+6 Determining Fixed vs. Variable Costs for a Public Company 4 1y
+12 MM Macro Interviews 7 1y
+6 TCI going activist on alphabet 2 1y
0 How to Structure Bonus Compensation as a Senior Analyst at L/S HF 1 1y
+18 Buyside Modeling / Pro Formas 2 1y
+14 MM passthrough 3 1y
+15 Low AUM after 15 years - red flag? 7 1y
+53 Do Huge Stock Buybacks Distort P/E Ratios? 41 1y
+3 Citadel Sec Option Market Making Fundamental Analyst 5 1y
0 Point72 - Interview - NA Data 1y
+18 Student funds as an alternative asset class? 10 1y
+6 How do I get a job as a HF liquidator? 1 1y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 1y
+18 In person modeling case study - conflicting advice 5 1y
+1 Interview Question 1 1y
+129 Work at a Start-up Hedge Fund? (Generally) A Bad Idea 52 1y
+12 PM at small HF having difficulty moving up to larger firms 1 1y
0 Marshall Wace vs G-Research 1 1y
+16 Hardest technical questions you got in HF interviews? 25 1y
+23 How does your team split the performance fees? 7 1y
+2 Crossover MM pods 8 1y
+36 Resurgence of Equity L/S in 2023 12 1y
+5 Effects of FTX disaster 2022 11 1y
+8 ER GS, S&T JPM or M&A at top 20 Bank to get to L/S HF ? 12 1y
+6 Is Citadel going public? Implications... 5 1y
0 Crossover Funds 3 1y
+6 Does internship experiences in hedge funds help the recruiting in IBD? 1 1y
+4 WACC for DCF in current rates environment 5 1y
0 Point72 - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 1y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 1y
+17 Should I try to go directly to HF? 12 1y
+5 Where is it still possibly to make 7 figures? 12 1y
+33 How do pods make any money with a 4% fed funds rate? 17 1y
+7 Where should I post trade ideas for potential jobs? 6 1y
+9 How to go from Data Science to HF? 1 1y
+9 Need advice on job switching in early career (tier2 6 months then tier1 long term) 1 1y
+6 Deleted 1 1y
+10 Learning about hedge funds and finance as a college student 2 1y
+23 YTD Returns at equity L/S (non-pod shops) 9 1y
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Review - Quantitative Research Data 1y
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 1y
+6 Citadel International Equities Summer Internship Program 2023 14 1y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Healthcare Data 1y
+6 D.E Shaw Group Fundamental Research Analyst 3 1y
+7 How to punish analysts? 13 1y
+1 Any Idea How MMs handle a rising interest rate environment? 1 1y
+15 The standard required to work in a global macro hedge fund 8 1y
0 Tanius Technologies - Interview - NA Data 1y
0 Stock Pitch Competitions Like Ira Sohn 6 1y
0 Davidson Companies - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 1y
+10 Activist Hedge Fund Recruiting 5 1y
+4 BlackRock BAA 1 1y
0 Help a College student 1 1y
+9 Compensation at Lone Pine? 9 1y
+6 Do most SM HFs guess quarterly earnings? 1 1y
+16 Optimal Path to HF 9 1y
0 How long does it take to become a PM? 2 1y
+6 HF global macro rotational programme 8 1y
0 Other - Review - Generalist Data 1y
+4 Undergrad Stock Pitch Competitions? 3 1y
+18 Are market-neutral hedge funds (Point72, Citadel) the place to be for 2022 and beyond? 6 1y
+175 What's the fuss about HFs and investing? As a 17 year old who read around 15-20 books about economics/finance, even for me investing is really easy. Also ,why do billionaires give their money to HFs?? 66 1y
+3 Activist vs L/S 1 1y
+29 Dodge and Cox Compensation and Culture 4 1y
+3 Anyone want to collaborate on ideas for PA? 1 1y
+3 What is the internal sentiment at your funds? 1 1y
+12 Why dont funds that get too big break up into smaller constituent funds 1 1y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - NA Data 1y
+8 Hedge Fund Equity Case Studies For Internship 5 1y
+8 Weiss Asset Management ? 9 1y
+83 Is merger arb the right place to be in? 42 1y
+3 Hedge fund on cycle/recruiting 1 1y
+9 Help! - Undergraduate Interview Prep 4 1y
0 Weiss Asset Management - Interview - Trading Data 1y
+3 How much do interns for analysts and developer positions at quant hedge funds make? 1 1y
+8 How is hayden still solvent? 18 1y
+3 Moving to SM L/S from Non-MF 2 1y
+3 What should I be keeping track of for future opp't? 1 1y
+13 Biggest differences between market neutral and MM? 3 1y
+11 Need Help - Hedge Funds Chicago 6 1y
+26 Why are HF analysts such tools? 19 1y
+6 Current sophomore in college trying to get summer internship. How do I get a position that allows me to eventually join a hedge fund as a junior analyst?  1 1y
+3 Sophomore summer internship 1 1y
+9 SMs - good vs. bad culture/process 1 1y
+3 SM HF APAC Comp 5 1y
+60 HF/Am Analyst vs PM 22 1y
+3 Follow up email after networking call 2 1y
+33 How prepared were you? (those who got HF jobs) 16 1y
+9 Advice for reaching analysts/PMs at hedge funds to promote newsletter? 1 1y
+5 Hasan Minhaj takes down hedge funds, doing business with Saudi Arabia and 'retail investors' 4 1y
0 Optiver - Interview - NA Data 1y
+40 Quant to Discretionary? 18 1y
+12 Gathering the skillset required to get a trading job at a hedge fund 1 1y
+12 What would you ask me? 1 1y
+12 Voloridge today? 1 1y
+20 How do I get to biopharma L/S? 22 1y
+38 Why headhunters are overrated 7 1y
+6 Quant strat 1 1y
+32 Transitioning from IB to AM/HF or Any Market-Oriented Role 8 1y
+3 Land conservation or art easements? 3 1y

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