+23 Drawdown resets 18 2y
+23 Process timeline at fund 16 2y
+23 Why should I ever buy stock in a company that issues no dividends? 12 3y
+23 Economics of pass through MM 18 5y
+23 MM L/S Hedge Fund vs UMM PE For Data Science 10 3y
+23 SM HF to LO as a junior? 8 7h
+23 largest MM pods 13 11mo
+23 2023 29 3y
+23 Credit Hedge Funds 6 5y
+23 Is Quasi-MNPI The Ultimate Alpha Generator For Public Equities? 8 2y
+23 Useful Analyst Excercises/Habits 10 2y
+23 chatGPT use cases 10 1y
+23 Brain fog and feeling overwhelmed in HF land 12 2w
+23 I Have No Degree, No Connections & I Want To Break Into The Industry. Any Suggestions? 11 3y
+23 What proportion of hedge fund interviews involve asshole questions? 3 7y
+23 Choosing a thesis topic 9 5y
+23 How to Break Into a Global Macro Hedge Fund – From a French Target School 5 1y
+23 Firm I'm interviewing with asks for a Credit Analysis 8 6y
+23 What tools would you use on your own? 21 3y
+23 No base comp (pure % of Pnl) 19 4y
+23 Bonus with 1 year clawback at MM 24 2y
+23 Top Industrials PMs 17 1y
+23 Advice needed: How to get prepared for the career in ER / AM / HF 6 6y
+23 Is fundamental L/S equity a dying strategy? 19 2y
+23 Advice on reneging on a FT offer 6 4y
+23 HPS Investment Partners - Exits/Comps/Brand 13 6y
+23 “Sell side level work” 11 4y
+23 Making a Activism pitch to a HF for a takeover ~ Any insights would be great 23 4y
+23 Are the incentives of research analysts and traders aligned? 26 4y
+23 Netting with firm central book vs trading directly with market 1 5y
+23 AI in Fundamental L/S Equity 22 6y
+23 MMHF perf YTD 43 3y
+23 Received a Quant HF FT offer as a freshman, would like some advice 18 4y
+23 Current Structured Finance/Stressed and Distressed Special Situations Credit Opportunities 8 5y
+23 Starting a hedge fund 12 3y
+23 Are financial models even important? 17 5y
+23 Best path from Infra PE in Asia to HF in London or US (MBA in US?LBS MiF?) 12 2y
+23 need some advice regarding Bridgewater Associates and hedge funds in general 18 6y
+23 Adage Capital Partners? 3 1y
+23 How’s GBP swaption at banks for HF exit 16 1y
+23 Event-Driven Funds - Squeeze-Out litigation in Europe 12 6y
+23 What the fuck should I do? 24 6y
+23 Absolute Competence vs. Signaling When Breaking in 11 9mo
+23 Biotech Coverage 11 1y
+23 Citadel vs Google offer advice 9 6y
+23 Found trading anomaly . Want to raise capital now. 21 6y
+23 First-Loss Managed Accounts 19 2y
+23 Are most HF opportunities actually not in L/S equities? 9 2y
+23 PDT Partners 39 5y
+23 Q&A: Tiger cub hedge fund analyst, previously worked in PE 58 4y
+23 Taxes 15 3y
+23 RV or Macro at HF? 7 3y
+23 Quant trading from Wharton? 15 2y
+23 How underpaid am I 15 1y
+23 Dartmouth Tuck: HF Jobs. Possible? 8 6y
+23 How does your team split the performance fees? 7 3y
+23 Evolving Monkey: How do I ask for more responsibility as an intern? 5 6y
+23 MM vs Single Manager 8 3y
+23 How do you determine what is priced into a stock? 11 2y
+23 Citadel secret sauce 20 3y
+23 What are yall's mortgages/rent looking like? 43 3y
+23 Typical Hiring Timeline for Small HF? 17 1y
+23 bridgewater FT offer rescind 17 6y
+23 Comp for junior level? 8 6y
+23 Fir Tree Capital - culture, investment philosophy, performance? 15 1y
+23 What's the lifestyle like at a top multi manager on the west coast? 20 6y
+23 Placement into HF from non-BB Large Balance Sheet Banks 19 1y
+23 Urgent/Need Help - Hedge Fund Case Study on HC/Medical Device Company/ HF is long/value oriented 5 1y
+22 MM BD people make LSD/MSD $m?? 29 2y
+22 Ninety-Three Page Bullish Outlook Report on S&P500 - Goldman Sachs 7 16y
+22 How to learn more about Cyclicals? 6 2y
+22 Average/Median IQ in Hedge Funds? 8 6y
+22 How many years do people last at HFs? 11 4y
+22 Top Hedge Funds in the Energy Sphere 8 4y
+22 Start up hedge fund or good long only? 25 5y
+22 Introducing: The Hedge Fund Name Generator 4 11y
+22 Family Office, Salary Expectations 10 2y
+22 Would you stay? 9 6mo
+22 Rift at Bridgewater Associates ? 6 10y
+22 Strategic Finance/FP&A vs HF Analyst 20 2y
+22 Job offers 11 5y
+22 Respectable way to bow out of a process after final round 6 3y
+22 Why do Tiger cubs/grandcubs have a bad rep on here? 7 10mo
+22 Secure job making $500k/year vs. MM pod analyst 31 6mo
+22 How to make best use of meetings with management teams? 6 1y
+22 Anyone regret going in the public space? 13 5y
+22 Just started, are these red flags? 19 11mo
+22 Tell Me About Yourself for buyside? 4 2y
+22 ER vs M&A for L/S Eq Megafund 8 7y
+22 Future of pod shops for systematic trading 4 11mo
+22 University courses/path to becoming a QUANT 8 6y
+22 Multistrat/small HF Networking? 12 6y
+22 Avoid Brevan Howard - Hedge Fund - Especially Abu Dhabi 3 11mo
+22 Fund Manager Quarterly Bonus Structure 4 6y
+22 % hit rate on quarters 14 2y
+22 What do negative rates mean for equity investing? 12 3y
+22 Need an Overview on M&A Arbitrage (Modelling specifically) 6 4y
+22 Millennium Management - Interview & Culture 13 6y
+22 Why do MM fundamental L/S equity pods shoot for that 3-5% range? 27 1y
+22 Is this a fund of funds role - guidance please? 1 6y

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