12/19/16 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

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

PE Business Development Roles -- Another way into PE besides IB, 12/20/2016

Posts of the Week:

Shorting Stocks: My Research Process & 7 Rules I Follow by @thewaterpiper". 24 SB's.
7 Tips for Office / Holiday Parties by @thebrofessor". 15 SB's.
Make Hay While the Sun Shines by @Eddie Braverman". 7 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

What are the most overrated movies? by @SaraHampar". 110 comments.
Trump Names Secretary of State by @WheyOfLife". 70 comments.
Gary Cohn for Head of National Economic Council by @NassLaMenace". 55 comments.
Is the American dream fading? by @FinDroid". 44 comments.
Do you Drink at Work? by @PatStar120". 42 comments.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @CompBanker" in the post "No country for old I-bankers (starting a mid-career thread for finance professionals)".

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @thebrofessor" 1214, 2. @TNA" 1112, and 3. @Sil" with 992.

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