+48 The difference between kids on WSO and your typical college student 41 17y
+48 Perfect Credit? You're Screwed. 17 15y
+48 Scam Science: Crossing & Boxing Stocks 10 12y
+48 Weekend Wars: Sell side vs. Buy side 65 15y
+48 Academic integrity 33 15y
+48 If you were banished from the US... 53 6y
+48 Bob Diamond Not Making Any Friends 29 15y
+48 Anyone with Back Problems?? 19 7y
+48 Russell Simmons, Original Banksta 34 15y
+48 Monday Motivation: PTJ 21 12y
+48 It's been awhile WSO... 24 4y
+48 Carson Block: Zero or Hero? 30 15y
+48 Is the Financial Industry Sexist? 24 14y
+48 Perry's Tax Plan 38 4y
+48 WSO Monkey at OWS Videos 19 9y
+48 UK Woman Yelling Out Expletives and Racists Comments on Tram 37 14y
+48 Late to work! 74 13y
+48 Iran Cuts Off Oil to Britain, France 32 8y
+48 Building stamina - is running good? 46 5y
+48 Absolutely love banking 52 14y
+48 Internet Reviews: A Grain of Salt, or a Kilo? 13 14y
+48 CFA® Musings Before the Exam 39 14y
+48 Being Decent 19 13y
+48 When did you "get" finance? 24 13y
+48 Well...That's Not Shitty At All. 27 13y
+48 Funny first day story 32 13y
+48 Four Years of BraverMania 24 13y
+48 Hedge Fund Breakfast – Part 2: Morning Reads 5 9y
+48 Starting a “Hedge Fund” as a Troglodyte 27 13y
+48 IBD SA: Rank these 5 applicants 64 12y
+48 Whose Face on the Trillion Dollar Coin? 49 5y
+48 A Manufactured Crisis 21 13y
+48 TSLA: Taxpayers Stuck with Lifeless Assets 15 5y
+48 How College Limits Your Development 20 13y
+48 Would You Buy ZNGA Here? 32 12y
+48 Al Qaeda Targeted NYSE in 2008 19 13y
+48 EV/EBITDA vs EV/EBIT vs EV/(EBITDA-capex)? Please help? 31 8y
+48 Hungover at Work Thread 96 8y
+48 "It's Not You, It's Me" - HBS & Wall St. Break Up 22 12y
+48 Is Green Good? 52 12y
+48 What It's Like To Be A Prop Trader: The Inside Info 47 5y
+48 How Long Before Big Tobacco Takes Over Pot? 28 12y
+48 The end of Silk Road 47 6y
+48 Bonus Bananas October 11, 2013 23 12y
+48 Google+, WSO, and the Battle for Your Identity 30 12y
+48 Seven Tips For Acing The GRE/GMAT 41 12y
+48 Making Money off of Fallen Countries 12 4y
+48 Making Money Is Not The Goal 11 12y
+48 The intern experience: Best and Worst experiences (excluding the obvious too much work) 69 9y
+48 Music - Recently signed up for iTunes 78 10y
+48 The decline of NYC finance 50 6y
+48 What is the stupidest thing you have ever done? 95 6y
+48 Which sport is the most popular among financiers? 30 3y
+48 Taylor Swift is on pace to make $365 million this year. 18 10y
+48 Insight into the minds of WSO members 22 10y
+48 Sharted. Protocol Zero. 23 8y
+48 Is Solar the Future of Energy? 23 3y
+48 How do you stay positive at work? 24 9y
+48 The rent is too damn high... honey. 17 9y
+48 First Look At Telsa Model 3 Interior 55 5y
+48 Is Amazon as Bad as Walmart? 17 8y
+48 Who takes weekend trips? 42 6y
+48 Am I really adding value to my life? 13 8y
+48 What does your IRA allocation look like? 45 8y
+48 Airbnb vs Hotel - What Do You Prefer? 39 4y
+48 HELP!!!!!!!! 22 7y
+48 What are your favorite documentaries? 63 5y
+48 From Injury to Unemployed to Back on the Saddle 4 7y
+48 Thoughts on moving from NYC to Chicago? 47 6y
+48 Why does it seem finance is a dying industry? 19 7y
+48 Anyone ever worked two jobs before? 26 7y
+48 Is Macy's fighting the good fight? 23 6y
+48 When are contractions ("I'm", "I'll", "don't", etc.) approprate in emails in finance 37 7y
+48 NYC FINANCE JOBS THAT GET OUT AROUND 8/8:30 PM 73 6y
+48 How much pay = peak happiness? 15 6y
+48 Alcohol and Sleep 29 6y
+48 Gronkowski Joins Brady in Tampa Bay 26 6y
+48 How much do you save each month? (401k/Personal Investment account) 38 6y
+48 Stocks to buy right now? (if any) 24 6y
+48 Best Finance Related Movies/Shows? 28 4y
+48 Do you play poker- for how much? 30 1y
+48 Was it easier for you to date in college or after you graduated? 34 5y
+48 Society Today... 17 5y
+48 Anyone here that got LASIK? 48 4y
+48 Brooklyn Nets - Wow! 12 5y
+48 Should Goldie Become an Apple Guy? 40 4y
+48 Permanent WFH from NYC 35 4y
+48 Bullshit Jobs - What Jobs from Financial Services are Bullshit? 28 4y
+48 WSO turning into Bumble? 75 4y
+48 How do you survive this industry being an introvert? 22 4y
+48 Gift Ideas for Father - $1500 28 4y
+48 What's the meaning of life ? 40 4y
+48 Buy Your Own Apartment 19 4y
+48 I attend a shit school doing a shit major and I love it 19 4y
+48 If you had to pick one fast food place to eat for life - which would you pick? 49 4y
+48 Python journey 24 3y
+48 When did you finally start feeling like an adult? 25 3y
+48 Twitch streamer XQC signs $100,000,000 two-year contract 29 2y
+48 I accidently broke my MD 5 2y
+48 How to develop a social life late in college 8 2y

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