+10 Glencore - How true is this? 13 10y
0 Sales guys first on the chopping block? 3 15y
+17 Taxes on the Wealthy 22 15y
0 Holding puts on halted stock - experienced traders please chime in 2 15y
0 Prop Trading Programme 8 15y
0 John Arnold returning money, said he cant make money in this market 4 15y
0 For you stock trading Monkeys 0 15y
0 Floored 7 15y
0 Traders in Canada 3 6y
+3 New report on Oil by IMF. 4 15y
0 WSO guides.. technical and fundamental guides better than vault 6 11y
+5 Interview books for pop shops? 5 15y
0 BancGlobal Equity Corporation? 0 6y
0 Contemplating FXCM Internship 3 15y
0 Business Cycles 2 15y
+53 Theta risk 35 15y
+33 Commodities Trading - No formal graduate programs? 42 10y
+6 WE ARE TRADERS *AHOOOO* *AHOOO* 16 12y
0 How to make the most of my internship? 1 6y
+13 STEALS in the Market right now! (Thread) 14 15y
0 NWC not as important as ROIC, revenue growth and profitability - Which one is better? 1 10y
0 NWC not as important as ROIC, revenue growth and profitability - Debate 0 10y
0 Collater Analyst for RMBS 3 15y
+8 Shorting Penny Stocks 14 5y
+30 Unexercised in the money? 10 15y
0 Power Trading Desk Compelementing a Gas & Coal desk? 0 15y
0 Compliance Department wants to talk 6 15y
+53 Do traders add value to the economy? 35 15y
+9 Recruiting to Start Immediately 4 6y
0 DB Structurer interview with FX desk 4 15y
+5 Inside Scoup: Stock Market Buying Opportunity 2 6y
0 Fed announcement on LIBOR 2 6y
0 Monthly Mortgage Payments 0 15y
+21 I wish to be a trader 12 14y
0 The Gasoline Crack-Why does RBOB Price off Brent 2 6y
+6 Trader's Skillset? 7 15y
0 Trading commissions? 2 15y
0 Profiting from Muni Bubble 2 14y
0 trading resume; will give out SB for critique 9 15y
+17 (unofficial) WSO Trading Competition 65 14y
+35 S&P manipulation 33 15y
0 BUY BUY BUY!!!?? 30 15y
0 Is Bank of America (down 15% today) in danger of collapsing? 20 15y
0 Financial Stocks Play Leader Of The Pack 2 6y
0 ACM Prop 0 6y
0 desks to learn from 6 15y
0 For new/potential Traders 16 14y
0 BB S&T 2012 HELP! 4 15y
+29 CIBC World Markets Sales Interview help 26 6y
0 ECB ready to buy Italian, Spanish Bonds 4 6y
+19 Market Crash - Brushing off job data 20 10y
0 RUMOR: S&P downgrading US debt after the close 15 15y
0 The future of CHF 6 6y
0 The volume in credit today.. 0 15y
0 Gold Flash Crash, Higher Margins, HFT caused ? 14 15y
+22 HELP!! URGENT!! 25 6y
+28 How Many Hours Do Traders Work? 63 6y
0 WSO, I need your help 4 15y
+5 NuLL L 16 12y
0 Anyone heard of Geneva energy markets? 0 6y
+14 Meeting With Derivatives Trader 5 6y
+7 Master Stock Trading Level Revealed 1 15y
0 Investment Banks, 2 15y
0 Random Musings on the Euro 1 6y
0 Need Advice - Trading Internship 6 10y
0 Offer Advice - Offer for 2 clerk positions 0 6y
0 Debt deal - What happen to the Legislators if they don't get it done? 4 15y
0 Lawyer to trader: recruiting time line, starting position? 4 15y
0 Where does the revenue come from? 3 15y
+20 Fired From Top Prop Trading Firm, Need Advice 8 11y
0 UBS to Jef 1 6y
0 Options 'Trading Level' Approval 5 15y
0 George Soros says Goodbye 2 15y
+7 Rare Earth Plays Will Make You Rich 3 6y
0 Investing in Apple? 12 15y
0 5% rule - does it apply to OTC? 3 15y
0 M/A Rumors? 3 15y
0 Impact to USD/EUR with Raising the Debt Ceiling 8 15y
0 London FT fast track recruiting 2011 8 6y
0 Should I wait till final year of uni to apply for S&T internship? 4 15y
0 Help needed on career switch: VP in IT, or AVP in quant 11 15y
+37 BAC is a god damn steal right now 37 15y
0 Trading or AM? 4 6y
0 Tim Trading Challenge? 0 15y
0 Non BB Sales and Trading in NYC 5 6y
0 Quant. Finance or Economics based on Macro? 0 15y
0 Confused - Algo Trading Strategies developer looking for career options 8 15y
0 HF Vs. IB as a Junior Trader 20 15y
+46 Learning Excel VBA on my own to prepare for Trading career... 56 9y
0 Questions regarding Trading 3 15y
+12 Got some cash - where are you throwing your money? 7 15y
0 Start Dates for BB S&T Grad Schemes in Hong Kong/Singapore 0 6y
+34 How do you know you'll be 'good' at trading? 31 12y
0 Misc Trading Questions 2 15y
0 SONY TAKE OVER BY MICROSOFT?!!? 8 15y
+10 Hold Brothers in NYC 1 6y
+5 Book Title 8 10y
0 How to Start a Commodities Exchange 2 15y
0 Delicate situation 6 15y
+9 why does the market still listen to Moody/S&P ? 15 12y

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