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Hi Derk-Dicerk, any of these threads helpful:

  • The futures & options markets are no longer viable. It is my recommendation that ALL customers withdraw from all of the markets are very highly-leveraged and thus require an exceptionally firm base upon which to function. That ... I could no longer tell my clients that their monies and positions were safe in the futures and options ... soliciting trades that I knew were unsafe or holding funds that I knew to be in jeopardy. The futures markets ...
  • What careers are there that pay very well that are atypical (i.e. non-PE, IB, etc.) or less considered? Funds, etc. and how much money they make but what other careers and fields are there that people here ... rarely talk about that have similar money making potential and/or prestige? to Sunday, May 27, 2018- ...
  • What are the 'unicorn jobs' that M7 MBA students sometimes hold out for? it referring to positions such as C-suite at start-ups, or are there specific firms which they ... I read recently that HBS and GSB sometimes have lower placement rates upon graduation because the ... students hold out for 'unicorn jobs'. What would be some specific examples of jobs like this? Is ...
  • remote capital contribution prop firm?/s I realize this is out of the realm of the firms you guys are looking at, and what you guys do, but ... I figured some of you might have some insight. Do remote capital contribution firms allow you to trade as ... take overnight positions if you hedge them with options? Any firms suggested that trade US equities ...
  • What do market makers do? Also, prop trading firms. directional trading. Is that just because market making is a safer bet? If so, then why are there prop shops ... making is flow trading, why is it that these firms call themselves prop trading firms? Is it just because ... I noticed that a lot of the top "proprietary trading firms" actually do market making. If mark
  • What are two conflicting viewpoints that you hold? One of mine is that I believe people should have the right to associate (example: do business ... with, date) with who they want, but I also believe that to discriminate against a person because of ... something they have very little to no control over, such as ethnicity, is wrong. What are some of your ...
  • Are there any long-term and high paying jobs out there? a temporary job that people take before inevitably going to Corp Dev/Fin. Getting to MD, Partner at MBB or ... Partner at a PE firm have been mostly described as close to impossible. AM as a whole has been described ... career to last 20+ years. Law is quite the same, there's really only 2 places you can go: Biglaw or ...
  • More suggestions...

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