4/24/17 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming WSO Meet Ups:

WSO Happy Hour: Wed 4/26, 7:00pm @5th and Mad
WSO Happy Hour - Paris: Fri, 19 May, 8:00pm @ Les Etages

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

Webinar: Equity Valuation and How a CFA would grade it -- 6pm EDT, 4/24/2017
Podcast: What an MBA can do for you - Harsh Chowdhary -- 4/25/17
Rewind - Natural Gas Scheduler - Day in the Life + Q&A – 12am ET, 4/26/2017
Webinar: IB Case Interview: A Hands-on Example -- 7pm EDT, 4/26/17
Webinar: RE Private Equity Case -- 7pm ET, 4/27/17
Webinar: REPE Interview: Modeling Teach In - Operations / Rent Roll (part 1) -- 3pm ET, 4/30/17
Podcast: 2-3-2 - John Householter -- 5/2/17
Webinar: IB Case: Assisting a potential buyer to draft an investment committee presentation -- 12pm ET, 5/7/17

Posts of the Week:

My 2c by @nyibdreams". 12 SB’s.
WSO Black T Shirts - 5 Day Flash Sale - 40% Off until Friday 4/21/17! by @WallStreetOasis.com". 12 SB’s.
Who pays $3.5k for a studio in NYC? by @idaho". 5 SB’s.
Trying to impress others vs. trying to do what’s right for me (Andres Engel, Strategy at MeUndies) by @WallStreetOasis.com". 1071 Listens.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Rank these degrees in terms of prestige by @techjobsyankee". 100 comments.
French Presidential Candidate Proposing 100% Tax On The Rich by @Wu_Tang Financial”. 82 comments.
What does an impending recession mean for students wishing to pursue a career in finance? by @SUPERSAM76". 63 comments.
Help me overcome this nightmare: PDF to Excel by @Sil". 35 comments.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @C.R.E. Shervin" in the post “French Presidential Candidate Proposing 100% Tax On The Rich”.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @TNA" 1667, 2. @flying_snow" 895, and 3. @Sil" with 799.

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
@ibankerben" - Industry/Coverage - Vice President
@Punchey" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 3rd+ Year Associate

Hedge Fund
@Dragon-Ash" - Macro - Director

Consulting
@skyblueseven" - Consultant

Real Estate
@cpgame" - Commercial - Business School

Other
@DropBear" - Other - Manager

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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