0 Just another friday on the floor 18 19y
+13 What exactly does the trader do ? 26 19y
0 Analyst Rankings - How do firms rank? 6 10y
0 Visiting Goldman S&T tomorrow. Need questions. 12 19y
0 Prop Desk Compensation 5 19y
0 Do a lot of prop desks make a yard? 7 19y
0 Asset Management - Salary/bonus rates 7 10y
0 Advice for a programmer trying to get into trading 1 6y
0 Sales and Trading position 10 19y
0 Advice on getting into tading... 5 6y
0 Advice - European student with good grades 5 6y
0 Here's a interesting Dilema for you.... 7 19y
0 Best degree for S/T? 4 19y
0 Deutsche Bank Prop Desks 10 19y
+9 Offered job on natural gas desk in Houston - Bonus 7 6y
0 Sales - Quantative Desks/Firms 3 19y
0 Index Indices 14 19y
+10 Trader at Fannie Mae. Prestigious? 14 19y
0 Agency Trading vs. BB S&T 4 18y
0 The Trading Athlete 1 19y
0 GS Capital Introduction Team 5 8y
0 Desk Recommendations 4 3y
0 Group 1 10 19y
0 thoughts on possible desks? 5 19y
0 Structured finance to Trading 4 19y
0 popped colla whoa BSD 22 10y
+6 FX desks 6 6y
0 BCG Report and the top trading shops 4 6y
0 Junior summer analyst S&T 2 19y
0 McDonald's and the weak dollar 8 19y
0 Options vs Futures/Forwards 4 19y
0 trading futures 9 18y
0 Trader's Assistant vs. Middle Office 1 19y
0 From Fixed Income Research to Sales/Trading? 2 19y
0 Has anybody heard of Eagle Market Makers out of Chicago? 1 6y
0 Specific Tasks of Traders 12 6y
0 series 7, 63 or others for summers? 3 19y
0 FX Accumulator Options 2 19y
0 Goldman Principal Strategies Group 28 15y
0 Anal already, but can we be Retentive? 18 6y
0 Best BB as far as training goes... 10 19y
0 Suits for 1st year analysts? 4 6y
0 What to do - Want to make the jump for S&T 2 10y
0 Jump to Hedge Fund 1 19y
0 Help, what to do?! 13 19y
0 Good P&L numbers 5 19y
0 Dresscode on the Trading Floor 25 19y
0 Goldman and Merrill Almost Junk 7 19y
0 6-1 interview 3 19y
+7 Structured Credit Trading 12 8y
0 forex and commodities 9 10y
0 Official Desk Dynamics 4 15y
0 Deperate for sales! 2 19y
0 to put or not to put in resume 6 6y
+6 Wild West of Desks 5 19y
0 College senior interested in trading 4 19y
+16 the "it" factor for traders 10 19y
0 trading enviroment+$$ 5 19y
0 What is so bad about equities? 16 15y
+10 Enrty-level BB Proprietary Trading 16 19y
+21 Structuring vs. Trading 29 9y
0 Structured EM trading 4 19y
0 ML London: best desks for Markets (had mistakenly put this in I-Banking discussion) 1 6y
0 New Products? 4 19y
0 MS Fixed Income Question 4 6y
0 Need some advice for interview, etc. 2 19y
0 Hottest desk(s) 0 19y
+15 Average Career Length of a Trader... 16 19y
0 S&T for Energy Rankings 12 19y
0 UBS Russian equities 0 6y
0 Opportunities after 2 years 6 19y
0 Totally Shut Out of 1st Round Interviews 6 19y
+18 trading at oil companies 18 9y
+9 S&T Analysts and Their Contracts 10 19y
0 Rejected From Lehman Summer START Pre-Interview 5 19y
0 GS Equities 3 19y
0 Move to trading from quant 1 19y
+22 Master's Program in Quantitative Finance 24 19y
0 List of good trading/structuring internship programs? 7 19y
+59 Get into energy trading now? job prospects, salary, etc. 84 9y
+117 Just HOW MUCH MATH does a trader need? 164 6y
+24 A few good men 10 19y
0 RESUME ASSESSMENT - Sophmore at an elite college 21 6y
0 S&T Program Interview Assistance 1 19y
0 Daily trading volume of Equities, Fixed Income, Forex 6 19y
0 Your take on stock prices 10 19y
0 Interview Help - Been actively trading 2 10y
0 Internships in trading? 1 19y
0 52 week % vs YTD % 3 19y
0 a few newb questions 2 19y
0 2006 Stub Bonuses 5 19y
0 Need Help - Seeking info about interest rate sales groups 8 10y
0 Institutional Equities Sales Interview 3 6y
0 Importance of Firm 1 19y
0 lehman brothers s&T- best desk 13 19y
0 SUSQ versus CITI 1 19y
0 typical career path for a trader 30 8y
+9 Bond Sales and Trading 35 17y
0 Trading assistant salary 2 6y
+8 from sales to trading 14 2y

Career Advancement Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 03 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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