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0 BMO Capital Markets - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 2mo
0 BMO Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 2mo
+27 Integrating Claude into your process 3 2mo
+2 What is it like working in BD at a pod? 2 2mo
0 RBC Capital Markets - Interview - Equity Research Data 2mo
+9 What are the best paths into equity research through a life sciences undergrad? 1 2mo
+14 Pivot from Top European Engineering to Equity Research: Strategy Review 14 3mo
+30 Struggling on my internship 5 3mo
+6 Ramesh Deonaraine 1 3mo
0 Upside of ER? 4 3mo
0 Wolfe Research - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 3mo
0 Cleveland Research Company 2 3mo
0 Rodman & Renshaw - Review - Equity Research Data 3mo
0 Rodman & Renshaw - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 3mo
0 Loop Capital Markets - Interview - Equity Research Data 3mo
+57 Q&A - Equity Research 32 3mo
+6 Do you have what it takes to be a good publishing analyst? 1 3mo
+14 How do you actually trace second-order effects after a market event? 7 3mo
0 BlackRock - Review - Equity Research Data 3mo
+15 How do you actually build your football fields — CapIQ, template, or from scratch? 11 3mo
+41 Why do you want to be a sector-lead analyst? 13 3mo
+3 ER Modeling & Writing Test - Advice? 1 3mo
+22 Started ER Internship, Reconsidering: Exit Opps? 15 3mo
+3 ER Interview 1 3mo
+18 ER - Intern and Full Time QBank Technical Questions 103 3mo
+33 Best MSF for ER 15 3mo
+3 Superday - Modeling & Writing 2 hour test, advice or models you could send 1 3mo
0 Fearnley Securities - Review - Research Data 3mo
0 Fearnley Securities - Salary & Bonus - Research Data 3mo
+42 FT Networking: Better To Be Direct Or Indirect? 7 3mo
+2 Buy side ER case study 3 3mo
+5 London MS ER SA 2027 6 3mo
+10 Which masters after Equity Research 4 3mo
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 3mo
+22 Full-Time Equity Research Recruiting 5 3mo
0 Jefferies - Interview - Gaming Data 3mo
0 Are there still openings for ER summer 27 out there or are most of them closed 1 3mo
0 Healthcare (HC) Primers / Resources 1 3mo
+25 ER outlook 7 3mo
+2 Biotech // Therapeutics ER Comp 4 3mo
0 I truly don’t know what to do 2 3mo
0 B. Riley & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 3mo
0 CIBC World Markets - Review - Generalist Data 4mo
0 CIBC World Markets - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4mo
0 Craig Hallum - Review - Equity Research Data 4mo
0 Craig Hallum - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 4mo
0 GS Dubai Off Cycle (GIR/Equity Research) - Anyone heard back? 1 4mo
0 Forte Capital Group - Interview - Investment Grade Finance Data 4mo
+3 ER o&g interview process 4 4mo
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - NA Data 4mo
0 Morningstar - Review - Equity Research Data 4mo
0 Morningstar - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 4mo
+6 Trying to prepare for upcoming soph year 1 4mo
+6 Advice for a new associate? 2 4mo
+13 ER--Unusually long reference checks post-superday 10 4mo
0 Preliminary Analysis of Toast 1 4mo
+6 Networking During My Internship 1 4mo
0 Value Partners Group Limited - Review - Equity Research Data 4mo
+8 Biopharma ER? 3 4mo
+15 Built a desktop valuation app (DCF / DDM / reverse DCF) so I'd stop rebuilding Excel models for every pitch — would value some ER feedback 3 4mo
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4mo
+8 Why hire an equity analyst if AI can write the reports 2 4mo
0 MLP Equities Analyst Program Update 0 4mo
+18 Former Pharma scientist with sell-side biotech ER experience — interview processes keep stalling, what am I missing 4 4mo
0 Helaba Hessische Landesbank - Review - Equity Research Data 4mo
0 Gabelli Asset Management - Review - Equity Research Data 4mo
0 Gabelli Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 4mo
0 Insurance investing conferences? 1 4mo
+35 Does anyone else find it very difficult to take vacations in ER? 5 4mo
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0 Resources to Find Info on Modeling a Biotech Company 3 4mo
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0 JPM Equity Research SA27 3 4mo
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0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 4mo
+9 Rising Sophomore clueless about recruiting timeline 3 4mo
0 William Blair - Review - Equity Research Data 4mo
+7 Irenic Latest Views? 3 4mo
0 Fidelity Investments - Interview - NA Data 5mo
0 Cantor Fitzgerald - Interview - Pharmaceuticals Data 5mo
+14 Rising junior at semi-target, fumbled sophomore recruiting — how cooked am I really? 8 5mo
+9 Is equity research dead? If not, what aspects are still viable? 3 5mo
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Generalist Data 5mo
+9 What is the best path for me as MBA student to HF 3 5mo
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0 Fidelity International - Review - Equity Research Data 5mo
+17 DB ER? 12 5mo
0 Stifel Financial - Salary & Bonus - Power Data 5mo
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 5mo
0 Wolfe Research - Review - NA Data 5mo
+18 ER Pulse Check... How We Doing? 6 5mo
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