West Coast Equity Research Opportunities?
Hi, I am currently an undergrad at UC Berkeley. Do you guys know if there are more equity research opportunities in the east coast or the west coast? and how do I go about finding opportunities in the west coast? Thanks!
From what I understand most ER in the US will be east coast but there is some west coast shops. Check out Pacific Crest Securities for west coast - they have a San Fran and Portland, OR office and they focus on tech stocks.
Thanks stormy54! +1, anyone else with awesome advice :)?
There are a handful of west coast shops (Wedbush, Imperial Capital, ROTH, B. Riley). I've found that comp at these shops is generally below to well below most BB and MM firms. So I would suggest trying to join a BB of MM with an SF office. Its mostly tech, but there are some other miscellaneous teams on the west coast.
MS/GS/UBS all have Sf offices for TMT and some other groups.
This is probably a really stupid question, but do all BB's and MM's have an equity research division?
Also an undergrad at Berkeley. Like others say, the east coast has more ER opportunities, but there are plenty on the west coast. Try looking at career center/handshake to see what opportunities you have and openings that companies have.
Make sure you are okay with a life of waking up at 4am every day.
PM me if you are interested in learning more. I went to Cal for undergrad.
On sell-side, banks with offices JPM, BofA Merrill, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, RBC, MS, UBS, and Barclays. ( I think Jefferies still has a few people too). I haven't heard of any Goldman ER in SF, just bankers. Several of the offices are tiny though. MS has like maybe 5 people and Barclays is 2-4 or something like that.
I think BofA has a few interns each year so ask around campus (your Asset Management club). Otherwise look for openings on different sites and network on linkedin. Never know when people will need people.
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