+19 Is there more to learn? 26 3y
+19 SM - Non-Investment Team Partners Comp 17 3y
+19 Point72 case study 50 2y
+19 I want to get into quantitative macro - how to get noticed? 5 3y
+19 LO Compensation: T Rowe, etc. 45 2y
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+19 Average investment horizon for L/S equity funds? 13 3y
+19 Activist Books/Threads 10 3y
+19 Comp Expectations at SM in down year 13 3y
+19 Hedge Fund vs. Asset Management vs FO 13 3y
+19 How Music Affects Trading [CHOOSE MY PLAYLIST!] 12 9mo
+19 SS ER -> HF Advice/Questions 7 3y
+19 What is the best pod shop for a PM to work at? 13 1y
+19 Quant Developer -> Analyst? 4 3y
+19 Doctorate in Accounting for Hedge Funds Focused on Value Investing 10 3y
+19 Fundamental + Quant role at HF 9 3y
+19 How is Activist Defense in IB Viewed? 3 3y
+19 How to frame/quantify acquisitions as part of thesis? 2 3y
+19 Apart from Citadel, which MM offer great perks? 9 3y
+19 Time Series Forecasting with R Help 10 3y
+19 What is comp like at Baupost? 27 1y
+19 Equities shops Switzerland 4 3y
+19 Rejection: 2024 Point72 Academy Investment Analyst Summer Internship Questionnaire 11 2y
+19 Oil and Gas Hedge Funds 4 6mo
+19 Quant Analyst offer - Take it or leave it 11 2y
+19 HFs that take interns 5 2y
+19 Questions about experienced T Rowe or other LOs 5 2y
+19 What do hedge fund employees do in the interim after they set up all their long term stock positions? 7 2y
+19 HF Job Market 16 2y
+19 Pods Not having a Good October 10 2y
+19 MS/JPM Equity Research Buyside Prospects? 4 2y
+19 Na 19 2y
+19 Getting into IB after doing HF or PWM internship? 2 2y
+19 How does MM HF Recruiting work 8 2y
+19 Who is going to start the Bonus thread????? 17 2y
+19 What do you do when your strategy stops working? 11 2y
+19 1.5yrs of IBD + 1yr of ER for HF recruiting? 9 2y
+19 Treasury team trading 10 9mo
+19 Best rates trading hedge funds 23 1y
+19 Differentiation 3 2y
+19 HF Final Round Interview 4 2y
+19 Hedge Fund WLB 6 2y
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+19 How to approach Consumer L/S ideas 6 2y
+19 Head of Macro 9 2y
+19 Are distressed HFs still viable? 12 2y
+19 Multi-Strategy - Equity Capital Markets / Block Trades / IPOs / Other 12 1y
+19 Comp expectations in small fund 13 1y
+19 Perks at your fund? 16 1y
+19 Levered Co-investment Mechanics / Questions about 2 1y
+19 International on H1-B - can I do HF? 14 1y
+19 Exits from fundamental analyst at market maker 15 7mo
+19 Credit Analyst Question on MM/SM 5 1y
+19 Need Advice: Credit HF vs. Private Credit vs. Long Only vs. stay on sell-side 3 1y
+19 Resume Check - commodities analyst 3 1y
+19 Note Taking at Hedge Funds 14 1y
+19 To the TQQQ Guy - can we get an update on how 24' was? 6 1y
+19 (London) End goal is HF - should I do IB first? 12 7mo
+19 Why does consensus matter? 9 1y
+19 MM Pitch Examples/Format 10 1y
+19 CFOA (Certified Futures and Options Analyst) - worth it? 7 1y
+19 HF Recruiting 7 1y
+19 Comp for new LO Fund 25 1y
+19 Is Jain more similar to Holocene or Millennium? 9 9mo
+19 Systematic vs Discretionary choice 6 1y
+19 Prop trader trying to get into whatever fund or firm 4 1y
+19 How did you guys do this week? 9 1y
+19 Crossovers with Combined Publics & Privates 8 2mo
+19 DAILY READING STACK? 11 1y
+19 Three Factor Model 5 1y
+19 Landing a PM role 12 1y
+19 MM HF Internship for Consulting 9 1y
+19 Best consulting 'type' to exit into HF? 9 1y
+19 When is it too late to move to HF (London) 6 1y
+19 LO return offer advice 16 1y
+19 European perspective only - Masters 3 1y
+19 Exit opps as Quant @ HF 12 10mo
+19 Taking a <100m L/S Hedge-fund Analyst job? 3 10mo
+19 Abdiel internship 21 2mo
+19 Why do SMs seemingly have more conventionally "cracked" backgrounds than MM? 13 5mo
+19 Research vs risk-taking role 4 6mo
+19 Short Selling Focused Hedge Funds 10 4mo
+19 Stay in PE or potentially recruit to HF 17 4mo
+19 '27 Pod looking for '26 internship - Hungry and Hard Working 1 4mo
+19 Modern / relevant distressed debt book recommendations? 8 3mo
+19 Navigating IB -> MM 8 2mo
+19 Citadel Global Fixed Income (Mini) Blowup? 5 2mo
+19 Graduate Program in Tier1 platform or directly start at a Tier2 platform 8 1mo
+19 Commodities PE to commodity HF/Pod? 6 1mo
+19 Citadel Best Teams? 25 1w
+18 Hedge Funds in Dallas 43 6y
+18 Crazy DE Shaw story 20 12y
+18 Recruiter List for Hedge Fund Industry 18 12y
+18 Hedge Fund Reading Resources 32 16y
+18 Does the WSP Final Exam Matter? 11 3y
+18 Modeling Test / Case Studies 14 15y
+18 What type of HF internship is this? 5 15y
+18 Best Job to have prior to becoming a Hedge Fund manager? 19 11y
+18 Hedge Fund Money Wanted: Saaweet Movie Pitch 3 6y
+18 Permal? 24 14y

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