+15 MM L/S investing - single stock alpha vs sector bets 1 3y
+10 Investment case on Financials 3 3y
+36 Plausibility of Replicating/Improving upon a Buffett-Icahn / Schwarzman-Rubenstein enterprise 20 3y
0 Abdiel Capital - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 3y
+12 What's a hedge fund structure worth? 7 3y
+17 Programming languages in finance 11 3y
+3 What's your favourite asset class? 1 3y
0 DL to Credit HF 1 3y
+13 DCF Disparity between methodologies...Help 6 3y
+12 Anyone have access to this article about Whale Rock? Can you please paste here? 21 3y
+25 How Does Citadel HF Make $28bn Revenue with $55bn AUM? Multi Manager Economics 20 3y
+21 CFA vs Alternatives for HF 13 3y
+3 Trouble finding HF internship opportunities for summer of '23 or '24 2 3y
+3 Resource to find a summary bull / bear thesis on a stock? 1 3y
+47 Starting own shop vs working for someone else 23 3y
+6 These "Magical Terms": Data Science, Machine Learning, AI... in HF 3 3y
+3 Why would a company Issue and Repurchase Shares at the same time? 1 3y
+9 A CXO company with ~50% of EV as Cash on Hand 1 3y
+3 Ways to hustle on the job? 1 3y
0 Magnetar Capital - Review - NA Data 3y
+3 BAM Partners 1 3y
+23 2023 29 3y
+10 Maverick or Equity Research? 10 3y
+185 8 figures for late 20s/early 30s HF employees 95 3y
+37 21 years old - how to invest 60k? 38 3y
+49 Citadels returns seem too high 39 3y
+43 Life Sucks 16 3y
+44 Stock picking for short term oriented funds 7 3y
+3 Citadel be ballin' 1 3y
+17 Pershing Square Capital Management 29 3y
+9 Millennium (L/S Equity Research Analyst) base salary 23 3y
+9 Opportunistic Hedge Funds - UK 5 3y
+14 What buyside path should I take? 4 3y
+190 Hedge Fund Economics 93 3y
+6 Graduating HS, going for Bloomberg terminal certification. 1 3y
+3 Citadel building 1300ft NYC tower 1 3y
+6 Year End Returns 6 3y
+5 Value Chain Analysis 6 3y
0 Worldquant - Salary & Bonus - Equity Hedge Data 3y
+3 Interviewing at an other fund while working full time 2 3y
+14 Thoughts on Capstone? 7 3y
+24 Can someone explain to me like I’m a sixth grader whether it is better to buy t bills or invest in a money market mutual fund? 6 3y
+9 Role of Economic Evaluation in Investment Analysis in Biotech Sector ! 1 3y
0 Explain to new guy - what mutual funds earn RFR? 1 3y
+3 Is Macro Back? 1 3y
+16 How easy is it to move from sell-side BB to buy-side HF for a quant? 2 3y
0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y
+878 GME / Wallstreet Bets 369 3y
+20 Biggest L of 22’: the TQQQ guy… 28 3y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Interview - Strategy Data 3y
+12 Generalist LO interviewing at healthcare SM? 1 3y
+20 Has hiring fallen off a cliff? 25 3y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y
+3 MM Math 1 3y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 3y
+17 Asking for Internship Relocation Stipend Early? 4 3y
+4 Path to HFs 6 3y
0 Analyst performance measurement 1 3y
+10 Help choosing between internship offers 4 3y
0 LS equity shops in tax friendly countries 5 3y
+3 Best Mutual Funds to Invest 1 3y
+10 Is it better to have good ideas or smart allocation 3 3y
+31 Help Understanding Offer from HF 10 3y
+23 MM L/S Hedge Fund vs UMM PE For Data Science 10 3y
+9 Asking for Internship Relocation Stipend Early? 1 3y
+24 Deleted for anonymity. Deleted for anonymity. 2 3y
+5 Anyone have positive experience fundraising with Prequin? 6 3y
+12 Another MM v SM offer question 19 3y
+5 Is it legal to work for 2 separateWh HFs with different strategies? 2 3y
+4 BAM Insights 3 3y
+9 How to Find Hedge Funds For Unpaid Internship 11 3y
+14 Strategies that highly value a law degree? 29 3y
+9 Applications of PDEs in buy side quants? 1 3y
+6 Pitching to other funds - breach of confidentiality? 2 3y
+68 WACC on the Buyside 23 3y
+30 Is Citadel unstoppable? 30 3y
+11 Which person would you rather hire? 2 3y
+9 Laid off from fund. Where to go from here? 3 3y
+18 Reaching out Etiquette 12 3y
+3 Interview Qns MLP/Baly/P72 1 3y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+11 Why would an L/S fund pay interns dramatically above market? 5 3y
+6 How much insight do PMs have into their fund's performance relative to other funds? 1 3y
+17 Is majoring in economics really necessary? 6 3y
+23 Why should I ever buy stock in a company that issues no dividends? 12 3y
+15 Commodities across platforms 6 3y
+38 Leave LO position to work for HF? 30 3y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Engineering Data 3y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 3y
+20 Jumping to a Biotech/Pharma/Life Sciences HF 7 3y
+10 building a career towards the hedge fund industry with an early start in advising and strong work experience 4 3y
+11 Deleted 2 3y
+6 Marathon Asset Management - culture / reputation etc 2 3y
0 Evercore - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+3 Which hedge funds hire straight out of undergrad in Asia? 8 3y
+7 Thoughts on emailing IR/info email 2 3y
+6 List of software-focused HFs / shops with dedicated software teams 1 3y
+23 Bond investment 17 3y
+37 "First tier" vs "Second tier" quant firm 10 3y
+3 REPE to HF? 1 3y

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