0 Cash comp 1 5y
0 Preparing for HF Industry 1 5y
0 Fusion Blew Up at Point72? 1 5y
0 Do HF Roles Translate to Personal Investing? 1 5y
+8 Top long oriented value shops 33 5y
+23 Are financial models even important? 17 5y
+10 Is it possible to switch from a Macro HF to L/S HF 10 5y
+14 Unit Economics / Capital Structure Interview Questions 2 5y
+4 Hi everyone - could you please share materials on hedge funds / special sits interviews prep? Many thanks 3 5y
0 HF Interview Process 1 5y
+17 Choosing between Internship Offers 6 5y
+10 Books that are bibles for quant funds. 3 5y
0 Future of energy focused HFs? 2 5y
+27 Q&A: S&T or Banking switch to a HF 17 5y
+9 Silver Point Summer 21 Intern 8 5y
0 How to structure stock report? 1 5y
+3 Anyone heard from Marshall Wace? 3 5y
+93 State of Market – Jan 2021 44 5y
+12 The New Big Short 11 5y
+4 HELP - COLD MILK - A question on "On The Job With Simple As… My Research Process" 2 5y
+3 Legal to consult with counterparty while on maternity leave? 1 5y
+18 What's the appropriate ask re: comp package? 1 5y
+6 Best S&T Desk for HF 6 5y
0 Newb MM HF Question 3 5y
0 Can one of you HF guys explain the likely scenario for GME next week? 4 5y
+3 Melvin down 53% in Jan 1 5y
0 Are "short attacks" real? 1 5y
0 Comp expectations for this L/S fund 5 5y
+3 How hard is it to switch from FAANG to the quant side 3 5y
+7 About to start Hf recruiting, any advice 8 5y
+13 Public-Focused Groups of Private Tech Investors (Vista Public Strategies, Sequoia Global Equities, etc.) 5 5y
0 Original WSB DD identifying the short squeeze/gamma squeeze 1 5y
+30 COHEN'S POINT72 LOSES 10-15% AMID HEDGE FUND LOSSES THIS MONTH 34 5y
0 How much do HFs pay in London? 1 5y
0 Citadel(Long time Robinhood's client) reloads short position before telling Robinhood to stop GME buying 2 5y
+7 Citadel/Melvin 8 5y
+48 What Does It Take to Become a Career Short-Seller? 27 5y
+7 New Genius Short Squeeze Strategy 1 5y
+2 Apex Capital Holdings interview in office 2 5y
0 Advice 1 5y
0 Hedge Fund Conflict of Interest 6 5y
+20 Views on Gamestop (GME) 12 5y
+4 Frothy inbound from friends and family? 2 5y
0 Can you take vacations at HFs? Do you get holidays off? 15 5y
+160 Demonization of Hedge Funds to Ramp Up 59 5y
0 Direct Lending - carry? 5 5y
+7 Citadel Paid Yellen $810K for Speeches; Yellen Now Investigating Robinhood 1 5y
0 Citadel(Long time Robinhood's client) reloads short position before telling Robinhood to stop GME buying 1 5y
0 Looking for initiation report 4 5y
0 winners in a losers game? 1 5y
0 Talking to customers - scuttlebutt 1 5y
0 Python is enough 8 5y
0 Maplelane Capital Blowing Up (33% down) 1 5y
+9 Liz Warren Says Gamestop Frenzy Demands Biden Regulate Markets 1 5y
0 Hedge/Investment Fund Founders - I Would Love to Hear your Individual Experiences & Stories 1 5y
+18 when would you quit your HF job for a side hustle? 1 5y
+4 Earnings Reports 13 5y
+4 Hedgefund Hours 3 5y
0 is melvin actually short GME 3 5y
0 Financial modeling knowledge 2 5y
0 What to expect with this weird interview HF process? 3 5y
0 Is there a way to see HF returns without bloomberg? 4 5y
+4 Comp Expectations / Convo 4 5y
+10 Citadel/HF Advice 6 5y
0 Legendary Hedge Fund Babydick Capital Issues Press Release Dismissing Epstein Connections 1 5y
0 how small to start if starting small? 5 5y
0 Quant Structure at Citadel 1 5y
+2 Comp 2 5y
+5 Headhunter pushing to start ASAP 6 5y
0 Has anyone heard of black-and-white capital LP? 1 5y
+13 2020 HF Returns in Billions 4 5y
+1 Bug on this Forum? 1 5y
+2 Is Execution Trading at Millennium legit? 4 5y
+11 What if r/WSB blew up your job? 16 5y
0 Incoming FT 2021 2 5y
0 Networking tips in MM shops 2 5y
+10 Covering U.S. Securities in UK? 3 5y
+9 Why not just buy puts instead of selling short? 2 5y
+16 getting back into the business after 10 years 6 5y
+11 Quantitative researcher compensation 12 5y
+19 Books to read for those looking to break into the HF industry? 18 5y
0 Gamestop 1 5y
0 REPE Recruiting Advice 2 5y
0 Best Sector 3 5y
+16 Expected Knowledge of Risk Management at Multi-Manager Funds as an Associate 5 5y
+11 Backtesting setup of a quant pm 25 5y
+6 SPAC Focused Hedge Fund Recruiting 7 5y
+8 How to choose a L/S equity firm to work for? Can't decide on new/old, big/small, sector/generalist, etc. 4 5y
+29 Potential Choices for HF Roles from Undergrad 16 5y
+19 HF Investment Style - Single Manager vs Pod Funds 5 5y
+52 Those of you who work in HFs, what do you invest your personal assets in? 37 5y
+18 Melvin vs. WSB 17 5y
+6 Short-term investing 12 5y
0 Distressed debt / special sits / direct lending working hours ? 1 5y
+7 West Coast to NYC 6 5y
0 For those that left IB before 2 years for HF, do you regret it and would you have went to a safer fund? 3 5y
+5 Off-Cycle Internship application 14 5y
0 About coding in Finance 3 5y
+2 ECM Syndicate Desk Within A Hedge Fund 2 5y
+6 Land a Quantitative Trading internship as a Business student 1 5y

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