+31 Some Multistrategy Hedge Funds Keep Over Half of Their Profits (Bloomberg) 24 2mo
+31 Long Only Opportunity Straight from College 20 1mo
+31 "EV coverage" theses are lazy and a pet peeve of mine 6 1w
+31 Cash Allocation Discussion 6 1mo
+31 Non-GAAP Income Statement 6 1mo
+31 How to Know if HF L/S industry is for me? Wealth Management instead? Feel lost 8 1w
+31 Analysts Launching Out of MM 29 2d
+30 Grant Wonders 32 2mo
+30 Long term LO prospects vs MM HF 14 4mo
+30 Guarantees at multi managers 2 9mo
+30 How do you budget for big life decisions given career/comp uncertainty? 8 9mo
+30 Incoming IB MBA Associate set on a future investing in public equities - advice on how to best prepare? 9 9mo
+30 Proving your track record 15 7mo
+30 Seed capital providers for HF launch? 7 6mo
+30 How do you H-1B visa holders grapple with the stress of working at an MM? 27 6mo
+30 Your opinion on top distress / opportunistic credit shop 13 6mo
+30 Where do pod shop ‘churns’ go to? 25 4mo
+30 Exploring a Novel Investment Concept: Purchasing Rights to Future Income 6 4mo
+30 HF London Scene - What's it like out of undergrad? 23 4mo
+30 SM HF opportunities from banking vs 2+2 14 1w
+29 How to get to top HF out of undergrad 41 11mo
+29 Risk premium is a circular concept? (My theory) 19 9mo
+29 IB to HF, London. Limited roles available…should I move to NY? 11 1mo
+29 Should YOU quit your Job to become an independent trader? 14 6mo
+29 Tiger Global's Scott Schliefer Out 5 2mo
+29 Point72 2025 SA 175 4d
+29 Earnings & Pattern recognition 11 1mo
+29 Could a company like Oracle ever really fail? 10 1mo
+29 Is HF worth the risk if making 7 figs in SS ER? 24 1mo
+29 How to move from prop to MM for quant? 6 1w
+29 Realistic HF Career Earnings 30 2d
+28 Hedge Fund Interview - Ghosted??? 14 8mo
+28 What skills do you actually need in MM HF pods? 16 6mo
+28 Has Anyone Here Left A Relatively Cushy UMM / MF PE Seat To Pursue MM HF Work Instead? 7 7mo
+28 Worth holding out for SM HF - London 14 7mo
+28 Capital Structure Analysis Questions 11 1mo
+28 Would choose MM over SM any day of the week 18 2mo
+28 Quants vs. Discretionary Traders - which is more lucrative? 17 2mo
+28 Vitol posts $13B profits for 2023 28 1w
+27 Prince in need of an advice for universities 35 12mo
+27 Best L/S Credit HF Seats 25 2mo
+27 Thoughts on Glenview Capital? 30 1mo
+27 What HF are available to me from CBS MBA and CFA? 7 9mo
+27 Can you teach investing acumen? 13 8mo
+27 Which pods to avoid in equities 18 5mo
+27 Bridgewater and Ray Dalio 12 5mo
+27 Jane Street 7 B's in Profit this Year 18 3mo
+27 Life/Career after being a Portfolio Manager 25 2mo
+27 how do i get on track to become a quant at a mf? 21 1mo
+27 Let go / fired with runway at a SM HF- any advice? 18 1mo
+27 Small Prop shop vs BB middle office quant intern 9 1mo
+27 Thoughts on MMF 19 4w
+26 Very dumb question 11 11mo
+26 Industry Deep Dive 7 10mo
+26 Credit at a pod-shop? 10 9mo
+26 Stock Pitch/Interview advice for Citadel CAP recruiting 4 9mo
+26 Thesis for 500 percent gain in stocks in next 5 years 19 8mo
+26 Laid Off from IB and Can't Get Hired 20 3d
+26 Biotech Trade Idea 15 7mo
+26 Tiger Global Memo - anyone able to comment on legitimacy? 17 1mo
+26 Why is 75% of this forum MM HF trolls? 10 7mo
+26 Using the sellside effectively 6 6mo
+26 If Analysts and PMs were paid the same, 99% would choose to be analyst. 15 6mo
+26 CS Major at Ivy with older sibling at HF hoping to break in 6 5mo
+26 Are macro product markets less efficient than equities? 10 1mo
+26 Target UK Masters > AM/HF. Confused on the process 9 4mo
+26 Starting at a HF - any tips? 13 4mo
+26 High turnover at Millennium 21 3mo
+26 How risky is Point72 Academy? 25 22h
+26 23-24 crazy comp stories 68 3w
+26 Do Macro strategies require more sophisticated quantitative techniques than L/S or Long-only Equities? 11 1mo
+26 Taking Pay Downgrade from SS ER to LO? 15 1mo
+26 How do you get up to speed as a consultant on finance? 6 4w
+26 Event Driven / M&A Arb Interview Process - How to Prepare? 14 20h
+26 Point72 Modeling Test/1st Stage Interview 25 2d
+26 Evaluating offer to join $5-10bn SM straight out of banking. 23 2w
+25 Hindenburg research 24 11mo
+25 Move from LO to MM for an early career associate 13 7mo
+25 Is it possible to move from top AM to a special sits HF? 12 8mo
+25 Opportunities after MM HF Career 13 3mo
+25 Predicament going into Sophomore year 10 7mo
+25 How to think about Post-IPO PE Presence in Public Equity? 3 7mo
+25 Negotiating small hedge fund offer 8 7mo
+25 How do funds actually collect fees? 14 7mo
+25 Can you move from Pods to SM's? 13 5mo
+25 Breaking into HF/VC 8 4mo
+25 How do you know you're ready to move to HF? 17 4mo
+25 Analyst variation within pod 11 4mo
+25 How to learn about HF's? 5 3mo
+25 When news come in as expected 10 4mo
+25 Holocene Advisors 12 4mo
+25 Partners Leaving Coatue 17 3mo
+25 Leaving SM to join new pod - signing bonus ask? 20 2mo
+25 HF List 10 2mo
+25 What would your impression be? 10 2mo
+25 Q1 MM HF performance 10 2w
+24 under radar quant funds / prop shops 6 7mo
+24 What is the best path to working at a hedge fund? 15 10mo
+24 HELP: Delisted MBNKF (US ADR) which is LON: MTRO 13 8mo
+24 Typical offer for PM at MMs 14 2mo

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