+17 Banking vs Family Business 3 6y
+17 Hedge Fund as buy-side exit after IB ? 3 6y
+17 "Best Ideas" Hedge Funds 5 7y
+17 Long only investment reports 9 6y
+17 Michael Burry Water Prediction 9 5y
+17 Investment Memo Case Study 1 6y
+17 Questions for those at MM funds 5 6y
+17 MO HF Offer vs Silicon Valley Offer 4 6y
+17 View on Software Engineer attempting to transition to investing 3 6y
+17 IRR calculation in a FCFF analysis 1 6y
+17 Pay at multi manager when fund down 4 6y
+17 Biomedical Engineer breaking into finance (hedge fund)? 4 3y
+17 Trading Stategies 6 6y
+17 How to deploy capital in a recession (+Corona) 8 6y
+17 Buy Side ER or Top BB EB M&A/RX for L/S Equity 12 6y
+17 Quant Background 4 6y
+17 Hedge fund volatility strategy PM returns and drawdowns 13 5y
+17 Corporate Strategic Finance to Hedge Fund? 10 6y
+17 Moving into HF from RE 2 5y
+17 how to practice reading facial micro-expressions and tones of voice 6 5y
+17 DE Shaw Nexus Fellowship August 2020 25 1y
+17 Broker with best portfolio performance reporting tools? 4 5y
+17 Forward vs Trailing Multiples 10 5y
+17 Alternatives to Bloomberg Terminal? 16 5y
+17 IB or PE for recruiting into HF 5 4y
+17 Path to Distressed 6 5y
+17 Does GSIP or Liberty Harbor take sophomore / junior interns? 11 5y
+17 PE to HF - did you take a pay cut? 10 5y
+17 Australia - Hedge Fund Career Advice 5 5y
+17 I think I love my job? 8 5y
+17 HF recruiters? 8 5y
+17 Best resources for newbies to learn about HF? 10 5y
+17 CTA Hedge Fund 6 2y
+17 Coatue Management - Culture? 29 5y
+17 What is the best approach to transition from an analyst to PM 6 5y
+17 Am I getting a fair share of bonus? 18 5y
+17 Los Angeles Distressed Debt/SS/Deep Value Shop List? 50 2y
+17 Choosing between Internship Offers 6 5y
+17 Value of MBA when Raising Capital 9 5y
+17 Does passive management really beat out active over the long-term? Not on an annual basis but lump-some/ total returns. 12 5y
+17 Capital raising for HF 13 5y
+17 Good Returns 45 2y
+17 Help me shape my career in investing/hedge fund/asset management - should I go for MFE/MFin/MBA/PhD 4 4y
+17 DE Shaw Rejection Email - Standard or Personal? 8 4y
+17 Content Creator vs HF Analyst 3 4y
+17 Fixed Income Analysis 6 4y
+17 From EU to New York 8 4y
+17 Satellite IB to London HF 17 4y
+17 Elliott Management Recruiting 11 1y
+17 MD vs PhD for Healthcare Buyside? 17 4y
+17 Tiger Cubs Differences 7 4y
+17 Global Macro Strategy books? 7 4y
+17 Ghosting after seemingly great interviews 11 4y
+17 QRT ( Qube Research and Technologies ) 19 3y
+17 London to NY transition - Best Headhunters 9 4y
+17 What to listen to while gaming or hiking? 12 4y
+17 How do you start a conversation regarding bonus expectations? 18 4y
+17 Special Sits / Opportunistic Investment Memos 18 4y
+17 Single Manager that recruit from H/S with PE Background - Do they care about finishing PE program / quitting to do something else until school starts? 24 4y
+17 From Multi Manager Platform to China Hedge Fund? 6 3y
+17 Are drawdown limits based on whenever the portfolio first hits a certain valuation? 8 4y
+17 Quant SWE vs Quant Trader Salary? 5 4y
+17 Value of learning Python and C++ for MM fundamental investing? 15 3y
+17 Abdiel Capital & Cricut 11 2y
+17 Coatue 14 1y
+17 The big picture - book suggestions 4 3y
+17 Job Outlook for Hedge Fund Software Developers 2022 and Beyond 8 3y
+17 Sign on bonus for PM positions at MMs 5 1y
+17 How can hedge funds not hedge? 8 3y
+17 Changing Asset Classes is Hard AF 3 3y
+17 What made you wanna go into the HF arena? 2 3y
+17 Down year SM comp 29 3y
+17 Need career advice, please help 3 3y
+17 Is 2/20 dead 33 3y
+17 Should I try to go directly to HF? 12 3y
+17 I think I just got fired 6 3y
+17 Multi-Manager Out of Undergrad 10 3y
+17 MM Mkt Neutral - External funds under the umbrella? 4 3y
+17 Nontarget HF Founders? 23 3y
+17 Macro vs Rates RV 6 3y
+17 Darsana 25 3w
+17 Is majoring in economics really necessary? 6 3y
+17 Asking for Internship Relocation Stipend Early? 4 3y
+17 Any biopharma L/S funds that take people out of undergrad? 32 2y
+17 Programming languages in finance 11 3y
+17 Arrowstreet Capital? 14 3y
+17 MM Turnover Stats 12 3y
+17 How can I improve my resume to break top (IB,PE,HF) 7 3y
+17 What do you think is important for long term success in quant finance? 1 3y
+17 Can someone explain this equation? I feel stupid. 6 3y
+17 How do y'all feel about the STEM Masters Degree career pivot into HF 2 3y
+17 SVPGlobal (London office) 12 3y
+17 How to cope with the lack of guidance? 1 3y
+17 AlbaCore Capital - London 15 2mo
+17 Marshall Wace Fundamental Analyst Program 30 2y
+17 Changing from a discretionary to a systematic strategy 1 3y
+17 Ghosted after DE Shaw super day (rotational associate) 12 3y
+17 thoughts on Tudor Investment corp? 6 3y
+17 How to make the move to a MMHF 14 2y
+17 Citadel Securities Trading Fundamental Analyst Interview 12 2y

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