0 Any experience with AQR Capital Management? 1 10y
+9 How to earn 10k in one month? 9 10y
+51 What is a Reasonable HF Analyst Bonus in a Bad Year? 24 10y
0 Activist Hedge Fund Research Team 1 10y
+25 Help w majors and minors 9 10y
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+52 Was Just Laid Off From My Buy-Side Position. What Now? 18 10y
0 Hedge Fund Job Advice 3 10y
0 Help wanted: majors, masters, and jobs, oh my! 0 10y
+11 Best 3rd Party Site to Find EBITDA (other line item) Consensus Estimates 4 10y
+10 Rule of thumb to calculate bond price change from IR move 14 10y
+3 First round Citadel Quantitative Research Interview 4 10y
+34 HF Legend on The Equities Bubble and the Future of Hedge Funds 16 10y
+77 How to raise capital to start a hedge fund? 75 10y
+26 Citadel Global Equities Work Culture? 30 10y
+69 Starting a Hedge Fund Straight out of College with a 2.0 GPA 63 10y
+26 Why do I want to work at a hedge fund? 34 10y
+23 The Baupost Group 34 10y
+12 Millennium Partners - Prop shop hedge fund? 13 10y
+88 How to Get Into Global Macro Hedge Fund 107 10y
+44 Bridgewater Associates HF Interview - advice? 75 10y
+8 Spark LP? Anyone know of this hedge fund? 27 10y
0 Quant Headhunters 4 10y
+9 BB sell-side Macro Research: Outside perspective/perception/ranking? 10 10y
0 Single-manager macro vs equity funds 0 10y
0 What HFs have structured SA recruiting? 0 10y
+9 This Mother Fucking Legend 5 10y
0 Thinkorswim Paper Money - Help 0 10y
+25 Lev fin / distressed lawyer seeking buy side job - help! 6 10y
0 Strategy Office / Ops Office for Hedge Fund 0 10y
+25 Brevan Howard Cuts Some Fees to 0% 15 10y
+12 Perry Capital Shutting Down & Brevan Howard Charging 0% Fees 0 10y
+18 A Physician With Good Returns. Can I Get Hired? 13 10y
0 LGL Partners? 0 10y
+21 The 10 Biggest Myths About the Hedge Fund Industry 7 10y
+9 GS Liberty Harbor (credit HF) 5 10y
0 Online Brokerage That Lets You Invest in Hong Kong Stock Exchange 0 10y
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0 Industry Segmentation at Hedge Funds? 0 10y
0 which choice is better for a HF career? 0 10y
+23 What characteristics do all good PMs and Fund managers have? 12 10y
0 Trading new product: Where do you start? 3 10y
0 Were any Hedge Funds destroyed in September 11? 3 10y
0 Oasis Management 0 10y
+12 Understanding the role of a client support executive 6 10y
0 boutique IB or regional asset advisor? 1 10y
0 Google Accounting Exit Opportunities 0 10y
+32 Advice for new investors who are looking to allocate capital to hedge funds 22 10y
+44 Mattress Firm acquisition...how was this likely hedged? 22 10y
0 Capital required for Short Positions 6 10y
+14 Distressed Debt / Bankruptcies news agregators/blogs 13 10y
+10 Hedge Fund Operations Salary 10 10y
+3 Citadel Commodities Junior Talent Program 2 10y
+221 Q&A: Credit Analyst at +$5B Distressed Shop 100 10y
+6 How does one go from asset management to hedge fund? 5 10y
+33 How much do your PMs work? 21 10y
0 FSI Group? 1 10y
+13 How long was your interview process ? 3 10y
+6 I want to work at a hedge fund-- Am I delusional? 5 10y
0 CItadel Global Equities Associate Interviews 7 10y
+21 hedge fund prop trader vs portfolio manager 14 10y
+78 How to short a corporate bond 39 10y
+19 Need some help re: hedge fund internship cold emails 8 10y
0 MIS a good major for jumping straight into Hedge Funds? 7 10y
0 Newb needs some help 4 10y
+79 What is the Shorting "Research" Process 17 10y
+45 Inefficient Markets, Seth Klarnan, Liar's Poker and Shorting 19 10y
0 How to get into Securitized Products HF? 3 10y
+6 Hedge fund/portfolio managers with PhD 7 10y
0 Small HF vs MO BB vs Prop Trading 7 10y
+10 How safe of a bet is a top MFE/MFin (MIT/Princeton/CMU/Columbia/etc) for a position as a quant? 15 10y
0 Which HFs have sophomore programs? 1 10y
+13 Distressed Debt In-Person Case Study Advice 2 10y
0 Obscure Hedge Fund Manager 2 10y
0 Simons vs. High Frequency Traders 1 10y
0 Entry Level Buy-Side Position 6 10y
0 Carrington Capital Management 1 10y
+30 How to build HF track record that is worth anything? 11 10y
0 Long Volatility v Short Volatility 8 10y
0 How do I respond to a headhunter that asks for my track record? 2 10y
+3 Top 10 Current Hedge Funds? 2 10y
0 Who trades the most volume in finance 0 10y
+8 Alternatives to Hedge Fund 2 10y
+33 Army Officer -> Hedge Fund 19 10y
+16 S&T vs IB background for breaking into L/S or Macro Hedge Funds 10 10y
+8 Point72 Interview Process - Thoughts? 8 10y
0 How do withdrawals or deposits impact NAV performance of hedge funds? 1 10y
+45 College student's fund has a 500% annual return over 9 years 57 10y
0 How Algos performed during Brexit 0 10y
+5 Got a HF offer! Reference check... 1 10y
+66 How much of this industry is LUCK v. SKILL? Honest assessment needed 38 10y
0 Turning 2 Bloomberg back tests into one long-short algorithm 0 10y
+54 Tips on being ruthless/efficient with research? 17 10y
0 How transferable are the skills learned in a relative-value hedge fund vs a equity value bias fund? 0 10y
0 The openness of analyst work in HF 0 10y
+7 how to raise money for a fund 12 10y
0 Can you help me? 11 10y
0 Top 10 undergrad on a gap year. Need advice 4 10y
0 Looking to talk to a short hedge fund analyst/manager about equity research 1 10y
0 A Calculator, a White-Board and hand-made design. Is it possible? Is is reliable? I'm curious. 0 10y

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