+41 ROE tracking the market 8 7y
+42 Public SaaS Company Valuation 8 7y
+12 Breaking into hedge funds from data science - Columbia '21 admit/ non U.S. citizen 1 7y
+9 How is Winton viewed in 2019? 1 7y
+10 Help for Private / Structured Credit Interview 4 7y
+9 Who are the best Generalist investors on the planet? 1 7y
+12 Exit Opportunity for Structured Products Trader 1 7y
+22 I am currently in my last year of engineering, in which I am not interested at all. My final goal is to work in a Hedge Fund. 8 7y
+12 Got invited to a D.E shaw recruiting event 6 7y
+17 "Best Ideas" Hedge Funds 5 7y
+3 Monarch Alternative - any info? 4 7y
+3 Linking Ending Cash to Balance Sheet - Modeling Question 1 7y
+84 Value vs. Growth Investing 68 7y
+24 Value company from Gaap or non- Gaap Basis? 6 7y
+3 Ruane, Cunniff, Golfarb as an exit 1 7y
+3 Fund NAV question 1 7y
+9 Syndicate Calendar - We are looking for new syndicate calendar investors 1 7y
+19 MBA and age question 5 7y
+11 Transitioning from Market-neutral strategy funds 3 7y
+57 Hedge Fund Seed Deals 38 7y
+12 How to make the transition from a Mezz. / Direct Lending role to a large multi-strat credit fund? 4 7y
+12 Distressed Debt Ratios 11 7y
+94 Columbia Value Investing Program Placement 89 7y
+55 How does a guy Running a Long Volatility Mean Reversion Strategy get a Job at a Hedge Fund? 37 7y
+27 Hedge fund analyst salary vs investment banking? 13 7y
+15 NonCompete and equivalents.. 3 7y
+24 Quant portfolio manager interview 10 7y
+38 Junior analyst at small fixed income hedge fund 6 7y
+9 Google Alerts / Alternatives for Company & Industry News 1 7y
+3 any value to MBA in quant fund world? 1 7y
+3 Custom algo work? 1 7y
+3 Global Macro Hedge Fund Interview Preparation Advice 1 7y
+12 HF Internship > Undergrad Senior > HF(?) 1 7y
+1 Tiger Cub: Matrix Capital Management? 4 7y
+3 IMF to hedge fund 2 7y
+12 [CDO Economics] The concept of the collateral, portfolio losses, returns to equity, and the collateral earnings rate 1 7y
+34 Directional high-frequency multi-manager funds? 20 7y
+4 Bridgewater Investment Logic Engineer 3 7y
+9 Background check - quick questions 1 7y
+21 When breaking into the HF Industry, important to know Equity vs. Fixed Income; Strategies? 9 7y
+3 What price would you give to Ride's stock? 1 7y
+15 University Classes to break into HF 6 7y
+32 Noob Value Investing Questions 39 7y
+17 Importance of Undergrad GPA at Funds? 13 7y
+6 When can I leave my GPA off of my resume? 1 7y
+15 Resume Just Been Gutted - Please HELP 1 7y
+11 Trading Returns 2 7y
+3 WSO HF Interview Guide: Reviews 1 7y
+3 Breaking into HF as an Analyst 1 7y
+12 What areas of the hedge fund industry are actually growing and deserve to grow? 1 7y
+20 Software Engineer to Jr. Hedge Fund Analyst (Is it Easier vs. traditional path) 2 7y
+9 video courses online for value investing 1 7y
+33 Is Renaissance Technologies really a hedge fund? 46 7y
+52 7 Figure Hedge Fund Salary - Myth or Real? 17 7y
+3 Graduated Business Major, want to become a quant now. What's my best bet? 1 7y
+21 How Transferable are Skills Working at a Hedge Fund 15 7y
+25 Should I start in a hedge fund internship or a full-time consulting job straight out of undergrad? 5 7y
+87 Should I Slow Down? 25 7y
+9 Soros Fund Management 1 7y
+3 Can you network into a HFT firm? 1 7y
+18 What keeps track of a hedge fund's money? Where is money stored if you run a hedge fund? 4 7y
+3 Get an interview at DE Shaw/Citadel 1 7y
+2 Which will have faster salary growth: hedge fund or prop? 4 7y
+23 Exit opps from my own hedge fund? 5 7y
+1 Ray Dalio Is This Year’s Best Paid Hedge Fund Manager, earning $2 Billion. Your thoughts? 1 7y
+31 small fund manager upset I am interviewing and want to leave, preventing me from taking days off 9 7y
+3 Is prop trading dead 3 7y
+36 Appropriate hedge in turnaround situation 30 7y
+6 SALT 2019 1 7y
+165 So who's doing well right now? 97 7y
+3 Does one need to be particularly good at math to work at a credit hedge fund? 1 7y
+3 What is Point72 Latitude Investments? 1 7y
+3 Newell Brands 1 7y
+13 IB as an Intermediary Step 4 7y
+13 I already got an offer from a HF. How to resign from my current position? 2 7y
+12 Stand out as an Intern at Global Macro HF 2 7y
+3 Vanderbilt (CS + Econ) vs. Georgia Tech (CS + Econ minor) 1 7y
+14 Concrete Advice to Break into HF from Non-Target Undergrad 2 7y
+9 Best Option for HF Post-MBA 1 7y
+4 Asset Management vs Banking for Eventual Hedge Fund 3 7y
+12 IPO flipping: going around broker restrictions 2 7y
+3 Blackrock BAA 1 7y
+10 How are cold calls/Cold Walk ins for Hedge funds? 5 7y
+11 Net Expense 2 7y
+3 Hedge Fund Headhunters 1 7y
+3 MM Lending -- Pay / Compensation / Lifestyle? 1 7y
+14 Biotech/Healthcare Focused HFs? 5 7y
+3 Point72 interview 1 7y
+12 Second WSO Weekly Trivia - Win A Year of WSO Premium (80,000+ Interview and Salary Data Points), $299 Value, for FREE 1 7y
+4 Small Fund Internship? 3 7y
+3 Please delete this post (duplicative) 1 7y
+9 Calculating FCF Credit Investors 1 7y
+26 Planning to launch a small scale Hedge Fund. 13 7y
+34 The morality of a commodity fund 19 7y
+9 Debt shop modelling test 1 7y
+3 Blackstone GSO CCS Superday 1 7y
+18 Hedge fund analyst compensation (experienced) 9 7y
+3 Hiring market for people coming out of PE 1 7y
+19 SS ER > HF. Network in from SS or MBA? 4 7y
+9 Structure for Cold Email with Investment Pitch for Activist Funds 1 7y

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