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0 LevFin to Credit HF? 1 2w
+30 "EV coverage" theses are lazy and a pet peeve of mine 5 2w
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+33 Unsure about furture...funds that don't focus on modeling/individual company fundamentals and instead on macro, momentum, etc? 13 1w
+6 L/S Equity | “Project” | Any Ideas? 1 2w
+11 HFs with ECM Strategy 13 2w
+18 Anyone ever submit fraud shorts to SEC whistleblower program? 14 2w
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+11 Treasury team trading 8 2w
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+33 Equity L/S SM HF Interview Questions 9 2w
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+7 First-Year Salaries? 6 2w
+7 Best hedge fund recruiters 2024 7 3d
0 Squarepoint Capital - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 3w
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+3 Boston HFs? 5 2w
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0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3w
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+26 Do Macro strategies require more sophisticated quantitative techniques than L/S or Long-only Equities? 11 3w
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+28 23-24 crazy comp stories 59 2w
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+18 AM->HF? 11 3w
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+6 CoderPad for Desk Strat Interview 1 4w
+8 Best lesser-known LOs 21 2w
+4 Millennium FT Research Analyst Program 4 3w
+35 $50mm net worth 45 2w
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+6 MBB Consulting exit/path to HF 3 4w
+10 Candlestick Capital 16 3w
+29 Earnings & Pattern recognition 11 4w
+26 How risky is Point72 Academy? 22 2w
+12 Time off school to work at a HF? 16 3w
+31 Long Only Opportunity Straight from College 20 3w
+21 Do experienced quant traders got interviewed with the math questions still? 11 3w
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+18 Mid BB vs Top Lo 10 4w
0 Fernbridge 1 1mo
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0 Secondaries to HF? 1 1mo
0 Millennium Management - Salary & Bonus - Financial Planning and Analysis Data 1mo
+13 Why don’t HF’s spend time on AI stocks? 7 1mo
+7 LO AM to MM HF 11 2w
+1 Euro-BTP Bond Futures 3 1mo
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+27 Let go / fired with runway at a SM HF- any advice? 18 3w
+20 Airline lost luggage 32 3w
+21 Where is the edge today? 10 1mo
+3 Good Companies to Practice Modeling On 1 1mo
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