0 Best C++ Textbook for Finance 0 2y
0 Top O+G Equities Pods? 0 2y
+18 Mid BB vs Top Lo 10 2y
+5 Details of track 11 2y
+157 Global Macro Hedge Fund is Paradise 45 2y
0 Graham Capital 4 2y
+6 Insight on Systematic Trader position at Citadel Securities 1 2y
+8 Commodities Equties at MMs 12 2y
+10 Event-driven at MMs 18 2y
0 Fernbridge 1 2y
+25 How often do cold emails work when hiring? 20 2y
+21 Where is the edge today? 9 2y
+13 Why don’t HF’s spend time on AI stocks? 7 2y
0 Masters to join a trading desk / HF being almost 30 1 2y
0 Secondaries to HF? 1 2y
+7 Point72 Conversion Rate for Offices 4 2y
+7 Modafinil 21 2y
+9 To LPs: standard literature and frameworks 3 2y
+4 Bracebridge Capital? 2 2y
+53 Odd HF Interview Experience 11 2y
+1 Euro-BTP Bond Futures 3 2y
+25 What would your impression be? 10 2y
+15 Learn Python? | Incoming L/S Equity Summer Analyst at Citadel/P72/Millennium 8 2y
+233 From Heartbroken Undergrad to Elite Wall Street Warrior – My Story 78 2y
+19 1.5yrs of IBD + 1yr of ER for HF recruiting? 9 2y
+36 Fund wants to renegotiate percentages 10 2y
+26 Guide to Hong Kong in the Summer 19 2y
+15 Illiquid SS/Structured Equity vs Liquid SS 4 2y
+3 Good Companies to Practice Modeling On 1 2y
+13 Buy side vs sell side vs PhD Econ? 8 2y
0 FX Impact on EBITDA Margin 2 2y
0 Esoteric Assets 1 2y
0 Most promising spin-off / start-up HFs? 1 2y
+10 Elliott Spins/Family Tree 5 2y
+32 How fucked am I? 22 2y
0 Disruption in the Event-Driven ecosystem 3 2y
+15 any hedge fund roles from someone who is both an economist and ML engineer? 7 2y
+13 Seeking Advice for Optimizing My WFH Setup for Hedge Fund Role 6 2y
+39 AAPL valuation 25 2y
+5 Why do family offices file 13Fs? 5 2y
+6 MM Recruiting Timeline 6 2y
+6 How’s the recruiting market looking? 15 2y
+28 WLB for L/S equity folks at BAM, Millennium and Citadel 23 2y
0 Anyone have insights on the interviews with Squarepoint Capital for their experienced discretionary trading role? 1 2y
+20 Alternative Data Vendor to HF? 11 2y
+94 Credit - Pod Shop/MM vs. Distressed/Special Sits HF 20 2y
+21 Macro/Rates Analyst Model vs Sub-PM Model 5 2y
0 Choosing a Broker: What Attracts or Repels You? 1 2y
+3 Citadel GFI Internship 3 2y
+1 OMS platforms for quant equity strategies 4 2y
0 Unique IB Seat --> HF ? 3 2y
+9 Early Recruiting + Finding the Right Strategy for you 1 2y
+10 Career at Middle East SWF in Public Equities? 3 2y
+9 Few Qs for the Quants Out There 1 2y
0 Virtu Financial graduate TC 1 2y
+6 Farallon Interviews 3 2y
+12 Future of Econ/Finance Grads in the Hedge Fund Industry? 3 2y
+3 Palmer Square Capital - Insight / Reputation? 3 2y
+9 TMT (Media & Internet) 1 2y
+10 L/S SaaS Economics and Modeling Question 4 2y
+10 Quant FI vs macro-driven FI Difference 1 2y
+12 MF PE Experience Needed for SM HF? 1 2y
+11 Greenblatt type investment firms 14 2y
+28 Quants vs. Discretionary Traders - which is more lucrative? 17 2y
+11 Hedge Fund vs F100 Corporate Finance FT Offer 1 2y
+27 HF List 10 2y
+24 Base Salary Expectations 13 2y
+9 Several questions regarding quant Fixed Income and fundamental FI 1 2y
+11 Squarepoint Capital Reputation (2023)? 20 2y
+18 Is it possible to start a HF in College? 33 2y
+9 How do interest rate fluctuations impact the current intrinsic valuation of a floating rate bond? 1 2y
+9 Transitioning to a Long-term Oriented Investment Role 1 2y
0 Breaking into S&T Desk Analyst Role (Distressed Credit) from an unconventional background? 1 2y
+5 Where do quant macro analysts end up? 4 2y
+2 Can you go LevFin --> Private Credit --> Credit Hedge Fund?? 2 2y
+3 Capital Allocators 4 2y
0 PineBridge? 2 2y
+16 Lateraling to Corporate/IR and pay 18 2y
+12 NAV for funds with public & private 2 2y
+20 Discretionary vs Systematic - Quant Roles 8 2y
+15 Top MM Seat 3 2y
+29 Would choose MM over SM any day of the week 18 2y
+10 UT Austin master of financial analytics 12 2y
+3 IR (Fundraising) Vs Deal Team 1 2y
+36 Non-Compete Agreements (2024) 24 2y
+9 MM Drawdown Sizing 1 2y
+31 Weiss Asset Management 47 2y
+4 Moving from a 500mm AUM to Larger 1 2y
+7 Private Arms of Elite Hedge Funds 3 2y
+7 Judo or Junto idk maybe Junta whatever it’s called 13 2y
+7 Where are the HF roles? 4 2y
0 Best ways to prep for the HF entry? 1 2y
+12 Wharton MBA Quantitative Finance 4 2y
+3 OneIM 5 2y
+2 Hedge Funds Data Science Projects 1 2y
+8 Best Ways to Model Bear/Bull/Base in Excel 13 2y
+7 High School Student with Random Questions 1 2y
+21 Crossovers Open To ER Background 4 2y
0 Full time 2025 Hedge Fund Recruitment 3 2y
+10 How to get comfortable with HF risk 12 2y

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