1/2/17 - Monday @Mentions

Happy New Year WSO!

Upcoming webinar rewinds on the WSO Frontpage (replays of old webinars you may have missed, free for 24 hours):

Real Estate Case Study (Commercial Office Building): Acquisition Underwriting, Execution and Sale, 1/5/2017

Posts of the Week:

How I Taught Some Kid a Lesson by @Fear The Bulge". 5 SB's.
Hangover Remedies by @the_gekko". 2 SB's.
Working in the Dirty (Oil and Gas) Energy Industry - A Comprehensive Career Guide by Insiders by @Ebolamonkey". 2 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Morals and Investing by @PatStar120". 40 comments.
Trump's Inauguration by @Going Concern". 39 comments.
Isn't it better to ask for internship directly? by @baloneymaloney". 31 comments.
Snap Inc IPO pitch - "We're the Next Facebook" by @PatStar120". 30 comments.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @adapt or die" in the post "What is your go-to office snack?".

Liberals' tears

Success Story of the Week:

A Story of Breaking out of BO/MO Hell by @thugnificent2123". 4 SB's.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @TNA" 1457, 2. @thebrofessor" 1395, and 3. @Brosef Stalin17" with 561.

See where you rank here.

New WSO Certified Users:

I wanted to take the space here to thank and congratulate the new Certified Users from the past week.  Welcome to the club.  Some of these are new members, but all have confirmed that they work in the indicated industry at the level selected on their profile.  All Certified Users have a yellow star next to their usernames when posting in the forums, so you all know which sources you can trust the most.  As WSO Certified Users, they get 3 months free to the WSO Job Board ($45 Value).  Without further ado:

Investment Banking
@BigHuddz08" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Associate
@Prescott Moncrief lll" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 2nd Year Analyst
@BobbybananamA" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 2nd Year Analyst
@BankingChimp678" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Analyst
@zentiger" - Industry/Coverage - 1st Year Analyst

Private Equity
@AnalystMonkey2769" - LBOs - Principal
@bfortier" - Growth Equity - 2nd Year Associate
@karija" - Other - Research Associate

Hedge Fund
@wahoowa1" - Event Driven - Principal

Investment Advisor
@Xzas22" - Financial Advisor

Consulting
@Ebolamonkey" - Engineer

Equity Research
@Frank Rizzo" - Managing Director
@researchguy1234" - 1st Year Associate
@TeenageDiplomat" - 1st Year Associate
@ThrowADart" - 3rd+ Year Analyst

corporate finance
@da chief" - 2nd Year Analyst

Real Estate
@DetRustCohle" - Commercial - Director
@Blake w Mitch and Murrary" - Commercial - 2nd Year Associate

Accounting
@TONA09" - Audit - Auditor

Other
@Imsurance" - Other - 1st Year Analyst

Are you a working professional and you're interested in joining the WSO Certified User club?  E-mail [email protected] and [email protected] your username and send a link to your LinkedIn profile.

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