pitch - Visit Company in Person? 15 11y
0 Consumer Retail vs TMT Credit Research 2 11y
0 Excel Operating Model for multi-segment company 0 11y
+11 Analyzing Financial Statements using Excel - converting Thousands to Millions 5 11y
0 ER Cover Letter - Switching from FICC S&T 2 11y
+10 Investment resources? (websites, Magazines etc) 2 11y
0 CFA Research Challenge 15 11y
0 What should I do in this situation for the DCF model? 5 11y
0 How would you calculate tax rate in each of these cases? 5 11y
0 Arranged the coffee now how do I make it worthwhile? 2 11y
0 Brief Research Report feedback 2 11y
0 The Fast Lane to ER without an Ambulance! 3 11y
0 ER Summer internship question (Where to apply??) 0 11y
0 ER for PhDs 0 11y
+17 Mckenzie's valuation bible 9 11y

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