0 Aspiring Equities Guy Seeking Advice from the Street 2 5y
0 BB Global Equity Research Internship in SF vs Big 4 Public Sector Consulting Internship in LA 2 5y
+62 Lawyer to Financial Analyst with CFA® Level 1 68 5y
0 Accumulated Amortisation in the McKinsey Valuation bible 0 5y
+21 Starting out in buyside equity research in a few days -- any tips? 4 5y
0 New tool to visualize and sensitize equity research models 0 5y
+9 Choosing Between CorpFin and ER 2021 Internship 5 5y
0 Investment analyst -> Equity research 1 5y
+15 Options For Experienced/Older Professional/Private Investor 9 5y
+9 Brandes Investment Partners - Research Associate 15 5y
0 ERs please do me a favour 0 5y
+3 How to handle recruiter calls? 3 5y
0 Intrest Check for Series 86 Tutor 3 5y
0 Should I contact the team directly? [Interview help needed!] 4 5y
+4 Goldman Sachs GIR SLC Any Insights? 4 5y
0 Financial Model Assistance Required to Balance 0 5y
0 IFRS 16 Lease Accounting Help for Financial Modelling 2 5y
+21 How is Econometrics Applied in ER? 6 5y
0 JPM Equity Research Analyst Pointers 0 5y
+12 Career Advice 0 5y
+17 Need Advice: trade ops to ER 5 5y
+11 What is your favorite Biotech stock to pitch? 5 5y
+3 Anyone have access to Cantor Fitzgerald Equity Research reports 0 5y
+6 Bank of America Global Research 2021 0 5y
+9 Course Correcting my Career 0 5y
+6 Boutique Investment or Equity Research Firms on the West Coast 1 5y
+12 Best double major or major minor combination for equity research 4 5y
+14 Exits from no-name ER boutique 3 5y
+12 how long will your bank allow equity research to wfh? 2 5y
+15 Lateraling for FT 3 5y
+12 Different segments within software coverage 1 5y
+15 Potential Pivot From Portfolio Valuations to ER? 1 5y
+13 Landing a job in NYC with international BB experience 3 5y
+18 How to improve earnings memo for interview 3 5y
+6 Enterprise Value with tax liabilities 1 5y
+10 Best Books For Credit Analysis 2 5y
+23 Does Anyone Have List of Firms for Equity Research 8 5y
+4 Podcasts for/by Equity Research 1 5y
+15 Who typically does worse in a recession? A company like Tesla or its suppliers 1 5y
+71 Leaving Equity Research 26 5y
+24 What are your thoughts on this? 7 5y
+9 Valuing Public Homebuilders - P/B Methodology 1 5y
+12 industry selection interviews 2 5y
0 Equity Analyst Buyside Interview Help 2 6y
+3 Canfor Corporation (Forest Products): Need your expertise for valuation 1 6y
+12 HY Credit Research Pitch - Final Stage Interview 3 6y
+9 Capital Group - Equity Research Associate to MBA? 1 6y
+3 How will Corona Virus effect the equity valuation methods we are able to use? 1 6y
0 Prospects - Economics major with a 3.7 8 6y
0 Equity Research in LA? 1 6y
0 Associate base in ER NYC? 0 6y
0 Senior Equity Research Associate 3 6y
0 Barclays After The Bell 2016 4 6y
+8 Securities Exam Series 7, 63, 86 and 87 recorded lectures, exams and books for sale cheap 10 6y
0 What should I expect for 1st year buy-side comp? 6 6y
0 2008 ER Total Comp 4 6y
+28 Lateral Move in ER from Minneapolis to NYC 5 6y
0 Breaking in after undergrad 12 6y
0 UBS Tops Institutional Investor’s European Equity-Research Poll 4 6y
+22 ER salaries outside of ny boston london etc 13 6y
+20 Kennedy Capital Management 5 6y
+17 EQR in Ohio 2 6y
+19 FINALLY !! "Whitney Falters in Trying to Repeat Success of Citigroup Call" 11 6y
+10 Rutgers Econ Major, as a feeder school to NYC firms 2 6y
0 SA Actuary wanting to move to London/NY in ER 0 6y
+12 Internship at a small hedge fund 1 6y
0 Starting Salary Equity Research in the South 16 6y
0 How common are group lift-outs in ER, where team goes to new bank? 0 6y
+12 Baird ER not in Milwaukee??? 3 6y
0 Looking for Research Job in NY 4 6y
0 AM / Equity Research Firms in DC 6 6y
+12 Soros Says the U.S. is Already in a Recession - Defining Balance Sheet Recessions 0 6y
+18 West Coast Equity Research Opportunities? 9 6y
0 Does location matter as much in ER? 5 6y
+19 High School...now what??? ER/AM career? 3 6y
0 Goldman ER Salt Lake City vs. New York 1 6y
0 Research/IB Wall to Fall? 10 6y
0 credit research at JPM and other banks in Columbus, Ohio 0 6y
0 Future in Equity Research? 15 6y
+12 Who to reach out to next? 1 6y
+16 Is equity research really as low-paid as often claimed? 11 6y
+19 Seeking advice/commentary on equity research report 5 6y
0 Tesla new financing option 6 6y
0 Seeking career advice analyst/associate 4 6y
0 Worth it or Not? 10 6y
0 Equity Research - Should you change the sector you cover if you get an offer from a BB? 7 6y
+13 Buyside -- Sellside -- Industry 3 6y
0 FBR - Equity Sales Candidate 1 6y
+32 Equity Research Exit Opps in LA 13 6y
+35 Credit Suisse ER interview 7 6y
0 Breaking in to ER, US grad studying in European masters. London or NY? 0 6y
+19 ER in San Francisco (Medtech) 6 6y
+26 Post-MBA Equity Research Comp at BB 25 6y
+17 Two Weeks To Prepare For ER (Associate) Interview 3 6y
0 Firms that have ER in NYC? 1 6y
+12 Seeking for any advice: International non-target with 1.5 year of internship at elite boutiques 1 6y
+24 waiting for official offer for a month already 24 6y
+12 How to network yourself into a specific sector (Medtech) 1 6y
+4 Equity Research in Texas? (Houston/Dallas) 8 6y
0 ER questions from an outsider 8 6y

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