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I’m interested to know how long you take to go from ideation to IC presentation/PM review. Specifically interested in L/S equity & credit. Assume you have a model template but no historical data or KPIs inputted and very little knowledge of the name. Do you spread the numbers, read the 10-K, or read equity research first?

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