A typical day of an equity analyst looks like this:
06:00 am - Wake up (I know that it is quite early)
07:00 am - Arrive at the office and read the most important news
07:30 am - Participate in the morning meeting with traders salespeople and other analysts
08:30 am - Answer emails from clients and colleagues from other teams (Sales & Trading)
10:00 am - Go for a coffee and catch up with colleagues from the same team/department
11:00 am - Get economic and financial data/reports. Read, analyze them and start crunching numbers
1 pm - Go for lunch
2 pm - Receive some urgent tasks from your boss (prepare some tables, spreadsheets, etc)
3 pm - Do financial modeling and write research reports
7 pm - Leave the office
7:30 pm - Meet friends for dinner and drinks
10 pm - Go home and get ready for the next day
The typical schedule looks very different during earning seasons because analysts need to attend earning calls, produce and update many reports. The working hours increase significantly at the expense of one’s social life. There is no need to work on the weekends unless one has important work that he/she didn’t finish during the week. I went to the office on weekends a few times and I always encountered the same people. Most of the time, they didn’t have any important work to do but they didn’t have social life or very afraid of losing their job.
Earlier this year, I published another post on the pros and cons of working in equity research. You may find it useful if you are considering becoming an equity analyst. Here is the link:
https://www.canarywharfian.co.uk/threads/why-equity-research-is-a-great-career.707/
I like equity research but sometimes I feel that the pace is too slow because one needs to read and analyze a lot of information. Moreover, it is not easy to evaluate the impact of one’s work. For instance, one might wonder whether 100 or 0 clients have read his/her report and whether they benefited from his work or not.
I hope that there are other people who have worked in equity research on this forum and I would love to hear your experiences.
Did you enjoy the good work-life balance (compared to M&A, DCM, etc)?
Do you think that analysts add value or markets are efficient and the world doesn’t need them?
A typical day of an equity analyst looks like this:
06:00 am - Wake up (I know that it is quite early)
07:00 am - Arrive at the office and read the most important news
07:30 am - Participate in the morning meeting with traders salespeople and other analysts
08:30 am - Answer emails from clients and colleagues from other teams (Sales & Trading)
10:00 am - Go for a coffee and catch up with colleagues from the same team/department
11:00 am - Get economic and financial data/reports. Read, analyze them and start crunching numbers
1 pm - Go for lunch
2 pm - Receive some urgent tasks from your boss (prepare some tables, spreadsheets, etc)
3 pm - Do financial modeling and write research reports
7 pm - Leave the office
7:30 pm - Meet friends for dinner and drinks
10 pm - Go home and get ready for the next day
The typical schedule looks very different during earning seasons because analysts need to attend earning calls, produce and update many reports. The working hours increase significantly at the expense of one’s social life. There is no need to work on the weekends unless one has important work that he/she didn’t finish during the week. I went to the office on weekends a few times and I always encountered the same people. Most of the time, they didn’t have any important work to do but they didn’t have social life or very afraid of losing their job.
Earlier this year, I published another post on the pros and cons of working in equity research. You may find it useful if you are considering becoming an equity analyst. Here is the link:
https://www.canarywharfian.co.uk/threads/why-equity-research-is-a-great-career.707/
I like equity research but sometimes I feel that the pace is too slow because one needs to read and analyze a lot of information. Moreover, it is not easy to evaluate the impact of one’s work. For instance, one might wonder whether 100 or 0 clients have read his/her report and whether they benefited from his work or not.
I hope that there are other people who have worked in equity research on this forum and I would love to hear your experiences.
Did you enjoy the good work-life balance (compared to M&A, DCM, etc)?
Do you think that analysts add value or markets are efficient and the world doesn’t need them?