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0 Quant Payscale 0 16y
0 Exactly what does an entry-level analyst trader do at a BB... 8 16y
0 Is trading a harder or easier field to break into than ibanking? 10 16y
0 Choosing a prop shop 9 16y
0 Problems with S&T 14 16y
0 Where should I start... 11 16y
0 A Career Crossroads 3 16y
0 Suggestion and advice for courses 12 16y
0 Need advice - Portfolio Sales vs Structured Volatility Sales 12 16y
0 Prop vs. Sell-side analyst position 4 16y
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0 Exotic Credit 17 16y
0 Leverage Loan Trading Metrics 1 16y
+1 Difference between DCM and Fixed Income 1 16y
0 Lehman Brothers- Cash Equity Trading vs Credit Trading 21 16y
0 Rankings, which ones really matter? 4 16y
0 Hottest Desks 8 16y
0 Locations for traders to live 6 16y
0 Futures and ticks 3 16y
0 2 years interning 1 left 1 16y
0 Turnover in S/T 1 16y
0 equity cash trading 15 16y
0 Lowered Expectations 0 16y
0 UBS Trading 4 16y
0 ADRs and GDRs 11 16y
0 Trading simualtion 8 16y
0 Can you explain to me the non-quant role in trading, esp if I have my MSc in Fin (not MFE)? 6 16y
0 7 digit bonuses 8 16y
0 Structuring to Flow 4 16y
0 What does the analyst do? 5 16y
0 Readings 10 16y
+7 The difference between buy-side and sell-side. 21 16y
0 How much capital do you get? 15 16y
0 S&T Bonuses 33 16y
0 gagnon securities? 2 16y
0 BS Collateral Sale 10 16y
0 some "target" clarrification 15 16y
0 S versus T 6 16y
0 research reports 7 16y
0 Any B&S guys here? 6 16y
0 So, how long will this down cycle be? 0 16y
0 What's the etiquette with "We'll get back to you within 24 hours with a decision", then they don't. 4 16y
0 Which desks are the most quantitative? 3 16y
0 Need Series 65 for S&T? 3 16y
0 BP's Supply and trading Graduate Program? 0 16y
0 Sales Question 13 16y
0 FXCM 4 16y
0 Finance w/ concentration in math. 4 16y
+20 How (if at all) is financial modeling important in trading (compared to M&A, etc.)? 19 16y
0 do traders like their jobs? 3 16y
0 What is the most common major(s) for traders? 5 16y
0 What's a 'natural buyer'? 2 16y
0 NASD Licenses? Like Series 7? 2 16y
0 Emerging Markets Ratings 7 16y
0 Switch: rating agency quant team to S&T 0 16y
0 Derivatives applications support 3 16y
0 What's better? Starting a career in S&T in Bull Market or Bear Market 14 16y
0 so I've been properly predicting (a lot of) stocks lately... 22 16y
0 Sophomore Summer Dilema 5 16y
0 S&T Hiring during downtrend 4 16y
0 Structured Derivatives 0 16y
0 to math or not to math 5 16y
0 Average GPA from S/T 5 16y
0 advise me, for I need direction 12 16y
0 How to advance fast? 5 16y
0 Help, very important 4 16y
0 Which traders are the ones that get the $50 million bonuses? 10 16y
0 I think I'm done here fellas 17 16y
0 S&T After College 4 17y
+7 Sales and Trading to DCM 15 17y
0 to be a trader 2 17y
0 what stocks do you like 5 17y
0 Do traders get into business school? 26 17y
0 Preparation materials? 6 17y
0 Free traders' spreadsheet? 0 17y
0 Skins 6 17y
0 Prop Desk Compensation 5 17y
0 Visiting Goldman S&T tomorrow. Need questions. 12 17y
0 Just another friday on the floor 18 17y
0 Deutsche Bank Prop Desks 10 17y
+13 What exactly does the trader do ? 26 17y
0 Do a lot of prop desks make a yard? 7 17y
0 Sales and Trading position 10 17y
0 Here's a interesting Dilema for you.... 7 17y
+15 Average Career Length of a Trader... 16 17y
+16 the "it" factor for traders 10 17y
0 Best degree for S/T? 4 17y
0 Sales - Quantative Desks/Firms 3 17y
0 Index Indices 14 17y
+10 Trader at Fannie Mae. Prestigious? 14 17y
0 The Trading Athlete 1 17y
0 Junior summer analyst S&T 2 17y
0 Group 1 10 17y
0 thoughts on possible desks? 5 17y
0 Structured finance to Trading 4 17y
0 From Fixed Income Research to Sales/Trading? 2 17y
0 McDonald's and the weak dollar 8 17y
0 How to respond to an HR email... 8 17y
0 Options vs Futures/Forwards 4 17y

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