Thoughts on Melvin Capital
There doesn't seem to be a lot of information on them. Any insights into their interview process? How would you compare an offer from Melvin Capital to Point72 or Citadel GE? What would be the pay discrepancy at a junior level?
Any thoughts on working there (culture, stress, hours worked, etc.)? Gabe Plotkin described the firm as very human-intensive, requiring a lot out of analysts (link). Do juniors essentially just build out models or do they contribute to the analysis and idea generation too?
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Pay obscenely well but as said, the hours are brutal. My understanding is they have an official 6 day work week. Don't confuse banking hours with hedge fund hours either - banking hours are mostly spent fucking around, hedge fund hours are spent doing real work - just means the mental toll is much worse.
What is the best way to break into Melvin Capital? IB or ER? Is a major in STEM necessary because of the tech focus?
19yr-old kid reads about some place blindly paying people $1mm/yr. 19-yr old kid asks the world how to get a ticket into such place. Cute. It's never that easy, son.
Buy GME then you can "break" Melvin Capital
My guess (and this is completely a shot in the dark) is that they are running a concentrated book with high vol. Usually streaks like these don't end well, see Ackman, Bill
Honestly would be shocked if he's paying his analysts 1mm+. Hedge fund guys are greedy bastards and they will pay you just enough to stay in your current seat. No one on the street is going to pay one of his recent grad analysts 1mm to leave, so he's probably paying them in the mid 6 figures and pocketing the majority of the fees.
ANy Melvin Capital Analysts here? How was today in the office?
I have a friend who works there right now. He told me that they might start letting some analysts go. My friend said he's safe tho.
The psychology underpinning your schadenfreude is fascinating
This thread aged well
You know, I’ve spent some significant time as of late spewing nonsense with knuckleheads whom have little to no real-life experience in finance. How did I forget the Oasis? A much more productive way to utter my thoughts.
That said, and I open this up for discussion, there’s no way IMO Melvin has covered their position. The SI to float was still > 100% as of 1/27. So, that begs the question; why did citadel/p72 lend them $2.75b? Why would you lend that much capital to a fund who is, apparently, still in the trade that blew them up? Why would they be so adamant in helping a competitor (I know he’s Stevies protégé)? Well, let’s think. It’s well known the top players tend to herd the same trades. Why? Because no one wants to be the the one who underperformed. So, presumably, citadel is in a handful of names that Melvin is long. In order for Melvin to fund their margin call, they would’ve likely began selling their most liquid stocks (think FAANG), which would’ve likely forced a domino effect of liquidation as shops, like citadel, followed suit. If that’s the case, and it may very well not be, I’d certainly be worried when Melvin is actually forced to cover their position.