+19 Comp Expectations at SM in down year 13 4y
+19 Note Taking at Hedge Funds 14 1y
+19 Levered Co-investment Mechanics / Questions about 2 2y
+19 Margin of safety and applicable measurements 4 7y
+19 Graduate Program in Tier1 platform or directly start at a Tier2 platform 8 6mo
+19 (London) End goal is HF - should I do IB first? 12 11mo
+19 Hedge fund counterparty risk role? 5 5y
+19 Micro-Cap/Small-Cap HF exits? 7 7y
+19 Paul Singer : The Doomsday Investor 8 4y
+19 D.E. Shaw internship application rejection weird phrasing. 7 7y
+19 Na 19 2y
+19 Is Factor Timing a Legitimate Source of Alpha? 7 2y
+19 Who is going to start the Bonus thread????? 17 2y
+19 Life at a small Hedge Fund 5 7y
+19 SS ER > HF. Network in from SS or MBA? 4 7y
+19 Head of Macro 9 2y
+19 What is comp like at Baupost? 27 1y
+19 Generate Ideas... How? 10 1y
+19 MBA and age question 5 7y
+19 Comp for new LO Fund 25 1y
+19 Southern California Hedge Fund guide 16 1y
+19 Move from HF to Prop Shop? 6 4y
+19 Q&A: Engineering to Portfolio Manager to MBA 2 7y
+19 Undergrad Senior w/ IB offer takes CFA Level 1? 5 4y
+19 Exit opps as Quant @ HF 12 1y
+19 Elliott Management / Elliott Associates 30 1y
+19 Standard non-competes - is 1 year a lot? 9 7y
+19 Getting into IB after doing HF or PWM internship? 2 2y
+19 Drunk Thought: Shouldnt PM's at MM inverse their Portfolio's? 6 2y
+19 How did you guys do this week? 9 1y
+19 Hedge Fund vs. Asset Management vs FO 13 3y
+19 PhD student with questions regarding long term HF planning 5 2mo
+19 Taking a <100m L/S Hedge-fund Analyst job? 3 1y
+19 Prop trader trying to get into whatever fund or firm 4 1y
+19 GPA - How long does it matter? 8 5y
+19 1.5yrs of IBD + 1yr of ER for HF recruiting? 9 2y
+19 Corporate Finance to Equity Analyst Feasibility? 5 6y
+19 Oil and Gas Hedge Funds 4 11mo
+19 Is Jain more similar to Holocene or Millennium? 9 1y
+19 Tired and overwhelmed. think I'm in the wrong job 7 4y
+19 Insider trading 11 4y
+19 How Music Affects Trading [CHOOSE MY PLAYLIST!] 12 1y
+19 How do you get a differentiated view? 3 2mo
+19 (Please Please Help) Choosing a Major 5 6y
+19 Recruitment for smaller / mid-size hedge funds 5 6y
+19 Where does the Bridgewater shuttle pick up from in NYC? 12 6y
+19 does anyone know anything about king street capital? 21 6y
+19 Pods Not having a Good October 10 3y
+19 Bridgewater and Point72 not good for long-term career? 19 3y
+19 Citadel Global Fixed Income (Mini) Blowup? 5 7mo
+19 I want to write an investment thesis. How do I even get started? 6 5y
+19 Mid-Sized Hedge Fund Compensation (Non-target->MM IB->Mid-sized HF) 10 6y
+19 Crossovers with Combined Publics & Privates 8 7mo
+19 Multimanager platform personalities 4 6y
+19 European perspective only - Masters 3 1y
+19 MM Pitch Examples/Format 10 1y
+19 Resources for learning about distressed debt investing 4 6y
+19 Perks at your fund? 16 2y
+19 Prop trading and quant funds: Importance Of Pedigree 1 6y
+19 Fundamental Analysts at Quant Shops 45 2y
+19 Consulting/Corporate Strategy to Hedge Fund 9 6y
+19 Point72 case study 50 2y
+19 Time Series Forecasting with R Help 10 3y
+19 solo PM at MM platform 15 6y
+19 Passion For The Markets 11 6y
+19 Best graduate programs for Global Macro trading? 11 5y
+19 How to approach Consumer L/S ideas 6 2y
+19 HF Recruiting 7 1y
+19 Cost of a noncompete 8 5y
+19 Need Advice: Credit HF vs. Private Credit vs. Long Only vs. stay on sell-side 3 1y
+19 Equities shops Switzerland 4 3y
+19 Brevan Howard London / Moore / Caxton 7 5y
+19 Why does consensus matter? 9 1y
+19 Qube Research and Technologies (QRT) 3 3y
+19 How to switch to competing HF without burning bridges 4 5y
+19 Internship in High-School 7 5y
+19 WYR: Higher Base or Higher TC? 17 4y
+19 Advice on starting offshore fund in Caribbean 6 5y
+19 P72 Academy -TLDR Worth it? 5 3mo
+19 Hf pay this year 10 5y
+19 Secondaries —> HF? 13 4y
+19 Jumping products - HF trading 2 4y
+19 How does MM HF Recruiting work 8 2y
+19 Quantitative/Hedge Fund Related Questions 6 5y
+19 HF Modeling/Pitching help 6 5y
+19 Distressed Investing 20 4y
+19 Question About Macro MM HFs (Brevan, Caxton, Bluecrest, etc)??? 14 4y
+19 Long Only to Hedge Fund? 16 2y
+19 Doctorate in Accounting for Hedge Funds Focused on Value Investing 10 3y
+19 Has anyone here actually used Python code to make an investment decision? 17 5y
+19 HF Investment Style - Single Manager vs Pod Funds 5 5y
+19 Books to read for those looking to break into the HF industry? 18 5y
+19 Is there more to learn? 26 4y
+19 Post HBS hedge fund opportunities 4 3mo
+19 London: Top MM Hedge Fund - Compensation - financial planning 14 5y
+19 Unclear Path Forward 4 4y
+19 Why do SMs seemingly have more conventionally "cracked" backgrounds than MM? 13 10mo
+19 Systematic vs Discretionary choice 6 1y
+19 How to frame/quantify acquisitions as part of thesis? 2 3y
+19 Econ major to Macro HF 15 5y

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