Macro Trends to Industry Deep Dives?

by a searcher from University of Virginia-Darden - Darden School of Business

3 weeks ago

Hi all, I was curious about the process that searchers have taken to develop 30,000 foot, macro level trends and use those to inform which industries to begin their search. 

Would love to get some perspectives on:

-how do you ideate on researching trends? 

-eventually settling on an industry to pour effort into and search. 

thanks!

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searcher from Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Earnings calls and presentations from relevant firms can include macro commentary, but remember that management is incentivized to blame conditions when they underperform. If you have access to CapIQ etc. (not a given) then analyst coverage reports, especially initiation of coverage, will have great industry primers and benchmark info.

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searcher from University of Virginia-Darden - Darden School of Business

Thanks all, some good suggestions here!

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