0 Kelly Growth criterion 1 13y
0 Starting an LLP for Collective Investing 2 13y
0 The decision 4 13y
0 Summer 2014 or Summer 2013 (early leave) Recruiting Thread 1 13y
0 Mutual Fund Offer 4 13y
0 American Household Indebtedness 2 13y
+13 Fundamental Value for Personal Investing 3 13y
+13 An Economic Hamster Marathon 10 13y
0 Citadel in HK? 1 13y
0 Where to Start When Analyzing Multinational Stocks 3 13y
0 Some career advice needed 1 13y
0 Two year analyst programs at hedge funds 11 13y
+23 HF Analyst Sector Focus - Does it silo you? 8 13y
0 The 14 Top Buyside Analysts list out 11 13y
+82 Stress / pressure at hedge funds 51 13y
+18 Has anyone heard of VK Capital Group? They claim they're big, but... 29 13y
+99 Execution traders 73 13y
+42 Bonus Bananas March 22, 2013 17 13y
0 Pitches becoming "priced-in" before interview 8 13y
0 Is it normal to see a stock broker transition to a hedgefund? 19 13y
0 Shorting before going long 11 13y
0 How to research a small hedge fund company's background? What to expect in an interview? 8 13y
0 Would This Repo+CDS Strategy Work? 5 13y
+26 Stevie Cohen gets off for $614M 19 13y
0 Thoughts on interview.. 8 13y
0 Hedge Fund Interview Process Timeline 12 13y
0 Should I pay $134 for these two "Street of Walls" HF case study guides? 7 13y
0 DCF Capital? 4 13y
0 Try to get BB or go straight to hedge fund? 5 13y
0 Can I get credit for these recommendations? 9 13y
0 What kind of salary should i expect? 2 13y
+11 Are successful hedge fund managers financial engineers? 9 13y
0 Should I keep looking for a sophomore internship? 5 13y
0 How many employees do the largest hedge funds have? 13 13y
0 Start in operations or client services, switch to HF analyst? 8 13y
0 How are the BB macro prop desk spin-outs performing? 2 13y
0 Ideal bank to exit from associate position to HF or PE? 3 13y
0 SRI/ESG Hedge Funds 1 13y
+3 Citadel FTAP 1 13y
+4 Internships: Citadel FTAP 2 13y
0 How to run a fund from home/apartment. 8 13y
0 Questions to ask the CIO? 4 13y
0 Conceptual Convertible Arb help please 4 13y
0 URGENT need help 4 13y
+16 Traders at hedge funds 7 13y
0 DW Investment Management 0 13y
0 Absolute Returns Awards 0 13y
+22 First month at work 6 13y
+6 Reinventing Oneself 7 13y
0 fees at bridgewater 3 13y
0 BAAM Fund-of-Funds 2 13y
0 Harvard/Stanford/Wharton 5 13y
0 Hedge Fund Ratio - (AUM to Investment Team) 12 13y
0 Retail Investment-Focused Hedge Funds 4 13y
0 Greenlight Capital wants Apple's money 8 13y
0 Should we temper our expectations for compensation? 10 13y
0 S&T vs. Investment Management BB if I want to go to a hedge fund 2 13y
+11 If you had two hours with a legend, what would you ask... 9 13y
0 Block Trade Discounts 0 13y
+89 Carl Icahn vs Bill Ackman on CNBC 109 13y
0 Investing in a large Hedge Fund and Mortgage-backed arbitrage 2 13y
0 Moving from top tier well known long only to small shop 3 13y
+28 All Weather - Ray Dalio's Approach to the Ultimate Investment Case Study 6 13y
0 Activist Pitch? 3 13y
+28 Citadel investment&trading analyst program 10 13y
0 Very interesting article on the history of Bridgewater 3 13y
+52 Buy side ER analysts, How many companies do you cover? 30 13y
0 Healthcare/ Biotech 1 13y
+12 Fixed Income/Credit HF 4 13y
0 UBS PAID INTERN AQ INVESTMENTS NEED HELP 1 13y
0 Dell Algos 8 13y
0 Financial modeling course for fundamental long term investing 1 13y
0 reading up 2 13y
+54 Herba-Flight: Ackman vs. Loeb Cont. 38 13y
+53 If you could work at any hedge fund 66 13y
+13 Credit Hedge Fund Salaries? 11 13y
+17 Important Career Decision - Appreciate your Feedback 13 13y
0 Spark Investment Management? 4 13y
0 Any EM guys here? 0 13y
+27 WSJ article-SAC Is Bracing for Big Exodus of Funds 11 13y
0 What to do with my algorithm 7 13y
0 Is an investment advisory firm that advises hedge funds also a hedge fund? 11 13y
0 Eaglevale Partners?? 1 13y
0 RFP position at Hedge Fund 4 13y
+2 The quest to $1b AUM 4 13y
0 Trader -> Hedge fund manager -> Bum 9 13y
0 Is every speaker at VIC a BSD? 8 13y
0 Hedge Fund Notes and Long/Short Theses 4 13y
+24 Sell-Side trading to PM 10 13y
0 Need career advice plz 3 13y
0 What can Sell-Side traders do at HFs? 18 13y
0 American Idol for Hedge Funds 2 13y
0 Fooling some of the people 3 13y
0 My auto-LTM formula 2 13y
+17 Dissecting Ray Dalio 11 13y
0 Commercial banking --> HF strategy help 13 13y
0 EBITDA Multiple Basic Question 9 13y
+9 How to think about investments like a hedge fund analyst 5 13y
0 Credit/Fixed income/debt investing fund interview 8 13y
+21 Street Cred 4 13y

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