2011 Forum Thread of Year Nominations

Nominate the best FINANCE-RELATED* forum thread of the year (*i.e. not the "compare Russian chicks to Brazilian chicks" one.... though that was a good thread btw).

I'll put a poll up the last week or so of the year (after the m.o.y. is decided, CompBanker is still busy making fake accounts & voting)

Best = your favorite / most helpful / most interesting etc. (very subjective obv.)

To refresh your memories here are the top threads (most viewed/commented) of the year:

Top 5 most viewed threads:
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/best-proprietary-t…
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/2011-ibd-analyst-bonus-prediction
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/searching-for-a-su…
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/regional-boutiques
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/48%C3%B7293

Top rated/recommended:
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/why-do-ppl-choose-megafunds-over-mm
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/ug-recruiting-part…
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/why-do-ppl-choose-…
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/hedge-fund-guru-an…
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/so-you-want-to-col…
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/peter-schiff-takes…
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/wisconsin-and-the-fa…
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/jedi-looking-to-la…

Some others of note (most commented):
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/occupy-wall-street
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/need-a-job-will-ta…
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/are-american-busin… (by me hehe)
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/capitalism-in-a-wo…
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/this-is-what-recession-causes-next-stop-usa
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/ibd-ft-recruiting-…
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/where-did-you-want…

See all 2011's hottest forum threads here: //www.wallstreetoasis.com/hot-topics/year

Though there are some amazing ones, posts by our authors (Eddie/MMM/Jorge/MFriedman) are excluded.

 
ThaVanBurenBoyz:
happypantsmcgee:
The MM PE v. Megafund thread has to at least make the ballot
This.

I'm on the bandwagon. Also think harvardgrad08's corporate thread is a good one

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Just as I said for the member of the year poll, this needs several categories. A banking thread, a world events thread, ect ect. The problem with lumping them all into one big pot is that people might have learned a great deal from a thread but, never became engaged in the actual discussion like they would have on a political based thread.

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AndyLouis:
I'll put a poll up the last week or so of the year (after the m.o.y. is decided, CompBanker is still busy making fake accounts & voting) .

This is just pure gold.

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heister:
AndyLouis:
I'll put a poll up the last week or so of the year (after the m.o.y. is decided, CompBanker is still busy making fake accounts & voting) .

This is just pure gold.

This is hardly fair. I have to make all my fake accounts and vote manually. IlliProgrammer has written a computer script that creates a new user and votes for him every hour. Hard to keep up...
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CompBanker:
heister:
AndyLouis:
I'll put a poll up the last week or so of the year (after the m.o.y. is decided, CompBanker is still busy making fake accounts & voting) .

This is just pure gold.

This is hardly fair. I have to make all my fake accounts and vote manually. IlliProgrammer has written a computer script that creates a new user and votes for him every hour. Hard to keep up...
 
CompBanker:
heister:
AndyLouis:
I'll put a poll up the last week or so of the year (after the m.o.y. is decided, CompBanker is still busy making fake accounts & voting) .

This is just pure gold.

This is hardly fair. I have to make all my fake accounts and vote manually. IlliProgrammer has written a computer script that creates a new user and votes for him every hour. Hard to keep up...

sure IP has the script, but he also has his grassroots team of monkeys going for him, I think he pays them in clipped coupons

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