Monday @Mentions May 9th 2016

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming webinars:

-Webinar: Hedge fund investment pitch: Key business and valuation variables -- 4pm ET, 5/11/16

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

Hedge Fund Investment Pitch: How to Read an Annual Report - focusing on the cashflow statement, 5/10/2016
Travel Industry Strategy Consulting Case, 5/11/2016

Post of the Week:

Anyone else fed up with the banking/finance industy? by @THEBLUECHEESE". 73 comments.

Discussion Topics of the Week:
Secret Shame of Middle Class Americans by @John-Doe8". 46 comments.

Investment banker boyfriend, how do I handle the crazy hours? by @elizabethk". 39 comments.

AMAs of the Week:

Blackrock MD BY 31: Ask me Anything by @KhemaridhHy". 10 SB's.
AMA continuation: Debating Trends in Lower Middle Market PE with the Founders of Nextvest by @powers99". 6 SB's.

Comment of the Week:

This comment: by @Vol Inversion" in the post "Anyone else fed up with the banking/finance industy?".

Success Story of the Week:

The Long Road to ER from a Non-Target by @WSO username123".

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @thebrofessor" 376, 2. @Sil" 365, and 3. @Guest1655" with 341.

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