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+16 BB Sales and Trading vs Prop Shops 6 6mo
+16 Commodity Trading Entry Odds 6 4mo
+16 Best Desks in GS Fixed Income 7 4mo
+16 ICAP Summer Internship (Odds of moving to IB full-time) (HELP) 3 4mo
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+16 Quant skills improvement advice 3 3mo
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+16 Anyone reading/read “The Trading Game", by Gary Stevenson, former Citi STIR trader? 9 1mo
+16 Masters Vs FT 7 1mo
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+15 Non Target Career Advancement*Execution 1 12mo
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+15 What would you even be doing if you couldn't trade 8 9mo
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+15 S&T Tables 7 8mo
+15 Flow Traders Case Study 14 2mo
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+15 What is my job called in English? 5 8mo
+15 S&T base pay matches IBD? 18 7mo
+15 Volatility Trading 7 7mo
+15 How is ESG affecting Oil Trading? 4 6mo
+15 Offers: Trafigura vs Banking 3 6mo
+15 Path to physical commodities trading 20 1mo
+15 Renegging MBB to go into S&T 16 4mo
+15 Family Business (Restaurant on the country side) vs. Junior Bond Trading Position (Biggest Bank in the country) 5 6mo
+15 Evaluate this situation - Stable family office or high-risk prop trading firm? 3 6mo
+15 Best desks to intern on? 8 3mo
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+15 Trading vs Investing 3 2mo
+15 Trading at Louis Dreyfus 8 2mo
+15 MS vs Fidelity Spring Week 6 1mo
+15 Full Time Timeline 1 2w
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+14 Advice on Two Internship Offers (GSAM & RBC S&T) 2 11mo
+14 Politely asking to take a dump during trading hours 9 11mo
+14 Explain to me like I am 5 - What does a Rates/FX Vol Desk do? 4 8mo
+14 ERCOT question 2 9mo
+14 What’s the timeline on FT 2024 S&T recruiting? 3 9mo
+14 SIG Summer 2024 Quantitative Trader 6 6mo
+14 Physical Trading Pitch - Advice 6 8mo
+14 Natural Gas S&D Model And Other Factors - Practice 3 8mo
+14 Contact terms around bonus for a desk head 2 8mo
+14 Trading comps to value a company that just bought a business 2 8mo
+14 Thoughts on Trading & Shipping Team at BP (Apprenticeship) 5 8mo
+14 (Toronto) Bank of America FI Trading Analyst New Grad 10 6mo
+14 What degree should I take to become a trader 4 6mo
+14 FI sales trader vs Equity Sales 8 6mo
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+14 Hedge Fund vs. BB 11 4mo
+14 Commodity Trading Careers 14 3mo
+14 Starting Career at a Less Known Firm? 2 4mo
+14 Thoughts on the TRIP (Trading, Risk, and Investments) Program at Texas A&M? 5 3mo
+14 Credit Risk to Sales in S&T 4 2mo
+14 How does a CS student break into S&T 10 2mo
+14 I’ve always wanted to be a trader 3 2mo
+14 Small Commodities Trading Shop (Trader offer) vs Glencore / Vitol / Trafi Graduate programs 12 1mo
+14 Energy Trading: HEC Paris vs University of Geneva 6 3w
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+13 BB Structured Credit Trading vs HF Quant (non research) 1 11mo
+13 IB or S&T 7 9mo
+13 Do you regret not chasing what really interested you? 11 8mo
+13 FT S&T 2024 Timeline? 9 8mo
+13 Crude Oil Supply / Demand Model - Advice 5 8mo
+13 Three Quant Contracting Roles Comparison 7 8mo
+13 Renewed Interest in Finance Late in Undergrad -- Advice Needed 4 5mo
+13 Guidance for rising junior summer 3 5mo
+13 DA vs Virtuals Help (Physical Power noob question) 7 3mo
+13 Best Grad Programs for EM Trading 4 5mo
+13 Barclays S&T ny - which desks are the best? 2 4mo
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+13 Middle office to front office 3 3mo
+13 Stay and move internally or leave for another 1 2mo
+13 Repo trading desk 5 1mo
+13 Target UK Universities for Quant Desks / Quant Trading 5 1mo
+13 Asked for more interviews after superday 6 1mo
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+13 Lateraling from Trading to IB vs. IB to Trading 4 1w
+12 OMV Oil and Gas - thoughts? 3 10mo
+12 No Return Offer - Now What? 1 11mo
+12 Prop Trading at Investment Banks 10 11mo
+12 Suggestions for writing morning brief 1 11mo
+12 Overcrowded factors 2 10mo
+12 relatively easier to get into? IBD vs DCM vs S&T 6 10mo
+12 Sales side of S&T 3 9mo
+12 Any insight on how to break into Banking in HK 1 10mo
+12 Trading course? 2 9mo
+12 Fundamental Trading Internships? 7 8mo
+12 Broaching Pay/Raises 1 8mo
+12 Current state of institutional sales? 4 5mo
+12 How's the job market looking for an entry-level trading role? 5 7mo
+12 Networking for off-cycle in sales and trading with managing director LDN 3 7mo
+12 Resources to learn more about EMFX & EM Rates 3 7mo
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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • JPMorgan Chase 10 98.8%
  • Lazard Freres 05 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.7%
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  • Vice President (21) $373
  • Associates (91) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (14) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (33) $170
  • 2nd Year Analyst (68) $168
  • 1st Year Analyst (205) $159
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