+5 Which sector coverage would you say is most in demand? 9 2y
+10 Any insight on what an Execution Trader does in a fund? 5 2y
+9 Select Equity Group - any insights appreciated! 14 2y
+27 Small Prop shop vs BB middle office quant intern 9 2y
+4 P&L Reporting with Dividends 3 2y
+16 deleted 9 2y
+5 Hedge Funds Dumping Cryptocurrency - What's Behind the Trend? 7 2y
+17 Citadel Securities Trading Fundamental Analyst Interview 12 2y
+18 Note keeping methodology 1 2y
+26 Taking Pay Downgrade from SS ER to LO? 15 2y
0 The Road to Hedge Funds! 6 2y
+6 DE Shaw 2024 Summer Analyst 6 2y
+6 Analyzing Incremental Margins 6 2y
0 Biotech SM Funds 1 2y
+7 Redacted 6 2y
+1 Oxylus Capital 3 2y
+9 Best lesser-known LOs 21 2y
+8 Semis Industry Overview and TSMC Company Deep Dive - Any other Resources? 9 2y
+16 BSOF 15 2y
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+14 How to break into a hf 7 2y
+10 Moving from MF PE to MM HF 2 2y
+34 Calling PM’s - thoughts on Strategies 6 2y
+7 Day in the life of a research analyst at a L/S? 1 2y
+113 Examples of SM/MM L/S Ideas 79 2y
0 Practice Of Memo Writing For Interviews 1 2y
+35 Good resources for buyside modeling / unit economics? 12 2y
+16 Semi-Target Sophomore Breaking into Buy-Side 6 2y
0 LevFin to Credit HF? 1 2y
+20 Quitting at a MMHF 7 2y
+3 Albar Capital - London 5 2y
+18 Longer term oriented funds 12 2y
+3 Hound Partners Updated Info 5 2y
+21 HF Analysts - How do you organize your email? 9 2y
+65 QRT - Weird experience 51 2y
+96 Good not great, "B+" SMs in NYC 45 2y
+152 If HF make so much money, why PE? 56 2y
+4 Boston HFs? 5 2y
+6 L/S Equity | “Project” | Any Ideas? 1 2y
+20 Strongest MM HF in Rates and Macro 24 2y
+9 Average sign on bonus 9 2y
+9 Do MM fixed income pods operate similarly to Equity pods? 5 2y
+16 Software modeling: change in deferred 5 2y
+15 Stay in UMM / MF PE or leave for Activist HF 13 2y
+3 Biotech II rankings 6 2y
0 Practice of memo writing for interviews 1 2y
0 Fidelity International 1 2y
0 LO Quant to HF roles 1 2y
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+7 LO AM to MM HF 11 2y
+33 Equity L/S SM HF Interview Questions 9 2y
+8 Wellington Comp Levels (London) 15 2y
+29 Could a company like Oracle ever really fail? 10 2y
+27 how do i get on track to become a quant at a mf? 21 2y
+3 HF Recruiting guide 2 2y
+7 how to prepare for quant interview 1 2y
+9 Boutique IB or small L/S HF for sophomore summer? 2 2y
+12 Breaking into HF/AM from Tech Consulting in BeNeLux 6 2y
0 Strategy role at HF 1 2y
+10 Performance data 2 2y
+1 Tudor Discretionary Macro 3 2y
+18 Modelling question for incoming analyst at HF 28 2y
+6 Examples Of MM L/S Ideas 5 2y
+10 Moving from LO to MM as an experienced analyst / junior PM 4 2y
+20 JANA Partners, Ares, and Cerberus – What's going on at Frontier Communications (FYBR)? 5 2y
+18 AM->HF? 11 2y
+4 Citadel Fundamental Analyst Intern Superday 3 2y
0 Finepoint Capital? 2 2y
+6 Narrowing down stocks to actually research? 0 2y
+10 What are the best Event Driven funds? 16 2y
0 Summer Internships 2 2y
+9 Are entrepreneurial exits common from HFs (e.g., start-up, search fund, other), given risk appetite in HF? 1 2y
+12 Time off school to work at a HF? 16 2y
+6 Brevan Howard Hackerrank 28 2y
+39 Investing teaching is obsolete? 16 2y
0 Delete delete delete delete 0 2y
+15 MS IED vs RJ INDUSTRIALS IBD (SA25) 12 2y
+15 Breaking into HF from VP IBD 7 2y
+6 MultiStrat PM to Sellside Market Maker 4 2y
+15 MM - PMs hopping 5 2y
+1 Starting Salary/Bonus Middle Office Risk 1 2y
+8 $2.9 mm hedge fund ponzi scheme 1 2y
0 Are there any paths from management consulting into HFs? 2 2y
+3 D.E. Shaw Return offer rates 1 2y
+25 How do you financially analyze an investment grade corporate bond? 10 2y
0 Advice for Incoming Intern at HF? 2 2y
+26 Are macro product markets less efficient than equities? 10 2y
+13 What is DE Shaw total comp for new grads like? 11 2y
+21 Airline lost luggage 32 2y
+29 IB to HF, London. Limited roles available…should I move to NY? 11 2y
+5 Millennium FT Research Analyst Program 4 2y
+31 Long Only Opportunity Straight from College 20 2y
+87 Are Single Managers More Profitable/Pay Higher? 65 2y
+21 Do experienced quant traders got interviewed with the math questions still? 11 2y
0 ESOP HF 1 2y
0 Fund size (AUM) across WSO HF members 1 2y
+6 CoderPad for Desk Strat Interview 1 2y
+3 Trading seat at SM HF Comp? 6 2y
0 SaaS Revenue Build 3 2y
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