WSO Biases?

Which biases do you think that WSO has? Biased towards certain banks? Certain sectors? Certain cities? Certain career trajectories? Certain schools? Trying to get an understanding of how viewpoints here tend to differ from viewpoints on the street as a whole.

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Think there is a bias toward M&A relative to other transaction types, specifically independent M&A advisory firms

Not sure many senior guys on the street would agree with the equivalency of top BBs with EBs though it’s a common sentiment on this forum 

 

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