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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
01 year 1 day ago
by WallStreetOasis.com
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In the medium term I aspire to break into a hedge fund as an analyst. The type of funds I'm most interested in are value funds , long/short. I am a micro rather than micro man. IB does not appeal to me. From all I have read (all 72 pages of articles in WSO hedge fund section) it seems that...
HELP NEEDED! Conflicted about career path.
84 days 10 hours ago
by IMFUTURE
2 hours 47 min ago
by rothyman
Dear all, can someone give me some good, ideally a comprehensive list of good websites of investment ideas, hedge fund analysts discussion forums etc. I know seekingalpha website is pretty good, but would like to have some more. Would like to keep myself more update to date with what is...
Hedge Fund Websites for Idea sharing
415 hours 45 min ago
by Summer Intern
2 hours 49 min ago
by rothyman
Prior reading: <a href="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/hedge-fund-the-investment-life-cycle">Hedge Fund: The Investment Life Cycle.</a> Quick background: Penn undergrad - 2 years at AM firm - 2 years at large HF - currently in 1st year at 2-3b long/short HF with heavy...
3rd Year HF Analyst Q&A
581 week 2 days ago
by BlackHat
13 hours 40 min ago
by mwgr5
Anyone know about them? From what I've heard, they're a "prop shop hedge fund" and take on traders with strategies already. Aside from the WSO/Dealbreaker searching, couldn't find much. Anyone have any info or dirt on them? Culture,...
Millennium Partners
111 year 15 weeks ago
by mr_bigglesworth
2 days 1 hour ago
by xruan
I am just wondering how many people here are going to Anthony Scaramucci's SALT conference tomorrow? www.saltconference.com/ I am not attending this one but will probably be present at the SALT conference in Singapore later this year. They have Maroon 5 as musical guest this year...
SALT Conference
231 week 2 days ago
by brandon st randy
3 days 2 hours ago
by brandon st randy
from an internship posting: "If you are confident in your investment abilities, include one investing idea pitch, although it is not necessary" How would I go about including the idea pitch? should i put it in the body of the email? if so, where would i put my cover letter? lastly,...
Hedge Fund pitch idea for internship
63 days 11 hours ago
by tkfriend89
3 days 7 hours ago
by asiamoney
I was asked to submit a writing sample for a DE Shaw position. Any advice on what to do here? I haven't done much writing since college and my current job consists of putting together pitch books and models all day long. Should I put something together over the weekend or is something...
DE Shaw Writing Sample
66 days 16 hours ago
by egotisticalcapi...
4 days 15 hours ago
by buybuybuy
Anyone want to take a bet that we will find out that Centaurus and Chesapeake were trading info no way it is chance that John Arnold hangs up his spurs the say day they find out that Aubrey McClendon was also operating a NatGas hedge fund within Chesapeake. This is just too random, smart money...
Possible New Fraud
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by B-School Bound
4 days 15 hours ago
by B-School Bound
How funny would it be if he was asking questions to validate a long thesis? He's getting the stock 20% cheaper. <script...
Einhorn Crushes HLF
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by KarateBoy
5 days 10 hours ago
by technoxplorer
Hello, I'm an undergrad sophomore in NY; I wanna build a career in investment finance. I wanna ask you all, how much do fund managers(hedge/mutual etc) depend on equity research from outside firms. And How big is the equity research market. Do these fund managers buy research from these...
how much do H/F managers depend on equity research firms?
36 days 9 hours ago
by technoxplorer
5 days 11 hours ago
by Something Creative
Strongly considering doing so and would like to hear your...
Anyone subscribe to Moore Research (MRCI)?
25 days 18 hours ago
by Macro Arbitrage
5 days 14 hours ago
by RagnarDanneskjold
Interviewing at two funds right now, one is Bridgewater for a Client Services Associate position, the other fund York Capital is for a Risk Management role. Which would be the better move for trying to land into the investment strategy/trading side of the PM industry? Any thoughts/opinions are...
Risk Management or Client Services Associate???
54 weeks 6 days ago
by vikramsj85
6 days 8 hours ago
by arant
Such as risk control analyst or strategic planning analyst?What are these kinds of positions career path in a hedge...
Back Office Position in a Hedge Fund
71 week 1 day ago
by Feifei Wang
6 days 10 hours ago
by Determined
Dear all, I have a question regarding career progression in hedge fund. Say if a person went straight into HF post 2 years of IB, wouldnt he has a faster career progression than say someone who did 2 years of IB then went into PE for 2 years then HF? Given by the time, the PE person has gone...
Post IB straight to HF or Post IB and PE to HF
96 days 17 hours ago
by Summer Intern
6 days 13 hours ago
by Anacott_CEO
Hey guys, so after some encouragement from a few of you guys I'm gonna go ahead and start a bit of a series of posts on my experience in the <strong>hedge fund industry</strong>, particularly in how one goes from the start of an investment idea, to taking a position, to monitoring...
Hedge Fund: The Investment Life Cycle
493 weeks 2 days ago
by BlackHat
6 days 14 hours ago
by bankbank
Anyone have any detailed info (fund strategies, people they hire)? Ex-Lehman directors is all I...
Realm Partners
21 week 13 hours ago
by alphaalpha
1 week 5 hours ago
by alphaalpha
from our friends at nuclear phynance: http://www.nuclearphynance.com/User%20Files/1462/Rentec%20Resume.pdf simply stunning. from community college to...
RenTec Resume
115 years 9 weeks ago
by devin
1 week 15 hours ago
by GoodBread
Hey Guys I've had this on my mind for a while, I'm just about to finish uni, I am a final year undergrad at a London non target university; however I have two graduate offers; Fund analyst @ BlackRock and a offer as private equity analyst at a emerging and frontier market private equity...
Private equity analyst Vs BlackRock fund Analyst
31 week 1 day ago
by Abdi
1 week 1 day ago
by Abdi
So what's the best career path to land you a job at a hf? Yes yes I know .. Search function. But I would like to know what the most up to date path would...
Best path to HF
81 week 1 day ago
by PaulOwen
1 week 1 day ago
by GreenwichForLife
I'm a pretty serious student of Ben Graham, and just saw this the other day. Pretty...
Ben Graham totally discredits value investing at the end of his career?
421 week 4 days ago
by Terriers12
1 week 1 day ago
by mb666
We're Looking for roommates to share this amazing loft apartment located in Soma, San Francisco. The location is prime. Only 5 mins walk to financial district. Please PM for more details. Thanks....
Awesome apartment in SF
01 week 1 day ago
by annricktle
n/a
Some of these messages are very old but I'm going to answer them anyway b/c I’m in a helpful mood. <strong>Question: How would I know what the career path for [this particular hedge fund]? </strong> Every fund has their own "career path"...it just depends what...
Hedge Fund Guru Answering Inbox Questions Here. Thanks Mr. Pink Money
9023 weeks 12 hours ago
by Mr. Pink Money
1 week 2 days ago
by dogboo
Just curious, how hard is it to start a one person, personal hedge fund? About how much would it cost? This has been done recently by a Wharton Grad who interned at DE Shaw. So it can be done. I recall him saying he is the President, Manager, and only investor. Something along the lines of...
Starting a small, personal Hedge fund
241 week 4 days ago
by Terriers12
1 week 2 days ago
by Aldrich IV
I was wondering who all is attending SALT this year. Maybe we could have a WSO meetup at the conference?...
Anyone attending SALT this year?
01 week 3 days ago
by nameback
n/a
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