+20 I'm Sorry, But I Have No Idea How to Say Your Name 35 12y
+31 So I Drunk Texted my Interviewer 20 12y
+14 How Well Do You Know Women & Money? 33 12y
0 Bonus Bananas February 21, 2014 7 12y
+1 This seemed profound at the time and I'm still kinda high so it still kinda is 2 12y
+24 It’s Always in the Details: Excel, interviewing and life 12 12y
0 Financing History 0 12y
0 Do startups do background checks? 1 12y
+135 Ending the Technical Analysis Debate 91 12y
0 Summer housing stipend? 4 12y
+22 Best places to launch your career 21 12y
+16 Adding Random Girls on Facebook - Advice? Cold networking 40 12y
+44 New Contest: Submit Your Best I-Banking Horror Stories & Win a Signed Copy of Young Money 14 12y
0 Naughty Naughty Naughty Economy 11 12y
0 Teaser Tuesday! February 18, 2014 11 12y
+21 What creates the Zing between Buffettology and Valuations? 0 12y
0 Transcendence 7 12y
0 What happened in the stock/bond markets last week (2/10-2/14)? 0 12y
0 How have you raised money for charity in the past? 7 12y
0 What are the best jobs out of college in terms of learning? 5 12y
+55 I Finally Quit Facebook 46 12y
0 UChicago Male found Dead in Room 1 12y
+49 1st Year Analyst - First Car Ever 81 12y
+12 Dumb advice people gave to you regarding job hunting 3 12y
+21 Surviving the Internship Application Process: Peer Support 1 12y
+17 How to Convey your Personality over the Phone? 11 12y
+21 GS MRMA 23 12y
+68 How Buffettology makes Valuations a piece of cake 30 12y
0 Tips from a Recruiter: Don't Make Me Read Your Resume 0 12y
+53 Technical vs Fundamental trading 28 12y
+44 WSO Caption Contest - Feb 12th... Collect Silver Bananas and Win a Free Wall Street Oasis T-Shirt 52 12y
+61 Comcast & Time Warner Join Forces to Provide Worst Internet Service on Earth 47 12y
+35 Five Principles for Managing Expectations 3 12y
+116 Would you invest in Philip Morris? 97 12y
+34 Teaser Tuesday! February 11, 2014 33 12y
+18 Goldman recruiting swag. Genius or Crazy? 44 12y
+1 Would you tell your co-workers you listen to Riff Raff? 6 12y
+35 New York Happy Hour Recap: Feb. 6, 2014 20 12y
0 Does Anyone Remember the Tortoise? 2 12y
+25 Experiments in online teaching: My Spring Classes and an Online Valuation Class 5 12y
0 Moving on Up 0 12y
+14 I had to share this 5 12y
0 Sword & Plough 0 12y
+134 Why Is Peter Schiff Destroying His Brand? 98 12y
+23 Cheaper Airfare Tricks (3rd Strike Method) 6 12y
0 Feb 11, 2014 - Recent Market Commentary by James Investment Research 1 12y
0 How to do this 5 12y
+28 Are Bankers Right about Reg WW? 6 12y
+9 Asking The Experienced, Do You Reveal That You Use WSO? 7 12y
+211 WSO Site Suggestions...Let Me Hear It! 159 12y
+45 What I Learned from Being Rejected by an Accelerator 22 12y
+29 WSO NYC Happy Hour: Thursday, Feb. 6th, 7pm @ Boss Lounge 52 12y
+32 Does herd mentality play a role in the popularity of banking? 5 12y
+22 Fired for Falling Asleep at Work 29 12y
+40 WSO Caption Contest - Feb 5th... Collect Silver Bananas and Win a Free Wall Street Oasis T-Shirt 48 12y
0 Shorting Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($52) - Part 3, Final 1 12y
+61 Born on 3rd Base, Acts Like He Hit a Triple 34 12y
+43 What I Learnt This Week – The Significance Adrenal Fatigue 17 12y
0 Feb 4, 2014 - Stock & Bond Market Update 1 12y
+33 Reading the Fine Print: How ArcelorMittal burned their Hybrid Investors 7 12y
+29 Teaser Tuesday! January 7, 2014 14 12y
+116 Probably the Worst Idea in Human History 72 12y
+25 Teaser Tuesday! February 4, 2014 12 12y
+59 Apple Whiffs, Gets Pounded After Hours 35 12y
+31 Adversity: Using challenges as a path to wisdom. 5 12y
+24 WSO Caption Contest - Jan 29th... Collect Silver Bananas and Win a Free Wall Street Oasis T-Shirt 23 12y
+27 Monday @Mentions February 3, 2014 6 12y
+77 Perkins: Next Level Asshattery 62 12y
0 What would you ask the most successful people in your industry? 0 12y
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0 In pursuit of uselessness 0 12y
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+48 Monday Motivation: PTJ 21 12y
+21 HOW TO TRADE A BUBBLE 4 12y
+67 UPDATE: Operations: Best Decision I've Ever Made 60 12y
+38 Government Gunning for JPM 18 12y
+40 Modeling & Fantasy Football - Dominate the Draft! 17 12y
+42 The Best Course You'll Ever Fail 26 12y
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+29 Big Day for GOOG and AMZN 14 12y
0 The MOOC stumble: Lessons from Napster and the Music Business! 2 12y
+9 Banking executives often make a fist during their speeches - why? 10 12y
+34 The $50 XBMC Media Center 21 12y
+32 An NCAA Union? 11 12y
+14 WOTLK - Your Favorite PVP Class and Why? 10 12y
+6 Peter Schiff Interview on the Joe Rogan podcast 1 12y
+31 Left-hand Mousing 21 12y
0 Major in Business Technology Administration and looking for a minor; and a programming related question 1 12y
0 Are you smiling in your FB and dating profile picture? 3 12y
+11 Funny encounters at the office; yours? 10 12y
+80 Dealing With Uncertainty 80 12y
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0 How many dust storms are there per year in SD and LA? Are they a major problem pollution wise? 10 12y
0 Princeton Article vs. Facebook's response 4 12y
+2 Does Dear Coincide With Mr? 4 12y
+43 WSO Caption Contest - Jan 23rd... Collect Silver Bananas and Win a Free Wall Street Oasis T-Shirt 35 12y
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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
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