+52 Building Models From Scratch: A waste of time or necessary evil? 18 2y
+11 Incoming freshman: If potential major is math, Penn vs. CalTech, which one do you vote? 4 2y
+12 BB trading vs HF QR out of undergrad 6 2y
+25 MM vs SM - is this cyclical or secular? 14 2y
+27 Insight into Taconic? 11 2y
+4 Which firms should I look at? 2 2y
+24 VP HF Lateral To PE 1 2y
+7 Hedge Fund Recruiting Advice-Incoming MBA (T-15) 2 2y
+12 Quantitative way to show the benefit of share buyback vs investment 3 2y
+19 Drunk Thought: Shouldnt PM's at MM inverse their Portfolio's? 6 2y
+18 How important is an MD/PhD for biotech HF 16 2y
+9 Parvus Asset Management - London 7 2y
+10 P72 grad program Ldn 17 2y
+9 Any other opportunities like P72 Academy 9 2y
0 Stay in credit research or Jump to a RESI HF 1 2y
+21 Recommend Pass for MM HF Case Study 7 2y
+1 Bridgewater interview SA 25 2 2y
+19 Rejection: 2024 Point72 Academy Investment Analyst Summer Internship Questionnaire 11 2y
+41 RIP Jim Simons 28 2y
0 List of biotech hedge funds in NYC? 2 2y
+6 SMU or Texas A&M 10 2y
+2 restrictions on personal investments for quant researchers? 1 2y
0 Biotech Hedge fund interview - what to prepare 1 2y
+22 Tell Me About Yourself for buyside? 4 2y
0 HF PMs - what makes a Buy side analyst successful? 3 2y
0 Blackstone opps 1 2y
0 Projecting EPS Sensitivity 1 2y
0 Credit HF - Final Round Interview - What to expect 1 2y
+23 Is Quasi-MNPI The Ultimate Alpha Generator For Public Equities? 8 2y
+12 Fund potentially shutting down 1 2y
0 Politics of Macro 2 2y
+18 Are most people doing comp sheets wrong? 3 2y
0 Learning more about public investing? 3 2y
0 Yield curve view 1 2y
0 Mudrick Capital (Distressed Debt HF) 2 2y
+4 IB/PE/HF Lifers, Was It Worth It? 3 2y
+13 Credit Pods 7 2y
+1 Remote work policy for PMs at MMs 2 2y
+7 Merger yield? 3 2y
+11 How to show track record to recruiters? 9 2y
+24 Bridgewater Portfolio Associate? 15 2y
+11 Types of pods (quant/fundemental + strategy) @ Citadel, Millennium, P72, etc.. 1 2y
+7 Best Macro Shops/PMs 2 2y
+3 Akuna 201 ? 4 2y
0 How is the Point72 Academy training? 4 2y
0 How to approach P72 Case study 1 2y
+6 Quant Research at Ares? 2 2y
0 Distressed Debt Case Study 1 2y
+39 Fastes PM progression ever seen? 43 2y
+10 MM PE - > HF? 4 2y
+13 Opinions on Yipit and/or Mscience? 13 2y
0 Akuna Vid Interview 2 2y
+10 Bridgewater Intern Recruitment Process 12 2y
+18 UPenn SEAS vs Cornell Engineering 8 2y
+29 Best HF Modeling / Case Study Prep 11 2y
+47 Event Driven / M&A Arb Interview Process - How to Prepare? 26 2y
+17 Susquehanna non-compete 14 2y
+21 PMs: move across platforms, latest terms 15 2y
+48 Best Finance Blogs 89 2y
+5 What are your favorite value investor's forums and why? 1 2y
+10 Looking for feedback on Convertible bond thesis 33 2y
0 Will the SEC investigate Arbor? 0 2y
0 Trading or Research to break into a Hedge Fund? 2 2y
+4 Mrthbg 6 2y
+17 SM Career Trajectory 5 2y
+3 Bell Rock Capital - Any info out there? 1 2y
0 Any payments investors out there? 3 2y
+9 What discount rate do you use if you don't believe in those damodaran beta crap? 18 2y
+12 Suggestions for market structure analysis & better trades 2 2y
+4 Delete 16 2y
+19 Point72 case study 50 2y
0 MM HF Case Study (4 hour) 3 2y
+10 Top Vulture Funds 7 2y
+38 Intellectual Caliber of People in HF 30 2y
+12 Track record to start a small hedge fund? 7 2y
+38 How to get a FIG Hedge Fund Role at Tiger Cub / Grand Cub? 22 2y
+5 URGENT - Point72 Academy Final Round 7 2y
+34 How often to follow up on next HF interview? 7 2y
+51 "Quantamental" firms? 39 2y
+8 Pictet 4 2y
+16 Point72 final round?? 9 2y
+32 Let's get a thread going about MMHF comp progression... 23 2y
0 Preparing for Summer Internship 3 2y
+67 Thoughts on Coatue? 34 2y
+6 Energy/Infrastructure Hedge Funds 1 2y
+3 Final round success rate? 3 2y
+7 Internship advice 4 2y
+6 How have pods impacted merger arb? 1 2y
+17 How extroverted is the junior MMHF job? 7 2y
+16 Why don't MMs do any activism? 13 2y
0 BB Distressed Desk Analyst vs Capital Group/Wellington RA 2 2y
+6 Cubist academy 2 2y
+16 Which Funds focus on timing the broad market rather than L/S individual equities? 12 2y
+3 Trying to Figure Out What Fund This Is 5 2y
+4 Tanking GPA hard classes after getting an offer 5 2y
+3 What salary can I expect at large LO as research associate? 11 2y
+16 Are you making money these days? 9 2y
+11 Biotech Silo? 8 2y
+6 HF with no experience from GSB? 16 2y
+6 Sectors that are least alternative data heavy 4 2y

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