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+7 Elizabeth Warren 3 4y
+56 Hedge Funds requiring IB experience... why? 18 4y
+6 Good podcasts 1 4y
+733 I'm bored: Macro Hedge Fund PM Q&A 216 4y
+19 Cubist down 20% exposes the scam of Hedge Funds - They are all beta 6 4y
+7 Pershing Square Capital Management Intern/FT Offer 5 4y
+22 Will we be able to work from anywhere? 12 4y
+16 Microsoft AZ-104 Dumps Pdf : 2020-Aug - Microsoft Azure Administrator (beta) 1 4y
+10 Just failed an interview 3 4y
+93 HF Industry Dying? 56 4y
+13 Citadel GE / Surveyor 15 4y
+109 What is something you hate about working at a HF 58 4y
+20 Hate new sub-PM, thinking of leaving 5 4y
0 Delete v1 1 4y
+53 Why is this forum all 15 year olds? 35 4y
0 AI/ML Engineer vs Hedge Fund Quant 1 4y
+37 IB->PE->HF or IB->HF 8 4y
+53 Future of Global Macro 25 4y
+4 Teza Technologies 2 4y
+5 How should I prepare for an interview with a single manager hf that invests in both public equities and private assets? 0 4y
+4 Is growth through acquisitions a red flag when looking at a company? 9 4y
+33 HF Comp Out of IB - Current Figures 10 4y
0 Quant vs Data Scientist in Hedge Fund 2 4y
+9 What AUM is ideal in your opinion? 6 4y
+103 Q&A: Hedge Fund Lawyer 49 4y
+11 Quant in Hong Kong 1 4y
+37 Subprime auto collapse? 12 4y
0 What kind of machine learning do fundamental HFs use? 5 4y
+356 Hedge Fund Careers: Getting a Hedge Fund Job Out of Undergrad and Beyond 100 4y
+8 Outdated v3 7 4y
+9 Go start a SPAC… 2 4y
+9 Starting a biotech expert network 9 4y
+3 Hedge fund vs prop trading quants 1 4y
+13 Citadel coke break?? 9 4y
+6 BridgeWater |How long should I wait after the final round interview with BridgeWater? 2 4y
+1 Is there any way to skip all the technical questions? 2 4y
+4 Did I screw up? 5 4y
+130 HF Analyst Pitch Examples 81 4y
+14 Stay at Top Boutique IB or Move to MM 7 4y
+49 3yrs buy-side experience - how to get to a LDN based HF 39 4y
+110 Q&A: Non-target->BB->PE->HF (thank you, WSO) 56 4y
+95 Settling the debate over TQQQ as a long-term investment 79 4y
+46 Q&A: Quant Research Analyst at Startup Fund 4 4y
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+46 Sundheim Is The Man - D1 cap thoughts 39 4y
+12 Startup HF straight from undergrad 5 4y
+135 Q&A: Joined a top Hedge Fund out of undergrad 72 4y
+70 Q&A: distressed debt hedge fund analyst & top 3 MBA 57 4y
+18 Robin Judson? 11 4y
+37 Machine Learning in fundamental HF? 38 4y
+35 Ruane, Cunniff and Golfarb Rep/Comp 24 4y
+11 Moving into macro/commods from EB? 4 4y
+21 R vs. Python in a fundamental equity HF? 19 4y
0 Hedge Fund Partnerships 9 4y
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+19 Secondaries —> HF? 13 4y
0 From a MAM account to a Hedge Fund, possible ? 1 4y
+88 PE vs HF L/S equity - which one is harder to excel in? 36 4y
+7 Which are the top hedgefunds located in Frankfurt/Munich and suggestions/advice to make a good career in this industry? 2 4y
+5 Delete 2 4y
+5 HF to IB, back to HF? 13 4y
+11 Best hedge funds in HY space 19 4y
+6 How else to prepare for HF recruiting? 4 4y
+12 Post-MBA moving from PE to credit special sits 3 4y
0 Equity vs Distressed Debt HF 2 4y
+27 Info about good quant funds for researchers 17 4y
+15 Which Hedge Funds Recruit At Stanford GSB? 17 4y
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+56 Intuitive way to think about ROIC? 20 4y
+9 Multi Asset Fund -> Macro HF, possible? 4 4y
+152 Is the common view of financial risk completely wrong? 84 4y
+1 Ruane Cunniff all in comp 10 4y
+12 D.E. Shaw Generalist Intern Superday advice? 3 4y
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+26 See what the Asians Are Buying 14 4y
+9 Comp expectation at small HF 4 4y
+29 Cross asset hedge funds like Soros 10 4y
+3 Marshall Wace Fundamental Analyst Programme 3 4y
+71 HF Analyst - Looking For 3 Years And Can’t Find A New Job? 25 4y
+2 How well is Voleon regarded? 15 4y
+6 European "Tiger Cubs" 12 4y
+33 How smart do you have to be to work in a HF? 20 4y
+24 6 months notice period 21 4y
+11 Would working as a health care analyst pigeonhole me into the sector? 7 4y
+82 Q&A - 3rd Year HF Analyst at Special Situations / Event-Driven Fund 19 4y
+38 What is the most under-appreciated stocks with huge potential in the coming year? 50 4y
+54 King Street Capital - Any insight? 38 4y
+16 Trader Movie DL - Paul Tudor Jones 13 4y
+38 Credit funds 9 4y
+11 Breaking Into a HF (PB -> MBA -> AM -> HF) Feasible Career Trajectory? 4 4y
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+77 Squarepoint Capital 43 4y
+23 Most Interesting HF Strategy 12 4y
+19 ECM trades at hedge funds, how do they make $$? 7 4y
+20 Tiger Cubs in San Francisco 13 4y
+333 Ask Me Anything - Buy Side Systematic Quant 190 4y
+41 Anchorage is ending Hedge Fund 35 4y
+84 Anchorage Capital Group: Time to Die in 2021? 54 4y
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