+31 How many of you are multi-millionaires? 30 10mo
+31 Wharton MBA to Hedge Funds 14 10mo
+31 How to handle Frustration and short-fuse at work 14 9mo
+31 Intricacies of a balance sheet 6 9mo
+31 Rejected From Investment Club 16 5mo
+31 Why are hedge funds so small? 16 3mo
+31 Some Multistrategy Hedge Funds Keep Over Half of Their Profits (Bloomberg) 24 3mo
+31 Long Only Opportunity Straight from College 20 2mo
+31 "EV coverage" theses are lazy and a pet peeve of mine 6 1mo
+31 Cash Allocation Discussion 6 2mo
+31 Non-GAAP Income Statement 6 1mo
+31 How to Know if HF L/S industry is for me? Wealth Management instead? Feel lost 8 1mo
+30 Guarantees at multi managers 2 10mo
+30 How do you budget for big life decisions given career/comp uncertainty? 8 10mo
+30 Incoming IB MBA Associate set on a future investing in public equities - advice on how to best prepare? 9 10mo
+30 Proving your track record 15 7mo
+30 Seed capital providers for HF launch? 7 7mo
+30 How do you H-1B visa holders grapple with the stress of working at an MM? 27 6mo
+30 Your opinion on top distress / opportunistic credit shop 13 7mo
+30 Where do pod shop ‘churns’ go to? 25 5mo
+30 Exploring a Novel Investment Concept: Purchasing Rights to Future Income 6 5mo
+30 HF London Scene - What's it like out of undergrad? 23 4mo
+30 SM HF opportunities from banking vs 2+2 14 1mo
+29 Risk premium is a circular concept? (My theory) 19 10mo
+29 What skills do you actually need in MM HF pods? 16 7mo
+29 IB to HF, London. Limited roles available…should I move to NY? 11 2mo
+29 Should YOU quit your Job to become an independent trader? 14 7mo
+29 Tiger Global's Scott Schliefer Out 5 3mo
+29 Point72 2025 SA 176 1w
+29 Earnings & Pattern recognition 11 2mo
+29 Could a company like Oracle ever really fail? 10 2mo
+29 Is HF worth the risk if making 7 figs in SS ER? 24 2mo
+29 How to move from prop to MM for quant? 6 1mo
+29 Advice ahead of a pair trade presentation - HF interview 7 5d
+28 Hedge Fund Interview - Ghosted??? 14 9mo
+28 Has Anyone Here Left A Relatively Cushy UMM / MF PE Seat To Pursue MM HF Work Instead? 7 8mo
+28 Worth holding out for SM HF - London 14 8mo
+28 Capital Structure Analysis Questions 11 2mo
+28 Would choose MM over SM any day of the week 18 3mo
+28 Quants vs. Discretionary Traders - which is more lucrative? 17 3mo
+28 Vitol posts $13B profits for 2023 28 1mo
+28 Background check issues 6 4h
+27 What HF are available to me from CBS MBA and CFA? 7 10mo
+27 Can you teach investing acumen? 13 9mo
+27 Which pods to avoid in equities 18 6mo
+27 Bridgewater and Ray Dalio 12 6mo
+27 Jane Street 7 B's in Profit this Year 18 4mo
+27 Life/Career after being a Portfolio Manager 25 3mo
+27 how do i get on track to become a quant at a mf? 21 2mo
+27 Let go / fired with runway at a SM HF- any advice? 18 2mo
+27 How risky is Point72 Academy? 25 3w
+27 Small Prop shop vs BB middle office quant intern 9 2mo
+27 Thoughts on MMF 19 1mo
+27 People who work at hedge funds, what made you interested initially? 13 3w
+27 College search for getting into HF 23 2d
+26 Industry Deep Dive 7 11mo
+26 Credit at a pod-shop? 10 10mo
+26 Stock Pitch/Interview advice for Citadel CAP recruiting 4 10mo
+26 Thesis for 500 percent gain in stocks in next 5 years 19 9mo
+26 Laid Off from IB and Can't Get Hired 20 3w
+26 Biotech Trade Idea 15 8mo
+26 Tiger Global Memo - anyone able to comment on legitimacy? 17 2mo
+26 Why is 75% of this forum MM HF trolls? 10 8mo
+26 Using the sellside effectively 6 7mo
+26 If Analysts and PMs were paid the same, 99% would choose to be analyst. 15 7mo
+26 CS Major at Ivy with older sibling at HF hoping to break in 6 5mo
+26 Are macro product markets less efficient than equities? 10 2mo
+26 Target UK Masters > AM/HF. Confused on the process 9 5mo
+26 Starting at a HF - any tips? 13 4mo
+26 High turnover at Millennium 21 4mo
+26 23-24 crazy comp stories 68 1mo
+26 Do Macro strategies require more sophisticated quantitative techniques than L/S or Long-only Equities? 11 2mo
+26 Taking Pay Downgrade from SS ER to LO? 15 2mo
+26 How do you get up to speed as a consultant on finance? 6 1mo
+26 Point72 Modeling Test/1st Stage Interview 25 3w
+26 Starting Personal Account 12 3w
+26 Why are so many people here interested in Biotech? 32 2d
+25 Is it possible to move from top AM to a special sits HF? 12 9mo
+25 Opportunities after MM HF Career 13 4mo
+25 Predicament going into Sophomore year 10 8mo
+25 How to think about Post-IPO PE Presence in Public Equity? 3 8mo
+25 L/S Case Study 7 8mo
+25 Negotiating small hedge fund offer 8 8mo
+25 How do funds actually collect fees? 14 7mo
+25 Can you move from Pods to SM's? 13 5mo
+25 Breaking into HF/VC 8 5mo
+25 How do you know you're ready to move to HF? 17 5mo
+25 Analyst variation within pod 11 5mo
+25 How to learn about HF's? 5 4mo
+25 When news come in as expected 10 4mo
+25 Holocene Advisors 12 5mo
+25 Partners Leaving Coatue 17 4mo
+25 Leaving SM to join new pod - signing bonus ask? 20 3mo
+25 HF List 10 3mo
+25 What would your impression be? 10 2mo
+25 Q1 MM HF performance 10 1mo
+25 Evaluating offer to join $5-10bn SM straight out of banking. 23 1mo
+25 Any R course recommendations? 14 3w
+24 under radar quant funds / prop shops 6 7mo
+24 What is the best path to working at a hedge fund? 15 10mo

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