+23 Advice please: hopefully a CFA® designation candidate, 2 yr experience of IT in BB, breaking into buy-side (HF or AM) JOB 10 13y
+61 Investment Banking in China, Briefly OFF 44 13y
+48 Will Studying Mandarin Get Me A Job At The Goldman Sachs? IB 14 14y
0 Why I Am Long Baidu. OFF 8 14y
+11 The (Possible) Risk of Deflation OFF 4 14y
+19 Can the BRICS make up for the PIIGS? IB 10 14y
0 Why China Can’t Be Depended Upon OFF 20 14y
+35 Gold: Buy, Sell, or Hold? OFF 22 14y
+22 Keeping Combat Out of the Office with Bulletproof Briefs OFF 8 14y
+33 Have the BRICs Lost Their Magic? IB 14 14y
+44 Could Renouncing US Citizenship Become Business as Usual? OFF 21 14y
+20 To Be Unemployed, or Not To Be Unemployed; That Is The Question OFF 3 14y
0 China Mainlining US Treasuries OFF 8 14y
0 China Warns Australia - Choose Between us or the United States OFF 8 14y
+25 Back to life OFF 13 14y
0 Apple and the Chinese Middle Class IB 2 14y
+41 Making Billions then Crashing to $0 OFF 16 14y
+36 Trading the Bottom in Natural Gas Prices OFF 15 14y
+27 She's a BRICS-house OFF 15 14y
0 Outsourcing and My New iPad 3 OFF 3 14y
+20 If you can't find a job, consider Brunei OFF 8 14y
0 The Weekend Wrapup 3.17.2012 OFF 3 14y
+24 Forget the Homeless, buy a sound proof Beamer OFF 7 14y
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0 Consulting Resume review RES 3 14y
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+11 entrepreneurship - A Love Story & Guide Part 1 OFF 4 14y
0 The Weekend Wrapup 1.28.12 OFF 1 14y
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0 Apple in China OFF 14 14y
0 The Weekend Wrapup 1.14.12 OFF 4 14y
0 Jim Rogers Thinks Stocks Will Go Up in 2012 OFF 12 14y
+14 The Weekend Wrapup 1.7.12 OFF 4 14y
0 7 Best Long-Term Stock Picks by Morgan Stanley IB 1 14y
+16 The Weekend Wrapup 12.10.11 OFF 6 14y
0 The Weekend Wrapup 12.3.11 OFF 3 14y
0 The Squid's Top Trades for 2012 IB 7 14y
+10 In an Effort to Ramp up Energy Energy Production China to Embrace Fracking OFF 1 14y
0 The Weekend Wrapup 11.26.11 OFF 6 14y
0 Bonus Bananas November 25, 2011 OFF 11 14y
0 The Weekend Wrapup 11.12.11 OFF 2 14y
0 Grease Fire Spreading OFF 25 14y
0 China’s Growing Interest in Biofuels OFF 2 14y
0 Natural Gas Discovery in South China Seas Raising Tensions Between China and Vietnam OFF 3 14y
0 The Weekend Wrapup 10.29.11 OFF 2 14y
0 Bonus Bananas October 21, 2011 OFF 15 14y
0 Massive Rare Earth Mineral Find in Afghanistan OFF 7 14y
+12 The Gold-to-Silver Ratio: Why It’s Important, What It’s Telling Us Today OFF 4 14y
+38 Weekend Wars: China vs. The Chinese OFF 22 14y
0 Turkey and Russia Spar Over Natgas Prices OFF 1 14y
0 China’s Rare Earths Monopoly – Peril or Opportunity? OFF 7 14y
+15 Mack's The Name IB 9 14y
+22 Dollar Dollar OFF 5 14y
0 The Weekend Wrapup 9.25.11 OFF 4 14y
0 Are We in Deflationary Crash Mode? OFF 3 14y
0 Chanos on China OFF 7 14y
+12 The Weekend Wrapup 9.17.11 OFF 4 14y
0 China is Interested in Biofuels - Why Not the West? OFF 2 14y
0 China to buy Italian debt: So what? OFF 6 14y
0 The Weekend Wrapup 9.10.11 OFF 4 14y
0 Unseemly Scrabble for Libya’s Post-Gaddafi Oil Assets Underway OFF 2 14y
0 Russia and China’s Energy Dispute and the Struggle for Eurasian Dominance OFF 1 14y
+13 The Biggest Losers AM 4 14y
0 China and Biofuels - Stir-Fry or Fly? OFF 1 14y
+12 Chinese Energy Policies Harming Neighbors OFF 3 14y
0 The Weekend Wrapup 8.20.11 OFF 1 14y
+11 Joint Chinese-Indian Oil Tanker Patrols Possible? OFF 2 14y
0 The Weekend Wrapup 8.13.11 OFF 7 14y
0 China and Rare Earths - Monopoly for Now OFF 2 14y
0 Resource Rich Mongolia Attracting Outside Interests OFF 1 14y
0 The Weekend Wrap-up 8.08.11 OFF 3 14y
+19 The Chinese Finger Trap OFF 9 14y
0 Gold Set To Plummet? IB 18 14y
0 The Need for a Real Domestic Alternative Energy Policy in the USA OFF 1 14y
0 The Weekend Wrap-up 7.23.11 OFF 2 14y
+10 The Weekend Wrap-up 7.16.11 OFF 4 14y
+56 Will Moody's downgrade the US? OFF 32 14y
0 Tajikistan, a Frail Nation-State Amidst the New “Great Game” OFF 6 14y
+64 China to Downgrade U.S. Debt OFF 32 14y
0 Piracy: A Growing Global Menace OFF 4 14y
0 Harbin Electric: the spark of a Chinese LBO spree? OFF 3 14y
+48 Carson Block: Zero or Hero? OFF 30 14y
0 David and Goliath: Vietnam Confronts China Over South China Sea Energy Riches OFF 0 15y
0 The Weekend Wrap-up 6.11.11 OFF 1 15y
+42 The Yuan as the World's Reserve Currency OFF 25 15y
0 Mongolia – Place Your Bets? IB 5 15y
+26 Escaping From Wall Street OFF 19 15y
+18 Jimmy on the BBC OFF 11 15y
0 The Weekend Wrap-up 5.21.11 OFF 4 15y
+17 Will There Be a QE3? OFF 8 15y
0 Weekend Wars: Emerging Markets vs. European Union OFF 2 15y
+21 America is a C Student OFF 8 15y
+15 The Weekend Wrap-up OFF 2 15y
0 Renren...the blowing of a bubble? OFF 14 15y
+29 The ABCDs OFF 23 15y
0 Happy Thoughts: Post-CFA® Plans ER 3 15y
+75 American Strategic Default OFF 41 15y
+16 Earnings Season Cometh OFF 6 15y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
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  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

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  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
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