+25 Big 4 pod offer – thoughts on comp, risk, and downside? 5 4mo
+9 From Capital One to CRO: Why Risk Mgmt is the Only "Alpha" Left in High Rates Environment 1 4mo
+425 1st Year Macro HF Analyst: My Macro Framework 65 8mo
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+210 Q&A: First year macro hedge fund analyst 61 2y
+47 Why L/S Shops Prefer IB Guys Over ER Guys? 27 2y
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+11 Hedge funders 5 2y
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+32 Guarantees at multi managers 2 2y
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+25 Warren Buffett's claim of 50% IRR on 1 million USD 12 3y
+9 Advice for choosing Graduate Program 1 3y
+12 Hedge fund analyst salaries 1 3y
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+198 The True Value of Liquidity (Confessions of a Jane Street Trader) 12 3y
+109 Focusing on Investment Style Fit 25 3y
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+17 Hedge fund & Private equity fund 13 3y
+3 Financial Aid & Loan. 1 3y
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+17 From Multi Manager Platform to China Hedge Fund? 6 3y
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+52 LO to MM HF? 35 4y
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+12 Probability Theory vs Machine Learning for aspiring HF quant 4 4y
+351 The Iceland bet - How some hedge funds made huge money 55 4y
+6 Are Hedge Funds becoming the new fixed income? 2 4y
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+9 Quant Research in Brazil/LATAM 2 5y
+4 Investment analyst at a HF/Investment firm in SF 2 5y
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0 Pitching a stock - does this sound like a cop out? 0 5y
0 What's your note-taking/learning system? 6 5y
+29 Is it an upgrade: from Big4 consulting to Hedge fund 14 5y
+12 FX Forward Question 1 6y
+28 Citadel - Portfolio Construction Group and Risk details (Salary, bonus, career path etc) 2 6y
+35 Global Macro Future "Stars" - Where Are They Coming From? 12 6y
+15 L/S Equity HF Interview 7 6y
+20 Word Problems for Future Hedge Fund Managers 3 6y
0 Guttenberg: Chinese Wall More Like A Chain-Link Fence 2 6y
+17 I just want to move back to NYC 57 6y
+2 partner at a $20 billion HF at NYC or president of country 16 6y
+16 Cap IQ request; Hedge Funds in the South; Boudreaux 4 6y
0 Bob Diamond believed to set up own hedge fund 11 6y
+17 What will become of Owen Li of Canarsie Capital 10 6y
+13 Am I being undercompensated? 8 6y
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+12 Career switch, advice needed 1 6y
+38 Asset Management vs Investment Banking for exit opps into value-based hedge funds 16 6y
+17 Banking vs Family Business 3 6y
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0 Miami - HFs based in the city? 34 6y
0 Eddy Lampert doesn't do winters 11 6y
+26 Highly driven Macro HF Trader looking to change firms and explore new opportunities 10 6y
0 M2 Reaches $8.8 Trillion in the U.S., a Record! 1 6y
+14 Greenstone Value Opportunity Fund, LP 2010 Annual Letter (Distressed, Deep Value Fund) 3 6y
+13 Canadian Student (undergraduate) UC Berkeley vs Richard Ivey (Canada) 10 6y
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+25 Compensation at Long Only Fund 14 6y
+4 US HFs that invests in South East Asian fixed income 2 6y
+9 Review of Arisaig Partners 13 6y
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+29 Japanese Market Plummets 20% in 2 Days on Radiation Threat 19 6y
0 Where do I belong? (top-down investing) 0 6y
0 "Converting" a USD bond to an equivalent foreign bond? 2 6y
+30 Advice needed: Offers from Top Performing HF in Hong Kong vs Reputable AM (Fido/Capital/Wellington) 12 6y
0 Models & Bottles or Shmoozing & Boozing? 1 6y
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0 Buy side Latin America 4 6y
0 Individual Hedge Fund or Personal Hedge Fund 3 6y
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+128 Global Macro's Future "Stars" - Where Are They Coming From? 35 6y
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+12 Funding Interactive Brokers account- transferring USD 1 6y
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+9 Strategy Study Currencies 1 6y
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