+11 If you had two hours with a legend, what would you ask... 9 13y
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+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
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+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
+27 Party at the End of the World: Dartmouth kid writes a book about the evils of campus recruiting and “Faceless Hedge Funds” 13 13y
0 Advice for a junior going to top 15 fund 11 13y
0 Sending cold call letters and CV to hedge funds 4 13y
0 Question regarding possible major. 3 13y
0 Ray Dalio on Charlie Rose 4 13y
0 How to prepare for a securities analysis interview at a hedge fund? 7 13y
0 HELP!! What do I do?! 13 13y
0 Socialist future vs Socialist future 4 13y
0 Ideas for Cash 2 13y
0 Debt/Credit Fund Interview 4 13y
0 Asset Mgt Sales to Hedge Fund Analyst? 3 13y
+3 Marathon Asset Management? 2 13y
0 NYU students learn first class Value Investing 0 13y
0 distressed/HY fund, junior analyst comp 1 13y
0 HF primary / secondary equity issuance strategy 3 13y
+21 Martoma won't turn, so SAC in the clear? 15 13y
+19 You were called an idiot during an interview or while networking. Now what? 28 13y
+28 Frustrated macro HF analyst: Stay or go? 10 13y
+11 sample hedge fund model 8 13y
0 Citadel Summer Internship 7 13y
0 Traded FX at a top bank for 2 years. Options? 12 13y
+1 Goldman Sachs Multi-Strategy Investing Group (MSI) 3 13y
0 Can A Monkey Pick A Hedge Fund? 1 13y
0 Healthcare recommended reading 3 13y
0 Brookstone Partners 2 13y
0 Spam? 5 13y
0 What would you choose and why? 1 13y
+1 security analysis, fifth edition 2 13y
0 Researching a Fund 5 13y
0 Mark Strome 5 13y
0 Why is "spreads gap" bad? 2 13y
0 Implied Future Cash Flows 1 13y
+8 What kind of hedge fund would this be? 9 13y
+29 Working at a hedge fund versus starting your own 17 13y
0 Update on the 2.0 Hedge Fund Sensations 8 13y
0 Bloomgberg Brief 3 13y
0 Enso Capital - Any Thoughts? 7 13y
0 Creation value concept in distressed valuation 1 13y
+19 What Harvard Business School is Teaching This Tech Entrepreneur 4 13y
0 Need help deciding which offer to pursue: boutique HF vs. BB vs. asset management 16 13y
0 What are the chances? 4 13y
0 Alumni Awkwardness 4 13y
+10 What's you process? 3 13y
0 Analyst Contribution 1 13y
0 DRW algorithmic trading 1 13y
0 Value investing congress 2012 and the einhorn 8 13y
0 No Treasury Stocks 2 13y
0 Critique my pitchbook 26 13y
0 D.E. Shaw Credit Opportunities Interview 2 13y
0 Licenses in a general partnership 0 13y
+10 Non Mega-Fund recruiting (250-1000aum) 3 13y
+54 My CFA® blog/journal 20 13y
+17 Improving Projections 4 13y
+7 What is your favourite position? 18 13y
0 Anyone have any information about a hedgefund called Blue Dolphin? 5 13y
0 Manager Due Diligence 1 13y
+29 Long-only or HF? 17 13y

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