+15 Hedge Fund Stocks 5 10y
0 Real Test for a Money Manager 0 10y
0 Is S&T right for me? Offers at DB Credit Trading & >$1bn Buyside Fundamental Credit Fund 5 10y
0 How to keep track of so many numbers/information 1 10y
0 Better exit to HF - PE v. ER 8 10y
+29 WSO Hedge Fund Interview Prep Package in the Works! 34 10y
0 How to Approach Informational Interview at $3B AUM Alternative Manager 2 10y
+14 Yuan options (puts) 14 10y
+16 Which programming skills for risk management? 6 10y
0 Conflict of Interest? 0 10y
+43 Quitting Hedge Fund Gig 20 10y
+148 1st Year HF Analyst taking questions 74 10y
0 Sector Specialist vs. Investment Analyst 1 10y
0 Fixed Income HF PM bettter compensated than equities PM 0 10y
0 Going after retail assets 3 10y
+9 Point72 Interview Process 7 10y
+14 Distressed interview question 9 10y
+11 Fundamentals-Based Hedge Fund Closing - More to Follow? 7 10y
0 Rookie Fund Managers To Follow? 0 10y
0 Using internship to get foot in the door? 0 10y
0 Trexquant - Anyone heard of them? 0 10y
0 Opinion required: HF career vs MBA 1 10y
+174 Random musings that sound like venting 22 10y
0 Anyone heard of First Quadrant? 0 10y
+83 Random Musings on the HF Interview Process 10 10y
+99 Qualities of a Great Investor 16 10y
+58 Distressed Debt Investing Is really lucrative 26 10y
+14 6 months as a credit analyst and not enjoying the job - options? 2 10y
+26 Activism 3 10y
+36 Jumping from Asset Management to Hedge Fund 24 10y
0 Palo Alto Lunch -- Idea Generation: Public Investing 1 10y
+29 HF Final Round Interview - How long to hear back? 20 10y
0 Econometric Model Functional Forms 1 10y
+18 Internship at a hedge fund 9 10y
0 SPOTLIGHT: Hedge Funhouse Rules and FAQs 0 10y
0 Hedge Fund Seeders 0 10y
+12 PM Breeding Grounds 4 10y
+2 Capital for Hedge Fund 2 10y
0 Accounting at Private Equity Firms and Hedge Funds 2 10y
0 Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb Increase VRX Position 17 10y
0 How common are "pump & dump" microcap stock schemes in Hedge Funds? 0 10y
0 Gramercy Advisors 1 10y
0 Absolute return, long only hedge funds? 5 10y
+13 Carlyle-owned fund refuses to refund near 2/3 of amount requested by investors 3 10y
+14 What to read in an annual report 14 10y
+3 First Pitch/Trade 13 10y
0 First year hedge fund analyst comp - am I getting low-balled? 7 10y
0 Long Short Equity Hedged position sizing 0 10y
0 Searching for internships 1 10y
0 MBA Internship in funds 1 10y
+11 HF pay expectations 8 10y
0 Going to HF association events for networking as an undergrad? 0 10y
+9 CFA calls out hedge fund underperformance. 3 10y
0 Sell sider road to hedge fund 0 10y
0 Analyst backgrounds in Fundamental Equity HFs 3 10y
0 Structured Credit HF; Junior Analyst role, is this a good opportunity? 0 10y
0 Alphabet (Google), Amazon and Microsoft killing reports for Q3 0 10y
0 Are there any HFs specializing in clothing/fashion industry? 1 10y
+11 Setting up a hedge fund without setting up a hedge fund 6 10y
+17 Short Selling Role 5 10y
0 3 hour long / short equity interview 0 10y
0 Good hedge fund, bad PM 5 10y
0 13F Tracker 11 10y
+17 Resume Review: Equity Research to Hedge Fund 14 10y
+37 Resident physician interested in hedge fund 24 10y
0 Credit investing 1 10y
0 Distributor Margins and Valuations 1 10y
+23 Referred to a hedge funds, unsure about motivational letter 13 10y
0 [ISSUE 38] - Interesting Things... 0 10y
0 Prepping for Fund Assistant Interview 0 10y
+21 Credits / Investments per Analyst 19 10y
0 You mean to tell me the market doesn't go up forever? 3 10y
+18 Headhunters for macro roles in NY? 5 10y
0 HF vs traditional AM? 5 10y
0 Physician looking into working in the industry 2 10y
0 College senior looking at HFs. Wondering what interviews are like? 1 10y
0 Best type of buyside firm to make most compensation - pe vs hf and debt vs equity 1 10y
+21 Credit HFs: Possible to switch from munis to corporates? 6 10y
0 Why did Buffett not need certifications to set up his hedge funds? 3 10y
0 IRS Ends "Basket Options": Effect on Hedge Funds? 0 10y
+11 Solid Returns- What would you do 5 10y
0 "The Professor" in Drobny's book 0 10y
+24 Macro/Microecon needed? 38 10y
0 Relationship between Volatility & Asset Managers 3 10y
0 Phd Finance vs Phd Computer Science vs 1st Job 5 10y
0 Asking for Investment Reports/Write-Ups 3 10y
0 Hedge fund IT Intern - worth taking? 4 10y
+10 CTAs explained 9 10y
+32 Wharton or Princeton undergrad for HF? 24 10y
+22 Introducing: The Hedge Fund Name Generator 4 10y
0 Finding a home for my equity quant strategy 11 10y
0 CLO News 2 10y
+20 What to expect in this industry 10 10y
0 PE Ratio: business cycle and growth rate (g) - short term - long term relationship 1 10y
+75 My heart on my sleeve 41 10y
0 Hedge and Private Equity Fund 2 10y
+54 Only girl, help? 19 10y
+15 Why is Telecom undervalued? 3 10y
0 Hedge Fund recruiting 2 10y
+27 What's the best way to develop your own expert network? 19 10y

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