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0 The Greatest Dilemma 6 3y
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0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 3y
0 Bain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 3y
+11 What is intrinsic value of a cyclical company? 11 3y
+46 Cohen, Loeb, and Chanos, their funds and stock manipulation. 7 3y
+28 Good models? (from sell side or your own) 8 3y
+10 Aiming for HFs, I'd like to get your take on my strategy. 3 3y
+6 How long until you pitched first idea for the book? 4 3y
+17 MM Turnover Stats 12 3y
+12 Hedge Fund Execution Trader to Top MBA? 2 3y
+38 Life in a MM HF 20 3y
+3 Varde Partners - anyone familiar? 1 3y
+32 Are SM's worth pursuing anymore? 24 3y
+16 MM to SM HF / Tiger Cub? 4 3y
+9 What Do I Look For During Interviews? 1 3y
+5 Ironshield Capital Management - London 7 3y
+1 Hedge Fund sale 5 3y
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0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+16 Arrowstreet Capital? 14 3y
+3 Real Estate to Hedge Fund - how to transition? 3 3y
+4 How much notice should I give 1 3y
+12 Vaccine requirements at quant firms? 3 3y
+6 SS ER to L/S HF recruiting…slow for all or is it just me? 5 3y
+8 3 Statement Model Tests: Quarterly or Annual 3 3y
+16 MM as a new grad 1 3y
+17 How to cope with the lack of guidance? 1 3y
+3 What is the best free app for stock alerts? 1 3y
+28 How to renege 5 3y
+135 Why hasn't capitulation occurred yet? 82 3y
+17 How do y'all feel about the STEM Masters Degree career pivot into HF 2 3y
+8 OakTree Internship Program 2024 2 3y
+3 Any HF that may take remote interns? 2 3y
+30 Top target schools for quant hedge fund or quant/algo prop shop? 19 3y
+6 Fired from Prop Shop after 2 months 1 3y
+7 Looking for advice | investment thesis 2 3y
+15 10 Years from now this bear market will likely be viewed as a speed bump. Change my mind 4 3y
+11 IP when leaving a firm 3 3y
+4 What math skills are needed to break into HF or the buyside in general? 2 3y
+9 Best MM in London 4 3y
+33 Perfect role came up - apply now or keep powder dry? 7 3y
+4 Luxor Capital Group 3 3y
+1 Alkeon Capital Management 5 3y
+9 Execution Quant Career Trajectory 2 3y
+18 Is this the wrong industry for extroverted people? 5 3y
+12 Undergrad trying to learn investing 3 3y
+3 Tensile Capital 2 3y
0 Ewing Morris Investment Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Ewing Morris Investment Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research Data 3y
+5 MM HF vs BB/EB IBD for college grads 2023 5 3y
+9 HELP: Modeling Test 2 3y
+6 Experienced buyside professionals - how do you report performance of stock picks on your resume? 1 3y
+3 HELP: Modeling Test 1 3y
0 Millennium Partners - Review - Generalist Data 3y
+49 Biopharma Stock Pitch for L/S HF Interview 19 3y
+33 G-Research - Hedge fund or not? 14 3y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 3y
0 Soros Fund Management London 5 3y
0 Millennium Partners - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 3y
+15 Workstation / Monitor Setup 5 3y
+10 8 Figure Guarantees 28 3y
+6 Special Situation HF or PE Firm? 10 3y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Review - Quantitative Research Data 3y
+18 GSAM vs hf? 17 3y
+12 How do quants change firms while dealing with brand new infra? 1 3y
+31 When Does Your College Become Irrelevant? 15 3y
+10 What's the hype with ChatGPT investing? 4 3y
+15 What’s your market outlook? 11 3y
+10 Networking / Cold Recruiting 2 3y
0 Remote Analyst Workflow Tips 1 3y
+4 Difference between Distressed Investing and Opportunistic Credit? 2 3y
+2 Pod PMs get short rebate? 2 3y
+12 5bn book at MM HF 15 3y
+8 WorldQuant Down 1B 4 3y
0 What IBD Industry Team for L/S exit? 1 3y
0 Elliott Management Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research Data 3y
+16 Do my experiences make up for a low (3.4) GPA? 8 3y
+10 Accessing Equity Research Reports 3 3y
0 Timeframe 1 3y
+2 Headhunter Marshall Wace US 9 3y
+3 Experienced and friendly HF/Algo (ex) traders please! LF resources suggestion 2 3y
+2 From BB M&A to AQR 5 3y
0 How to think about iTraxx Crossover? 1 3y
+21 Regret joining sell-side, looking for advice 0 3y
+3 Two Sigma offer timeline? 1 3y
0 AQR Capital Management - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 3y
+6 MM Case Study 11 3y
+4 MM HF HSW Chances? 10 3y
+3 Brevan Howard NYC? 4 3y
+6 Buyside headhunters / PBs Middle East 1 3y
+18 Is anyone willing to mentor? 5 3y
0 Man Group - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 3y
+10 Do Hedge Funds like Citadel, Two Sigma, AQR etc. hire people with Mechanical Engineering degree as Quantitative Researchers? 4 3y
+12 Comp Check - MM Pod after 3 years of banking 13 3y

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