+4 Pursuing hedge fund: what to do in college 2 8y
+136 Starting small futures trading shop 78 6y
+13 How screwed am I? No internship 3 8y
+4 Company_Value_Formula 2 8y
+9 Thoughts on Matrix Capital Management and Scopia Capital Management 5 8y
+18 Alternative ways of securing FT offer 4 6y
+4 How to best prep for internship at top fund? 4 8y
+9 List of value based/high concentration Hedge Funds in Bos/NYC/CHI/SF? 1 6y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Review - Industrials Data 8y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 8y
+20 No response after final interview for 1 months 12 4y
+12 Valuation multiple time frame, which year to use? 1 8y
+3 Sector-specific funds 1 8y
+13 Offer on Table from Non-HF while on Path to HF 3 8y
+101 Most Memorable Earnings Call 37 4y
+9 Problems of gender discrimination and English ability 1 6y
+12 Best Programming Language for the Buy Side? 5 8y
+15 Investors Bet Against the Georgian Chicken Market 2 8y
0 AQR Capital Management - Review - Trading Data 8y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 8y
0 Archegos Capital Management - Interview - Investments Data 8y
0 CIFC Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 8y
+18 D.E. Shaw internship Early Application 18 6y
+3 How can Maximum Male function? 1 8y
+3 Video Interview with Bridgewater 1 8y
0 Soros Fund Management - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research Data 8y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 8y
+20 How does one become a portfoilio manager like Bill Ackman? 10 8y
+21 GS Special situations group (SSG) 7 8y
+18 Full time Offer vs. Potential Hedge Fund Internship 1 8y
0 Oaktree Capital Management - Interview - Advisory Data 8y
+10 Highbridge, Man GLG, Leucadia Investment 3 7y
+46 Help with capital raising for a small hedge fund? 10 8y
0 Athena Capital Management - Interview - Equity Research Data 8y
+13 FoF to HF? Success Stories? 3 8y
+30 Trader + Career Advice = Next Job 18 6y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Treasury Data 8y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Treasury Data 8y
0 Point72 - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 8y
0 Magnetar Capital - Salary & Bonus - Fixed Income Data 8y
+12 Global Macro HF straight from Masters with prior BB S&T Summer Internship. Feasible? 2 6y
+17 HF analyst resumes 3 8y
+3 West Coast Exit Ops 1 6y
+7 "Alpha" equity research out of Europe 3 6y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research Data 8y
+47 Equity Options in Hedge Funds 15 8y
0 Magnetar Capital - Salary & Bonus - Special Situations Group Data 8y
+15 Assessing business risks in an investment 1 8y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 8y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 8y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+92 World's dumbest 'smart guy'? 43 6y
+4 Hedge Fund Compensation after IB 1 8y
+3 WSO Hedge Fund Prep Guide 1 8y
0 King Street Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Technology Data 8y
+17 Longevity of Hedge Fund analyst career? 3 8y
0 Brown Advisory - Interview - Equity Research Data 8y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Macro Data 8y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Equities Data 8y
0 Steel Partners - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - NA Data 8y
+13 Financial services-focused hedge funds? 6 8y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+15 Current Credit Investment Analyst - thinking about moving to operating roles in companies 2 8y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+15 Citadel Global Fixed Income in NY - Compensation, progression, success rate? 1 6y
+12 Call with a Hedge Fund Partner 1 8y
+12 D.E. Shaw Allegations from a Fired MD 2 5y
+4 Weekend Vacation? 2 8y
0 Jane Street Capital - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 8y
+30 Deciding between MM IB and BB ER to eventually break into L/S or Credit HF 9 8y
+11 Macro data source 2 8y
+64 MIT vs. Princeton vs. Yale undergrad for quant hedge fund 29 6y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 8y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Review - NA Data 8y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
+3 Career in operations at a quant fund? (trade support) 1 8y
0 Worldquant - Review - Quantitative Research Data 8y
0 Worldquant - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 8y
+3 Berkshire Shareholder Meeting 2018 1 8y
+13 Deriving a PT from FCF yield 4 8y
+25 Dating? 11 6y
+29 Living Ray Dalio's Principles 3 8y
+60 Hustling into Algo/HF (Quant) 21 5y
+3 Landing Internship Early 2 8y
0 Schonfeld - Review - Strategy Data 8y
0 Schonfeld - Salary & Bonus - Strategy Data 8y
+12 Taking the Series 7 4 8y
+16 Starting a HF in college with multiple Accredited Investment? 7 8y
+12 Georgetown vs UVA for HF 3 8y
+3 What Makes a Good Trader? 1 8y
+3 RV Options Trading 2 8y
+3 Ever Erect Seeking to discern out the 1 8y
+49 Thoughts on Silverpoint Capital? 27 3y
+26 Are "performance coaches" actually a thing? 19 1y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Macro Data 8y
0 title for hedge fund intern on resume 4 8y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 8y

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  • Evercore No 98.9%
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  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
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  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
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  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
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