Morning call is between 515-530, as the markets open at 730 and you need to try and educate your attention deficit disorder afflicted sales desk in Toronto so they can go out to clients with whatever news of the day is.
Dinner is likely at your desk, or you wait and eat when you get home. Usually the later nights are during earnings season, otherwise you should be done by 6. Some smaller shops and lower tier boutiques could have you done by 4 I would wager (as markets close at 2). Totally dependant on firm to firm, but starting out I would bank on working 12-14 days.
Equity research can be a lifetime career, or it can be used as a stepping stone to get into investment banking, transition to the buy side, or go into industry (say, working in corporate development for one of the companies you covered).
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