Macro Research????

You would definitely be well positioned to move to a Macro Hedge Fund as an analyst

you'll have pretty solid exit ops to macro HF's. also grad school if you want. but of course macro HF's are still an exit op after grad school as well.

it's a pretty good position to be in imo.

Thanks for the responses guys. If I think that there's a chance I might be interested in fixed income trading later on, however, would you guys recommend that I do the macro research for two years and then move into trading with a solid understanding of econ or should I just start off in trading immediately?

Sounds like a great gig. Congrats.

if you're end goal is trading, then just do trading now. as a trader, esp in fixed income, you don't have to be a macro guru to be successful. so no need to spend 2 yrs in research.

otherwise, i think macro research 1. builds great fundamentals into your investment ideas and 2. have solid exit ops in terms of grad schools and HF's.

You wouldn't do much or to be more precise any trading as an analyst for the first two years anyway. Research will certainly help you get a better understanding of the market and what drives it

Don't macro HF's also like fixed-income traders? Or would macro research really be better to get into a sweet HF like Soros? I guess my main concern is that I'll be pigeonholed forever as the "research analyst" and won't ever make serious $$

Glad to revive this thread five years later, because now we can now where you exited?

I'm actually more interested though as to what your background was pre-this internship. And what did the day to day work turn out to be like?