+99 Most Common Mistakes Young Analysts Make (Including ourselves) 21 1y
+99 If and when to move to a pod? 30 2y
+99 Qualities of a Great Investor 16 10y
+99 Execution traders 73 13y
+98 Q&A: Distressed / Special Sits Credit Analyst 87 1mo
+98 LO and Pods from 2+2 47 1y
+98 Quant shops paying $600k out of college? 99 1y
+98 End of Hedge Funds? 34 6y
+98 Long term, concentrated, deep fundamental investing 34 6y
+97 P72 Academy rescinding internship offers 60 7mo
+97 Q&A: Distressed credit HF 76 4y
+96 This job rocks 28 3mo
+96 Good not great, "B+" SMs in NYC 45 2y
+96 Tech vs Hedge Funds 63 5y
+96 Good time for a new analyst to join L/S hedge fund? 43 9y
+96 Citadel Global Equities (pay, culture, career path, lifestyle) 18 3y
+95 Career advice needed!!! Wtf do I do???? 56 6mo
+95 Why does sector coverage impact success, despite market-neutral strategy? 72 5mo
+95 Nepotism Internships 52 1y
+95 How could I get you on the phone? 40 4y
+95 Settling the debate over TQQQ as a long-term investment 79 3y
+95 To all you freshmen HF comp fanatic losers... 30 4y
+95 Credit Hedge Fund Definition and Interviews 110 7y
+94 Credit - Pod Shop/MM vs. Distressed/Special Sits HF 20 2y
+94 Do I take the safe bet after grad? 39 5y
+94 Columbia Value Investing Program Placement 89 7y
+93 Bloomberg HF News: Merger Arbs Trying to Launch Beyond Pod Shops 33 5mo
+93 Where to start? The Private Debt/Credit/Special Situations/HFs space 10 2y
+93 Am I completely delusional for wanting to set up my own fund? 47 2y
+93 State of Market – Jan 2021 44 5y
+93 HF Industry Dying? 56 3y
+93 Is the Multi Manager HF Experience Worth It? 30 5y
+93 How to Break into the Hedge Fund Industry 160 7y
+92 Why do we consider C/M top pods (as opposed to just C)? 57 1y
+92 Warren Buffet style investing 31 1y
+92 What is the new - "lets start a hedge fund?" 54 2y
+92 Would you rather be a top PM at a top HF (Viking/Coatue/D1) or an average NBA player think (Norman Powell/ Trae young/ Jalen Brunson) 72 2y
+92 Any info on Elliott? 40 1y
+92 World's dumbest 'smart guy'? 43 6y
+92 55x price hike on "Essential Medication" - Smart move? 86 5y
+91 Elliott vs. HBS 30 5mo
+91 HF to Startup? 32 11mo
+91 Career Stagnation in Public Markets? 49 1y
+91 What is a good PNL for MM PM in a year? 45 2y
+91 Performance of the best PM’s at MM’s? 53 2y
+91 Is Renaissance Tech. a Ponzi scheme? 22 6y
+91 How soon can one switch jobs? 81 7y
+91 Best Way Into a Hedge Fund 99 9y
+90 Best Hedge Fund Seats in 2026? 55 2mo
+90 How many MM PMs make 100M+ lifetime PnL? 83 2mo
+90 How many hours do you work? 56 5y
+90 Hedge Fund Recruitment 104 6y
+89 Axed MM analyst - Q&A 68 1y
+89 One Man Hedge Fund 32 2y
+89 Compensation Thread: what was your yearly progression? 118 2y
+89 Just experienced the worst interview ever 27 3y
+89 Should I make the jump from PE to HF? 53 1y
+89 Distressed HFs compared to Distressed Credit within PE Firms 27 6y
+89 Carl Icahn vs Bill Ackman on CNBC 109 13y
+89 I Want to Learn About Distressed Debt Investing 98 5y
+89 Distressed Debt Interview 116 5y
+88 Data Science in Hedge Fund 43 3y
+88 Multi-Manager Hedge Funds 66 5y
+88 Machine Learning Taking over HF research analyst roles in near future? 37 6y
+88 PE vs HF L/S equity - which one is harder to excel in? 36 4y
+88 Do hedge funds look down at Asset Management Firms? 53 11y
+88 How to Get Into Global Macro Hedge Fund 107 9y
+88 Typical Hedge Fund Hours 119 8y
+87 Family office transforming into hedge fund 38 1y
+87 Are Single Managers More Profitable/Pay Higher? 65 2y
+87 Should I Slow Down? 25 7y
+87 Multistrat terms for PM's 55 1y
+86 Are there any good tiger cubs or single managers in general left? If so, what funds? 63 1y
+86 Typical HF Compensation Targets for post-"2+2" IB/PE hires? 74 6y
+86 Point72 Experienced Academy Program Interview Process 225 3y
+86 What I've Learned About Hedge Fund Structure and Compensation 42 8y
+86 If Not DCFs, Then What is Used? 43 8y
+86 The road to becoming a quant 116 7y
+85 P72 Academy vs Citadel CAP vs Weiss vs DE Shaw 54 6mo
+85 HF vs. MFPE out of UG 29 2y
+85 Grandma needs advice 10 1y
+85 Hedge Fund Modeling Detail? 20 1y
+85 Is merger arb the right place to be in? 43 7mo
+85 Name WSO's New Newsletter 45 5y
+85 Are you good at shorting? 34 8y
+85 Why is IB better than ER for HF? 61 11y
+85 19 Hedge Fund Perks That Pity You 90 1y
+84 Crazy to take MM offer if lead analyst in ER? 23 2y
+84 What do PM’s do if they don’t make it? 42 2y
+84 Anchorage Capital Group: Time to Die in 2021? 54 4y
+84 GSA Capital that bad 64 4y
+84 Q&A: Multi-strat HF Analyst 45 7y
+84 Q&A: Research Analyst at Event-Driven/Special Sits HF directly from "non-target" 21 9y
+84 Value vs. Growth Investing 68 6y
+83 Q&A: COO & Head of Trading @ Systematic Quant Hedge Fund 29 2mo
+83 Pod Shop Regret 26 1y
+83 Wellington vs. Viking Global vs. Boutique AM 67 2y
+83 2017 Hedge Fund Report: 8 Key Takeaways 15 5y
+83 Random Musings on the HF Interview Process 10 10y
+82 Sole analyst at new pod vs 10th analyst at established pod? 28 7mo

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