+37 N/a 37 3y
+37 Understanding what drives gross margins 9 2y
+37 Succession Planning at Hedge Funds and Long Only Funds 12 2y
+37 HF Age Limit 25 2d
+37 How to destress at Pod HF? 16 2y
+37 Background check issues 4 2y
+37 Interesting juncture: L/S Hedge Fund or MM Private Credit? 7 2y
+37 Comp/Career at Elliott? 31 8mo
+37 Good Learning Resources for Early HF Analysts 12 1y
+37 Coatue worth it? 26 1y
+37 Choice of sector for grads @ MM 7 1y
+37 Desk Cost Bench Marking 28 1y
+37 What return do you get if you buy a fairly valued company? 8 1y
+37 Unique opportunity - advice 14 11mo
+37 Is there much problem solving as a HF Analyst? 12 10mo
+37 Valuation & Discretionary Global Macro Investing 7 10mo
+37 Success of the best HFs 21 5mo
+37 Buy Side Credit - Seats / Guide 24 6d
+36 Bridgewater -- A Crazy Cult? 21 1y
+36 Distressed Debt Hedge Funds 16 5y
+36 Gonna A Run A DCF, Need Ideas for Companies to Use 17 14y
+36 How is Chopper trading? 80 9y
+36 List of Hedge Funds in NYC 74 6y
+36 Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb - Reputation 78 6y
+36 Jumping from Asset Management to Hedge Fund 24 10y
+36 Who is the most impressive HF founder you know? and why ? 28 10y
+36 Hedge fund to less stressful role - long only? others? 21 6y
+36 Where are the HF Q&A's? 27 9y
+36 I must have sacrificed myself to save my country in a past life 11 6y
+36 Quant jobs in Hedge Funds: Differences between companies? 8 8y
+36 GAAP vs Non GAAP 14 8y
+36 Learning a Language vs. Learning to Code vs. Reading 7 6y
+36 How to get from S&T to HF? 18 4y
+36 Dartmouth Undergrad HF? Should I transfer? 17 6y
+36 Tiger Grand Cub HF from a pre-MBA perspective? 9 6y
+36 Starting quant fund out of college 17 6y
+36 Appropriate hedge in turnaround situation 30 7y
+36 Struggling to provide a 'valid' reference 6 7y
+36 Point72 Academy full-time compensation? 29 3y
+36 Small Hedge Fund Bonus - What to expect? 10 6y
+36 Sell-side ER to buy-side conundrum: Staples vs. Energy 25 6y
+36 Large Distressed HF ForceRank - Goldentree/Brigade/Avenue/York/SVPGlobal/King Street/Anchorage/Silver Point/DK etc. 17 4y
+36 Prop vs MM PM terms 37 6y
+36 Are pension funds using quant strategies now? 17 5y
+36 Leaving an established fund to start/join a family office fund? 7 5y
+36 Millennium Info 60 4y
+36 Forbes 30 Under 30 Rockstars 39 2y
+36 Analyst under incompetent PM 22 5y
+36 I'm interested in the quant side of firms think Citadel, Two Sigma, AQR, etc. 13 5y
+36 Partners Capital? 21 3y
+36 Multi-manager risk limits 18 2y
+36 Learning Python 15 4y
+36 IB Associate to HF? 13 2y
+36 History/Industry Books 21 4y
+36 tiger schlubs post april performance? 52 4y
+36 Advice: Finding Investors For Hedge Fund 11 3y
+36 Resurgence of Equity L/S in 2023 12 3y
+36 Breaking into global macro 11 3y
+36 HF Analyst Life 6 3y
+36 Plausibility of Replicating/Improving upon a Buffett-Icahn / Schwarzman-Rubenstein enterprise 20 3y
+36 Comp Negotiation 26 3y
+36 Marshall Wace - Lnd - Case study 37 2mo
+36 Advice Needed - Point72 / Millennium vs GS / MS 21 2y
+36 RX to MF? or straight to HF? 14 2y
+36 What are some examples of “edge” you have seen 13 2y
+36 Should YOU quit your Job to become an independent trader? 17 2mo
+36 SM HF comp expectations? 32 2y
+36 Optimal hf salary negotiation 10 1y
+36 Post-MBA HF Pivot 17 2y
+36 HF London Scene - What's it like out of undergrad? 27 8mo
+36 2023 returns thread?? 48 2y
+36 Stuck at boutique LO 20 2y
+36 Non-Compete Agreements (2024) 24 2y
+36 Fund wants to renegotiate percentages 10 2y
+36 Macro vs Equities MM? 27 9mo
+36 Let go / fired with runway at a SM HF- any advice? 20 2y
+36 How risky is Point72 Academy? 25 2y
+36 Realistic HF Career Earnings 35 1y
+36 MM Comp for 2+2 Candidate? 36 2y
+36 How do you guys budget 23 1y
+36 LO/HF - $1m net worth check 17 1y
+36 A Curious Private Market Investor Asking About Intermediate Term (3 - 5 Year) Alpha 12 1y
+36 Feeling jaded about sleepy LO fund seat 17 1y
+36 Equity research to SM HF 12 1y
+36 The HF stories people don't tell 25 1y
+36 How are your relationships with your PM? 19 1y
+36 Capital IQ / BBG Daily Dashboard Set Up for 30-50 names (Financials) 6 1y
+36 How will the HF industry look in the coming years? 13 9mo
+36 How likely are junior analysts getting replaced by AI? 16 8mo
+36 Cut from Bridgewater first year class 22 5d
+36 Transition from medicine to IB/HF 14 5mo
+36 Most resourceful diligence? 14 5mo
+36 Deciding between BB IB and T1 LO 11 1mo
+35 Quant funds 18 16y
+35 Paulson Funds getting killed 27 14y
+35 Equity vs. Credit funds? 27 8y
+35 Rejected Hedge Fund 23 6y
+35 D.E. Shaw Equity Research Analyst Internship 11 6y
+35 Interview question: Why is this HF better than others? 13 11y
+35 London Tier 1 Buyside Recruiters List 27 6y

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