8/15/16 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming webinar:

-Webinar: TSLA - Stock Valuation Walkthrough -- 7pm ET, 8/16/16

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

Hedge Fund Case: Baxter - US Activist Strategy, 8/15/2016

Posts of the Week:

How Do We Decouple Income From Work? by @Eddie Braverman". 16 SB's.
WSO's Best Real Estate Books by @CRE". 12 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

What is your compensation in Real Estate Finance? by @jjacobs06". 55 comments.

Where do you buy your shirts/suits/shoes? Online preferred by @SkyIsTheLimit". 44 comments.
The worst Hedge Fund Manager/Investor? by @LeNasser". 35 comments.
The MLB doesn't market superstars well by @mCobb". 33 comments.
Interviews: Mental health issue as an answer for "Why Low GPA?" by @marionbanker". 22 comments.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @NESCAC" in the post "Edgy Resume? Yes or No?".

This resume looks like a restaurant menu

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @CRE" 1067, 2. @Eddie Braverman" 520, and 3. @thebrofessor" with 449.

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
@short_round” - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Associate
@Hiphopotamus” - Mergers and Acquisitions - 2nd Year Analyst
@SEC2015” - Mergers and Acquisitions- 1st Year Analyst

Private Equity
@Pantera” - LBOs - 1st Year Analyst

Hedge Fund
@The-STEIN” - Other - Investment Analyst

Asset Management
@BatemanBatemanBateman” - Other - 1st Year Analyst

Venture Capital
@deppster” – Other

Real Estate
@j. madden” - Commercial - 1st Year Associate
@TopChedder” - 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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