+13 How screwed am I? No internship 3 8y
+52 Hedge fund traders/decision makers here? 21 8y
+4 Pursuing hedge fund: what to do in college 2 8y
+13 Offer on Table from Non-HF while on Path to HF 3 8y
+12 Georgetown vs UVA for HF 3 8y
+11 Data Analyst or Operations Analyst 4 8y
+3 CFA® level 2 material 1 8y
+174 Bridgewater Associates Careers Applications 212 8y
+164 Q&A: Non-finance major --> BB IB --> Director at $5B+ Multi-strat HF (in 6 years) 62 8y
+196 Explain to me like I'm a 12 year old the benefit of a hedge fund 77 8y
+35 WSO Hall of Fame: Hedge Fund Forum 0 8y
+6 If I want to eventually work my way up to a position at a hedge fund... 1 8y
+3 Specific Fund ?k 2 8y
+12 Stanford GSB v Wharton? 14 8y
+39 Tiger Cubs 22 8y
+31 Questions from a top NYU undergrad. 26 8y
+73 Pitch Me A Stock 62 8y
+268 Starting a small hedge fund 262 8y
+12 MSOR vs CFA 1 8y
+41 Internships early on? 21 8y
+26 DCM to Elite Hedge Funds 6 8y
+12 Consultant breaking into Finance? 1 8y
+37 Math or Engineering Undergrad for a Quant? 15 8y
+19 Best UPENN clubs to join for buyside? 14 8y
+18 Bridgewater, the world's largest hedge fund, is possibly a fraud [according to Jim Grant] 12 8y
0 Question about Cornell Operations Research & Engineering? 5 8y
+25 Wharton To Wall Street? 7 8y
0 How much does school network help in hedge funds? 0 8y
0 Delete 0 8y
+4 Undergrad Advice for Finance 3 8y
+18 Why "reverse commute"? 13 8y
0 MBA vs. MFE for breaking into HFs 4 8y
+11 Career progression at top hedge funds 1 9y
+46 A 20-year-old who dropped out of NYU says he has raised $5 million for his hedge fund 31 9y
+73 Curious About Hedge Fund Track 47 9y
+84 Q&A: Research Analyst at Event-Driven/Special Sits HF directly from "non-target" 21 9y
+103 Q&A: HY/Distressed Analyst at NYC based Mid-Sized Credit Hedge Fund 60 9y
0 Stevens Capital Management in Philly: insights and more info? 9 9y
+5 Hedge Funds in Philadelphia 11 9y
+19 Need help in making choice for undergrad school (Yale, Princeton, Columbia with scholarship) 17 9y
0 Help wanted: majors, masters, and jobs, oh my! 0 9y
+8 Spark LP? Anyone know of this hedge fund? 27 9y
+10 How safe of a bet is a top MFE/MFin (MIT/Princeton/CMU/Columbia/etc) for a position as a quant? 15 9y
0 Carrington Capital Management 1 9y
+45 College student's fund has a 500% annual return over 9 years 57 9y
0 Top 10 undergrad on a gap year. Need advice 4 9y
0 Military -> MBA -> IB -> HF 3 10y
0 Baruch College for HF career? 0 10y
0 Better Choice: Economics or Finance? 1 10y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Life of high-level software development? 3 10y
0 Mr Ackman's letter to the Allergen board - Bronte Capital 2 10y
0 Soph FoF -> Junior Banking SA Possible? 2 10y
+27 What did Bill Ackman do after undergrad and before MBA? 26 10y
+15 Hedge Fund Stocks 5 10y
0 Opinion required: HF career vs MBA 1 10y
0 Palo Alto Lunch -- Idea Generation: Public Investing 1 10y
0 Gramercy Advisors 1 10y
0 Sell sider road to hedge fund 0 10y
0 [ISSUE 38] - Interesting Things... 0 10y
+18 Headhunters for macro roles in NY? 5 10y
0 Phd Finance vs Phd Computer Science vs 1st Job 5 10y
+32 Wharton or Princeton undergrad for HF? 24 10y
+11 Philly Funds? 8 11y
+44 Networking 101 -- Hedge Fund Edition 11 11y
+7 HF for College Grads 92 11y
0 Education advice for an aspiring quant 0 11y
0 Running a book...? 4 11y
0 3 years of experience... recruiters/firms saying no? 4 11y
0 Suggestions for professional grade mock portfolio software programs? 2 11y
0 Wharton Undergrads at HFs 6 11y
+3 Importance of Shorts in PA for L/S Equity HFs 4 11y
+20 Ray Dalio's Bridgewater Sues Ex-Employees Over New Fund 12 11y
0 From restructuring advisory to distressed hedge fund - post MBA 3 11y
0 Bank Debt in Brokerage Account 11 11y
0 Valuation at Hedge Funds 4 12y
+18 Crazy DE Shaw story 20 12y
0 Athletes and Traders Collide 13 12y
+13 Hypothetical Situation - Meeting with Paulson 19 12y
+4 Viking Global Email Format 9 12y
+31 CFA® or MBA Hedgefund Manager 20 12y
+20 MACC add value to the recruitment process (if you have the time)? 4 12y
0 CFA® Lv.3 Study Group in NY 0 12y
+18 Recruiter List for Hedge Fund Industry 18 12y
+33 SAC Not Out of the Woods Yet 12 12y
0 Chemical Engineering -> MBA -> HF 14 12y
0 College Representation in Hedge Funds 5 12y
0 Federal Reserve: The Hedge Fund of Hedge Funds 2 12y
+1 Why are there NO Hedge Fund Billionaires from Princeton? 6 12y
0 Famous Investors Lecturing at Columbia 0 12y
+40 SEC Files to Ban Cohen for Life 13 12y
+26 Breaking into Hedge Funds 11 13y
0 Developing Track Record? 8 13y
+12 Which work experience is better for buy side? 1 13y
0 Starting an LLP for Collective Investing 2 13y
0 Citadel in HK? 1 13y
0 The 14 Top Buyside Analysts list out 11 13y
+42 Bonus Bananas March 22, 2013 17 13y
0 Harvard/Stanford/Wharton 5 13y
+28 Citadel investment&trading analyst program 10 13y
0 Need career advice plz 3 13y

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