dvilayphet

rockstar Wrote:
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> I would be very interested in knowing what other
> analysts do on a daily basis - what sort of
> projects you work on (in broad terms without
> giving material, nonpublic info).
>
> Anybody else want to share?

Title: Analyst (buy-side at a mutual fund)

Job description as written by me: Make the PM's life easier as far as research. If investing is football and actually placing a trade is a touchdown, my job is to get him from 0 to the 50 yard line on a company, and then he'll usually take over from there.

Duties: Probably something like:

35% excel (backward looking and forward looking both)

45% reading and writing reports on target companies or industries. Huge amounts of financial statement reading, good amount of reading industry whitepapers, trade journals, and newspaper articles on target companies and competitors.

10% running screens and sorting/updating our investment universe so that my boss can take a look and assign me new work as we finish/discard other names we're working on.

10% attending annual meetings, listening to conference calls, conducting interviews w/mgmt, etc (normally someone senior to me is doing this stuff).

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 04:56PM by supersadface.

dvilayphet

Just so we're clear on this, I was kidding. My working conditions are pretty sweet - somewhere between 50-60 hrs/week and we've got a company gym. I ain't complaining.

rockstar Wrote:
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> hahaha that's kinda sad bro. but congratz soon! u
> know u're making ur way up in life when u can pee
> without anxiety...
>
>
> supersadface Wrote:
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> > rockstar Wrote:
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> > > @supersadface: That's awesome. Thanks for
> > sharing
> > > man. How long have you been at your job for?
> >
> > About 9 months. At the one year mark, I will
> be
> > granted coffeemaker privileges and 5 mins/day
> for
> > bathroom breaks. It's kind of an honor.

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