+15 Corp Dev vs Hedge Funds? 1 4y
+15 "What do you want to buy today?" 11 4y
+15 Credit HF to Asset Manager? 2 2y
+15 Endowment Investing Role vs BB Investment Banking for HF Placement? 10 1y
+15 Oxbridge Postgrad 8 4mo
+15 5QQQ - 5X Leveraged QQQ 10 4y
+15 Nootropics (Modafinil etc.) in Hedge Funds 31 4y
+15 Workstation / Monitor Setup 5 3y
+15 10 Years from now this bear market will likely be viewed as a speed bump. Change my mind 4 3y
+15 Moving from a large pureplay credit HF to a more cross capital structure seat 2 2y
+15 Getting up to speed on TMT / Consumer 6 4y
+15 PM question: what are you trying to express? 1 4y
+15 How do you know if public equity is really what you want? 8 4y
+15 How do you assess pods at MMs during interview phase? 8 2y
+15 Track record requirements for PM positions 15 4y
+15 Sixth Street Fundamental Strategies 14 2y
+15 Maximizing My Distressed Credit Hedge Fund Internship – Advice? 4 1y
+15 Secured bonds (distressed) 7 4y
+15 Value Investors, What's Your Discount Rate? 5 4y
+15 Career progression: L/S Equity vs Prop Trading vs IBD 0 3y
+15 Are HFs a Good Place to Start a Career? 2 4y
+15 Market check on compensation 14 4y
+15 Which SM HF recruit out of IB? 8 2y
+15 Megafund credit arms 3 3y
+15 I need your advice - please help 5 4y
+15 Pershing Square Capital Management Compensation 7 4y
+15 Bloomberg Tips/Hacks/Recs 7 2y
+15 PE to HF route 1 1y
+15 HF Dta Science Career Trajectory 7 2y
+15 Base salary vs inflation 8 2y
+15 Questions about Trading roles at Macro HF (e.g. Citadel Global Fixed Income) 4 3y
+15 Women's Networking in HF Industry 4 4y
+15 LO Economics - How good is this 21 3mo
+15 Super Pods Question (Throughline, Longaeva) 13 2mo
+15 MMHF —> Activist 10 2y
+15 PE to HF 1 4y
+15 Citadel Mathematics Assessment HELP!! 9 1y
+15 Is it possible to move from VC to HF? 18 3mo
+15 Which Hedge Funds Recruit At Stanford GSB? 17 4y
+14 Merchants' Gate + L/S funds + HFs 6 15y
+14 LSE vs. ESCP MSc Finance 12 6mo
+14 Who is the biggest BSD on WSO? 18 14y
+14 Credit Research Questions 20 14y
+14 D.E Shaw Fundamental Research Interview 65 1y
+14 What to read in an annual report 14 10y
+14 6 months as a credit analyst and not enjoying the job - options? 2 10y
+14 Distressed interview question 9 10y
+14 How quick are MMs to pull the plug? 20 1y
+14 Yuan options (puts) 14 10y
+14 Am I Finished? 21 3y
+14 Thoughts on spec sales 8 2y
+14 Fundamental roles at traditionally strong quant HF's. 3 8y
+14 Hedge fund vs. PE recruiting 21 8y
+14 Anyone have information on Anchorage? 11 8y
+14 Getting an internship with a hedge fund via a connection 3 8y
+14 I want to be in a hedge fund 1 3y
+14 Looking for another SM HF seat as I lost faith in the PM - How to explain in the interview without being a douche? 2 4y
+14 How Should I Utilize $200 to get from a CB to a Credit Fund? 15 6y
+14 Path Dependency in Investing Careers 1 2y
+14 How to Choose Between Offers 4 6y
+14 “Secrets of the Temple” book 6 3y
+14 Thoughts on Arrowstreet Capital (Culture, WLB, Pay)? Versus Two Sigma, etc? 2 3y
+14 Best funds that focus primarily on (1) tech (e.g., hardware, consumer internet, enterprise software) and (2) consumer 3 2y
+14 How do pods have 1+ Sharpe, when they shoot for 4-5% on GMV, and risk free rate is ~5%? 5 1y
+14 changing the reference sequence in DTW 1 6y
+14 Would you join a first time PM pod? 14 11mo
+14 RFP Writing to Investor Relations at a Fund? 2 6y
+14 The Dot-Com Bubble 13 11mo
+14 Mental framework - Activist investing 8 3y
+14 Del 4 3y
+14 Hedge Funds' view on cheap stocks?: EV/Sales<0.2, EV/EBITDA < 2 3 6y
+14 Energy Hedge Fund or Boutique Investment Banking 2 6y
+14 Sole analyst at a small L/S fund - am I at a major disadvantage? 4 11mo
+14 How old is too old to join a MM? 11 3y
+14 MBB to biotech ER (and ultimately HF). Which ER firm to target? 10 2y
+14 Infra PE to HF 6 2y
+14 How chill is life at a LO? 20 5y
+14 PIMCO Alternative Investments / Distressed Comp, Culture, Strategy, Etc. 19 3y
+14 Post-MBA Comp for HF in London 1 5y
+14 Private debt fund vs Public debt hedge fund 11 5y
+14 Investment differences between SM and MM 2 3y
+14 In-Person Interview Etiquette? 3 5y
+14 Flight Deck Capital? 2 5y
+14 momentum = the real margin of safety 7 2y
+14 Autonomy Capital 21 5y
+14 Factor Models 1 1y
+14 PIMCO Corporate Credit/Special Situations 16 2y
+14 What kinds of data do hedge funds have access to? 7 3y
+14 Does HR check deferred comp / comp from previous firm? 9 1y
+14 Idiots completing the CFA 11 1y
+14 Compensation at Hedge Fund? 5 5y
+14 O&G Banking to Distressed Investing? 7 5y
+14 Top Hedge Fund VS BB IBD 22 2y
+14 Starting a hedge fund 3 5y
+14 Final round interview...with a risk manager? 4 2y
+14 CLO Structuring to HF 1 1y
+14 Quant Internships 2025 Summer? 4 1y
+14 Quarterly vs semi-annual reporting 5 11mo
+14 Path from IB to HF? 5 5y
+14 Baupost Mandate 4 3y

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