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