+37 Cut from Bridgewater first year class 22 3mo
+37 Higher expected returns = Lower intrinsic value? (Vice versa) 9 3y
+37 Special Situations/Macro Investing ? 9 11y
+37 IB -> Macro HF 13 4y
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+37 Crazy Arbitrage in Real Life (you can do it too!) 12 3y
+37 N/a 37 3y
+37 Background check issues 4 2y
+37 Hedge Fund Internship in Toronto with Low Salary 17 5y
+37 Interesting juncture: L/S Hedge Fund or MM Private Credit? 7 2y
+37 Long Term Career in Hedge Funds 31 10y
+37 Q&A: An unconventional route to Emerging Markets Asset Management. Non-target, low GPA student to buy side 11 6y
+37 Credit Hedge Fund UK 21 2y
+37 Math or Engineering Undergrad for a Quant? 15 8y
+37 Machine Learning in fundamental HF? 38 4y
+37 Dropping Out of Medical School 23 4y
+37 How to destress at Pod HF? 16 2y
+37 "Private Equity Approach to Public Markets" --- This Overused Line 6 5y
+37 "First tier" vs "Second tier" quant firm 10 3y
+37 Choice of sector for grads @ MM 7 1y
+37 Desk Cost Bench Marking 28 1y
+37 21 years old - how to invest 60k? 38 3y
+37 Success of the best HFs 21 9mo
+37 Coatue worth it? 26 1y
+37 Help me transition from AM to HF 4 3y
+37 What is “deep diligence”? 11 4y
+37 L/S SaaS Modeling 29 3y
+37 IB->PE->HF or IB->HF 8 4y
+37 Good Learning Resources for Early HF Analysts 12 2y
+37 Unique opportunity - advice 14 1y
+37 Q&A: From Engineering Masters to Physical Commodities & Hedge Fund 2 6y
+37 Succession Planning at Hedge Funds and Long Only Funds 12 3y
+37 Why do Tiger Cubs focus on Tech and Consumer Discretionary stocks so much? 9 6y
+37 Remote Work Policies at HFs 11 4y
+37 Ridiculous SWE Pay at HF/Trading? 48 4y
+37 I want to learn how to analyze businesses 8 6y
+36 Let go / fired with runway at a SM HF- any advice? 20 2y
+36 List of Hedge Funds in NYC 74 6y
+36 Stuck at boutique LO 20 2y
+36 Deciding between BB IB and T1 LO 11 4mo
+36 Multi-manager risk limits 18 2y
+36 How risky is Point72 Academy? 25 2y
+36 Gonna A Run A DCF, Need Ideas for Companies to Use 17 14y
+36 Marshall Wace - Lnd - Case study 37 5mo
+36 History/Industry Books 21 4y
+36 Most resourceful diligence? 14 8mo
+36 Advice Needed - Point72 / Millennium vs GS / MS 21 3y
+36 Tiger Grand Cub HF from a pre-MBA perspective? 9 6y
+36 Should YOU quit your Job to become an independent trader? 17 5mo
+36 Analyst under incompetent PM 22 5y
+36 SM HF comp expectations? 32 2y
+36 Realistic HF Career Earnings 35 1y
+36 Oxford vs Ivy League - US Immigration Issues. Green Card? 34 1mo
+36 tiger schlubs post april performance? 52 4y
+36 What are some examples of “edge” you have seen 13 3y
+36 I'm interested in the quant side of firms think Citadel, Two Sigma, AQR, etc. 13 5y
+36 Are pension funds using quant strategies now? 17 5y
+36 Is RX (aka Special Situations aka Hybrid Value aka Opportunistic Investments) Complex? 13 1mo
+36 Hedge Fund Interview - Ghosted??? 25 1mo
+36 Forbes 30 Under 30 Rockstars 39 2y
+36 Jumping from Asset Management to Hedge Fund 24 10y
+36 Resurgence of Equity L/S in 2023 12 3y
+36 HF London Scene - What's it like out of undergrad? 27 11mo
+36 Optimal hf salary negotiation 10 2y
+36 Where are the HF Q&A's? 27 9y
+36 Post-MBA HF Pivot 17 2y
+36 Distressed Debt Hedge Funds 16 5y
+36 Partners Capital? 21 3y
+36 Large Distressed HF ForceRank - Goldentree/Brigade/Avenue/York/SVPGlobal/King Street/Anchorage/Silver Point/DK etc. 17 4y
+36 How is Chopper trading? 80 9y
+36 RX to MF? or straight to HF? 14 3y
+36 Hedge fund to less stressful role - long only? others? 21 6y
+36 How are your relationships with your PM? 19 1y
+36 Breaking into global macro 11 3y
+36 Sell-side ER to buy-side conundrum: Staples vs. Energy 25 6y
+36 Comp Negotiation 26 3y
+36 Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb - Reputation 78 6y
+36 IB Associate to HF? 13 3y
+36 2023 returns thread?? 48 2y
+36 Quant jobs in Hedge Funds: Differences between companies? 8 8y
+36 How do you guys budget 23 2y
+36 How to get from S&T to HF? 18 4y
+36 Delete 36 3y
+36 Fund wants to renegotiate percentages 10 2y
+36 Plausibility of Replicating/Improving upon a Buffett-Icahn / Schwarzman-Rubenstein enterprise 20 3y
+36 Transition from medicine to IB/HF 14 9mo
+36 Learning a Language vs. Learning to Code vs. Reading 7 6y
+36 GAAP vs Non GAAP 14 8y
+36 Leaving an established fund to start/join a family office fund? 7 6y
+36 Appropriate hedge in turnaround situation 30 7y
+36 How likely are junior analysts getting replaced by AI? 16 12mo
+36 Learning Python 15 5y
+36 MM Comp for 2+2 Candidate? 36 2y
+36 Starting quant fund out of college 17 6y
+36 The HF stories people don't tell 25 1y
+36 Dartmouth Undergrad HF? Should I transfer? 17 6y
+36 Millennium Info 60 4y
+36 Struggling to provide a 'valid' reference 6 7y
+36 HF Analyst Life 6 3y
+36 Advice: Finding Investors For Hedge Fund 11 4y

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