5/15/17 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming WSO Meet Ups:

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: REPE Modelling Teach In (Part 2) - Debt and Scenario Analysis -- 6pm ET, 5/15/17
Becoming CEO – Mike Hopkins CEO of Hulu – 5/16/17
Webinar: PE Case, Part 1 -- 5pm ET, 5/20/17
Webinar: REPE Modelling Teach In (Part 3) - Development Draw & Waterfall -- 3pm ET, 5/21/17
Rewind - Day in the Life of a Natural Gas Trader + Q&A – 12am ET, 5/23/17
Don’t ask for permission just go make it happen – Josh Ehrig – 5/23/17
Rewind - Equity Valuation and How a CFA would grade it + Q&A – 12am ET, 5/24/17
Webinar: Private Equity Case -- 5pm ET, 5/24/17
Rewind - IB Case Interview: A Hands-on Example + Q&A – 12am ET, 5/26/2017
Rewind - REPE Case Acquisition Rehab Upgrade of 320 Unit Apartments + Q&A – 12am ET, 5/27/17
Webinar: PE Case, Part 2 -- 5pm ET, 5/27/17
Webinar: Private Equity Case -- 5pm ET, 5/28/17

Posts of the Week:

List of all US Real Estate Developers and REITs by @Trunk Yeti". 29 SB’s.
Re: What should I do to marry a rich guy? by @JamesDimon". 28 SB’s.
Why Does The World Hate Wall Street and Bankers by @LReed". 9 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Most Badass Intern Story? by @cabbagecorpIPO". 105 comments.
Why they aren't more women in X field by @xgozax”. 96 comments.
Top Public Schools by @pd2348". 74 comments.
Trump Fired Comey - Welcome to 1984 America!! by @Frank Quattrone". 72 comments.

Q&A of the Week:

1st Year Equity Research Analyst BB London - Q&A by @otupygak". 9 SB’s.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @gridironceo" in the post “Most Badass Intern Story?”. 101 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @TNA" 1384, 2. @Frank Quattrone" 926, and 3. @FratLord" with 851.

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
@LondonEye” - Corporate Banking - 3rd+ Year Analyst
@Donny_Axelrod” - Generalist - 1st Year Analyst
@Rom” - Mergers and Acquisitions – Other

Private Equity
@DukeItOut” - Other - 1st Year Associate

Sales & Trading
@FaberGrad” - Equities - 1st Year Analyst

Venture Capital
@SkyNet” - Principal

Real Estate
@Mr. Deeds” - Other - 2nd 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.

Career Advancement Opportunities

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