+41 drawdown management at MM pod 14 5d
+40 Columbia vs. Wharton MBA 41 6y
+40 Value Investing in Hedge Funds 30 9y
+40 SEC Files to Ban Cohen for Life 13 12y
+40 Point72 Undergrad Recruiting and Internship Reputation 51 8y
+40 Take HF Offer Out of Undergrad? 52 11y
+40 Hedge Fund Interview to Job Conversion Rate 23 11y
+40 What is a PM's role in a HF? 20 9y
+40 Cold Call v. Cold Email 40 5mo
+40 26 Year Old Female to raise $200 million Short Hedge Fund 25 8y
+40 Machine Learning Quant, Citadel vs GS, offer advice 12 8y
+40 Where would you rather work: D.E. Shaw or Point72 for Junior Summer? 14 5y
+40 How to Start Your Path to a Hedge Fund Job 17 8y
+40 Hedge fund net vs. gross exposures 16 6y
+40 How are you "macro equity" guys doing? (Druckenmiller/Bessent style) 20 7y
+40 Good credit funds? 48 4y
+40 Event-driven / special sits interviewing 31 6y
+40 Quitting finance for something else? 14 6y
+40 Anything on Citadel Credit? 26 2mo
+40 Navigating Distressed HF space and recruitment 23 5y
+40 Best/Most Realistic Route into Hedge Fund 17 5y
+40 Point72 Hirevue questions/Answers 21 5y
+40 question for the hedgies 28 5y
+40 Do you think many funds have a repeatable value adding process? 29 5y
+40 Distressed vs Equity HF 31 4y
+40 Del 155 3y
+40 I did it 14 4y
+40 ..... 24 3y
+40 Joining start up funds? 16 3y
+40 Job Satisfaction in HF 22 1y
+40 AUM declines from 1.7 to 400mn 18 3y
+40 Small Quant HFs from PE? 19 1y
+40 Bracebridge Capital Thoughts? 21 2y
+40 Should I start a HF with less than a million dollar? 24 2y
+40 How do pods come up with quarterly estimates? 5 2y
+40 My Process for Getting a Hedge Fund Job 1 2y
+40 For those recruiting, how has it been? 32 1y
+40 Millennium seeding external mangers 43 1y
+40 SM analyst wondering about next steps. SM or pod route? 10 1y
+40 When are you too old to jump? 17 1y
+40 Long-only HF offer, thoughts? 15 1y
+40 Why doesn't BAM have an intern/graduate L/S program? 25 1y
+40 Seeking Guidance: Path to MM Hedge Funds (Citadel, P72, BAM, Millennium) as a 30-Year-Old 23 1y
+40 Intel - What would an activist push to unlock value? 12 1y
+40 Why these two bonds trade differently ? 19 1y
+40 Best Biotech PMs? 75 2mo
+40 How big of a guarantee for senior associate? 13 6mo
+40 Credit Hedge Fund Info/Help 43 3mo
+40 Getting stiffed on bonus 17 2mo
+40 Any Cool Stories on PM's Side Hustles / PA's? 8 1mo
+39 Why are there buyside (hf) on the west coast? 30 6y
+39 Tiger Cubs 22 8y
+39 CFA® exam Done 34 11y
+39 ROIC when stockholders' equity is negative 13 10y
+39 Good post and model for valuing distressed debt 23 9y
+39 Columbia Engineering vs Carnegie Mellon Engineering 15 6y
+39 Junior Year Summer: I-Banking Intern or Top Hedge Fund Intern 18 8y
+39 2-hour Modeling Test for HF (Fundemental Equities) - What to expect? 19 4y
+39 Starting as Analyst in healthcare focused HF 8 6y
+39 what % of my PnL should I get? 6 7y
+39 Learning programming by myself? 24 3y
+39 London Credit Hedge Fund Recruiters 11 6y
+39 I may have spoken too much in my 1st interview. ,,, 18 3y
+39 Why would pari passu debt trade at different levels? 13 6y
+39 How to Read More Efficiently Everyday as Research Analyst 13 5y
+39 Math PhD hedge fund role 26 5y
+39 Top Non-Tiger Single Managers 27 2y
+39 Help out an aspiring quant in hs 33 5y
+39 FANG to Quant Role? 7 5y
+39 Distressed / High Yield Credit Pitch 13 4y
+39 Associate comp at HF? 41 5y
+39 Generating Fresh Ideas as a Young Analyst? 23 5y
+39 Why do P72 Analysts leave so quick? 39 4y
+39 Losing Steam - Get out or switch course? 10 4y
+39 At Harvard Law and interested in working in distressed debt, possibly activist investing -- best route? (cross post from job forum) 34 3y
+39 Opinions on Worldquant? 12 3y
+39 Why does Sell-Side Research affect stock prices? 10 3y
+39 Already at a HF, does it make sense to go to B-School? 43 2y
+39 Short Selling prep 9 2y
+39 Looking for middle tier HFs 24 2y
+39 Analyzing the fine print of companies outside of 10-k 8 2y
+39 Point72 vs Weiss SA 2025 29 1y
+39 AAPL valuation 25 2y
+39 Starting my career - small startup HF (under 300 mil AUM) vs. MM IB? 11 2y
+39 Fastes PM progression ever seen? 43 2y
+39 Freestone Grove 27 1y
+39 Fired from P72 15 1y
+39 Story about Bill Ackman a& Elliott Management 26 1y
+39 How much mentorship is there at an MM/pod shop? 14 1y
+39 P72 modeling & cognitive test - didn't complete model, am I screwed? 9 1y
+39 SM HF from UMM PE Fund 8 12mo
+39 Today's Great Investors 18 11mo
+39 Short Idea for L/S Interview 27 10mo
+39 Am I an ambitious idiot? I want to start my own Hedge Fund.... 15 10mo
+39 Hedge Fund Grad Struggles 11 3mo
+39 2+2 Candidate HF curious with some concerns 10 3mo
+38 Time Series Questions 39 9y
+38 Dilemma: What to Do? 11 15y
+38 Generating Investment Ideas... 114 7y
+38 Shorting and valuing a growth stock 8 12y

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