+12 How do people lie their pnl? 2 3h
+28 How do you think each of the major hedge fund structures will fare in the 2030+ super-AI era? 23 4h
+43 Energy Pod Thesis Example 12 5h
0 FT HF Recruiting 1 6h
+4 Farallon Capital update? 13 7h
+6 Verition SA27 5 10h
+65 Q&A: SM L/S Equity Analyst 35 10h
+29 Dodge and Cox Stock Pitch Competition 46 11h
0 Brevan Howard 2027 SA 1 11h
+68 Biotech Funds - 2Q 2026 25 12h
+37 Oxford vs Ivy League - US Immigration Issues. Green Card? 33 20h
+14 What the fuck do I do now? 8 1d
+12 Anyone interviewing at Lykos Global? 14 1d
+16 Kinetic Partners? 16 1d
+3 Point 72 Experienced Academy 2026 6 1d
+36 Hedge Fund Interview - Ghosted??? 25 1d
+24 SF HF Roles 19 1d
+11 Citadel CAP FT Process 2027 94 1d
+9 Infrastructure/support for Quant pods in MM platforms 3 1d
+43 Disciplined but sad / feeling burnt out 13 1d
+20 Fundamental Edge, Analyst Academy 34 1d
+2 best path to pod? 3 2d
+10 Balyasny SA 21 2d
+4 Info on Steadview Capital? 1 4d
+31 SM HF to LO as a junior? 12 4d
+28 Am I crazy 11 4d
+8 Reverse DCF? 6 4d
+11 West Coast Hedge Funds? 17 5d
+17 Biotech: SM vs MM 41 5d
0 Best Seat to Learn Risk - TMT L/S 1 5d
+21 Viking Spins 39 5d
0 Castleton Commodities International - Summer internship programme 1 5d
+3 Jane Street Strategy & Product Internship Interview 1 5d
0 AQR Portfolio Implementation Superday 1 5d
+18 Learning about Event Driven 2 6d
+90 The Elite Event Driven Multi-Strat Hedge Funds (Elliott, DK, Farallon) 37 6d
+9 Point 72 Canvas FRG 5 6d
+18 "Expected GPA" on apps 9 6d
+31 p72 2025 experienced academy 184 1w
+8 D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments Analyst (DESRI) 13 1w
+27 Best ways to frame upside / PT for a stock 4 1w
+74 No job offer after quitting without anything lined up... should I be concerned? 22 1w
+34 How to break into Merger Arbitrage London 15 1w
0 Semis HF Analyst Question 1 1w
0 No Openings at CDEL Citadel Chicago? 1 1w
+6 Linonia Partnership 4 1w
0 No Openings at CDEL Citadel Chicago? 1 1w
+40 Any thoughts/color on Arini? 43 1w
+42 Dating after being nyc hf 23 1w
+36 Is RX (aka Special Situations aka Hybrid Value aka Opportunistic Investments) Complex? 13 1w
+59 Undergrad HF Internships? 38 1w
+21 Are Big4 MMHF grad programs still worth it? 6 1w
+15 Build investing edge while young, before going independent 4 1w
+6 MMHF Exits? 1 1w
+69 Davidson Kempner, the most secretive of large HFs? 71 1w
0 Luxor Capital 0 2w
+29 What are hedge funds interviews like? 28 2w
0 stage fright during interviews? 3 2w
+143 This job rocks 40 2w
+10 Point72 Model Test 14 2w
0 Applied to Millennium a while back + finished test, haven't heard back yet? 3 2w
+3 Info on Briarwood Chase Management? 4 2w
+16 If you know HF is your end goal, is IB + PE actually worth it? 8 2w
+6 Albar capital? 0 2w
+3 Lone Pine Co-CIO Leaves for Atreides 2 2w
+20 Citadel Strategic Equity Investments (Nabeel Bhanji) 13 2w
+3 HF Modelling Prep? 11 2w
+16 AQR Business Development 3 2w
+21 Tech Public Modeling 10 2w
+12 HF Analyst to ECM IB Analyst? 11 2w
+14 x.com handles for publics 7 2w
+37 Comp Negotiation - L/S Equity at a Pod 20 2w
+11 How is deferred comp invested in hedge funds that use a pod structure? 2 2w
+18 MF REPE -> HF? 9 2w
+53 Evaluating SM TMT HFs 29 2w
+6 Point 72 Referrals 3 2w
+21 Phoenix Learning 8 2w
+24 Breaking into Hedge Fund as Rx IB VP 8 2w
+22 How hard is it to go from a large L/O to a Hedge Fund (Either L/O or L/S) 12 3w
+28 Is there any issue with going straight into SSits/OpVal/DD investing as opposed to Rx IBD first? 8 3w
+17 Thoughts on Castleknight? 15 3w
+134 Hedge Funds still a "Tier 1" career? 83 3w
+25 London Equity HF scene (ako, lighthouse, gladstone) 52 3w
+12 Freshman targeting macro pods, need guidance 1 3w
+1 Team for 2026 Citadel Intercollegiate Stock Pitch — need 1-3 teammates 7 3w
0 Pointstate Capital 0 3w
+7 Working in HR/Benefits 2 3w
+10 Blackstone BXMA 4 3w
+6 LO to HF or HF to LO - which move is easier? 1 3w
+23 Brain fog and feeling overwhelmed in HF land 12 4w
0 Millenium Model Test? 1 4w
+7 MMHF case studies 8 4w
+17 How do you get a differentiated view? 3 1mo
+11 What to expect in HF PM/Founder Interview? 4 1mo
+38 At what point is it no longer luck 26 1mo
+17 Arena Investors 28 1mo
+28 How do you figure out which equity investing style fits you best? 9 1mo
+17 Stock Pitch ---> Modelling for a HF Interview? 8 1mo
0 MMHF Undergrad Return Offer Rates? 3 1mo
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