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The goal of Wall Street Oasis’ Hedge Funhouse is to give our users the best possible snapshot of life at a hedge fund, from internships and recruiting to compensation and career progression. Working towards that goal, we’ve created a <a...
SPOTLIGHT: Hedge Funhouse Rules and FAQs
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by WallStreetOasis.com
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Dear all, I have been contacted by a headhunter for a junior analyst/research role at a hedge fund. The headhunter gave me a generic description "Very successful New York-based hedge fund with over $1bn assets under management. The fund's primary strategy is Long/Short Equity and they...
Hedge Funds seeking Japanese speaking Analysts?
914 hours 42 sec ago
by Deo et Patriae
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by whatwhatwhat
*"The Michael Jordan of Hedge Fund Managers". 25% net return to investors annually since inception w/an average Sharpe Ratio of 2.5. "This man has returned 3x the returns of Warren Buffet with a third of the...
Money manager Ed Butowsky on SAC's Cohen
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by peinvestor2012
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by TheSquale
I took a genetics & society class my last semester of college for personal interest and became very interested in genomics and pharmacogenomics. I'm no expert but here me out. Brief background to express my point. In 2003 geneticists announced that they were able to map the human...
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by quixoticelixer
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by quixoticelixer
Would anyone who works at a hedge fund be willing to send me an example of an investment thesis and what you would include as the evidence in terms of fundamental analysis, technical analysis, quantitative/qualitative reasons for the investment?...
Stock Research / Investment Analysis
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by Hernandez
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by seabird
If I get an MM IBD FT analyst job straight out of undergrad, would the fact that I majored in stats, along with econ, help me get a job at a hedge fund? I ask this because I could graduate a year early with just one major in econ, but would need to stay all four years to do the stat major as...
stats for hedge fund
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by pryan2016
1 day 7 min ago
by peinvestor2012
Hi, I manage to get an informal interview with the CIO of a growing global macro fund and I'm looking for tips on current trends for that strategy or just general tips for global informal...
global macro informal interview
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by quantman
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by SH_ER
I was wondering (Google didn't help) can students, general public, buy-side analysts attend annual general meetings of public...
Who can attend Annual Shareholders Meetings
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by naivekid
1 day 9 hours ago
by naivekid
Here's a link to the list http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748704253204578469283806191260.html?mod=bol_share_tweet#articleTabs_article%3D1 ABS and MBS have blown all other strategies out of the water since 2010. Also interesting to see all funds in the top ten have AUM...
Top 100 Hedge Funds, ranked by Barron's
173 days 7 hours ago
by rpc
1 day 16 hours ago
by SonnyZH
There have been several of these so I don't know how helpful I can be. Will do my best Took a pretty traditional route to get the job: <ul> <li>Target school</li> <li>Top banking group</li> <li>HF job through...
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by DontMakeMeShortYou
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by blackthorne
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how did prop traders trade?
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by dytsyh
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by goblan
Hello all, My long term goal is to become a great investor - a great stock picker. I'm a recent graduate of a prestigious liberal arts school. I had about a 3.3 gpa, I majored in History, I did my senior thesis in Psychology, I played varsity football, and most of my serious work...
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by blueadams
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by KarateBoy
Could you guys please share names of accomplished investors (think Ackman, Tepper, etc) who is focusing on small cap (>1 B market cap) tech investing. M&A/spin-off thesis focus would be great. Thanks a lot guys. Background: I am student who is currently focusing on investing into...
Small Cap Tech Investing
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by naivekid
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Does anyone have insight on the Elliott interview process? Specifically the first round aptitude and personality tests, as well as the subsequent case studies? ...
Elliott interview process
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by pennywise
3 days 1 hour ago
by blackthorne
Hey. At what point should hedge funds have a dedicated Investor Relations professional? When responding, consider the investor relations job as distinct from marketing. More interested here in the person on staff to manage the existing client relationships, communications, etc. Assume...
How large does a hedge fund need to be to have dedicated Investor Relations pro?
744 weeks 3 days ago
by Chris T
3 days 1 hour ago
by I am what I am
Hey everyone-- I am a sort of amateur data miner, and, upon messing around a bit with some hedge fund data, I stumbled upon some relatively confidential contact information. Just for fun, I decided I would like to email a few of them something brief just to elicit curiosity and have a bit of fun...
Emailing large HF managers
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by IAMTheBob
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In case a company files for bankruptcy, is account payable considered to be a secure/unsecured/subordinated debt; or what claim do account payable companies have on the underlying assets of a company that owes them money....
Bankruptcy: Account Payable
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by naivekid
3 days 23 hours ago
by naivekid
Does anyone know anything about these guys? I have a phone interview coming up with...
Q Investments
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by powertime
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by JimmyBobby
I am 25 and I have an engineering degree from an engineering college in California. I am finishing up a biomedical research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health and am interested in breaking into the buy side. The end goal being a job at a mega fund HF. The problem is I have a very...
breaking into a HF through MSF - viable?
102 weeks 1 day ago
by jojoyano
4 days 2 hours ago
by mhurricane
<p>for those who actually work at a HF!!!!!.....tell us a week in the life of a Hedge Fund...
week in the life of a Hedge Fund analyst.....
455 years 17 weeks ago
by rogger.potter
4 days 6 hours ago
by Bondarb
Anyone heard of SeaStone Partners? I am trying to arrange a chat with a member of their investment team through a buddy of mine. He knows a guy at SeaStone, but doesn't know anything about the firm. Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in...
SeaStone Partners?
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by NYFINANCEDUDE
4 days 8 hours ago
by globalmacrotape
Hey guys, Just curious if anyone has an idea what the going rate for an intern in portfolio management at a ~10bn AUM firm would pay. The FoF I am working in is roughly 2-3bn in AUM. Looked around but I couldn't find anything recent or relevant to this specific strategy. Was curious to...
FoF Pay?
35 days 3 hours ago
by HFSeeker
4 days 8 hours ago
by sonibubu
I am curious about the growth potential and how repo guys (or gals) at hedge funds are perceived. Right now, I am a repo trader at a fairly large ib and while we are far from appreciated, we are given rate risk. While buy side seems to be the goal of so many ib sales and trading people, it seems...
Repo trading at ib to hedge fund?
42 weeks 3 days ago
by teeballz1190
5 days 3 hours ago
by whatwhatwhat
For instance: You're 25, have an Economics B.A. from a ho-hum state school, good math/stats/coding aptitude (but no formal training) and are working in NYC for a prop shop doing accounting and operations. No certifications/exams of any kind passed. You have no seed money right now/minimal...
Ho-Hum to Hedge Fund
841 year 6 weeks ago
by TheWizeNut
5 days 5 hours ago
by Bondarb
Is this an actual hedge fund or is it just an advisory shop? I have an interview with them soon for a hedge fund research analyst role. Anyone know about Aksia? Like hours, culture, pay, Interview Process (degree of techs asked, other questions, what i need to know, etc.). Anything will help....
Aksia Research and Mgmt
417 weeks 1 day ago
by BBnkr10
5 days 6 hours ago
by 210981ur09u
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