+31 Computer Science Major - Great (?) School, Crappy GPA 22 6y
+31 Starting a Career at Barclay's S&T: Good Idea? 34 5y
+31 Sales and Trading to Hedge Fund/ AM 31 5y
+31 Searching for a desk.. 9 6y
+31 How to become a physical commodity trader? 17 7y
+31 Junior Canadian STIR/FX trader -> Offer from Chicago Corp? 2 6y
+31 Trading Floor BS 17 7y
+31 Prestigious Prop Shop Exit Ops 7 6y
+31 Life in & after MS in Commodity Trading at UNIGE? 13 5y
+31 Best sales job in finance 7 6y
+31 Do Physical Traders typically obtain licensing? 10 6y
+31 Prop Trading Pay at Different Firms? 52 3y
+31 Physical sugar trading 9 2y
+31 Masters or Take Full Time Offer 13 5y
+31 S&T Mock Interview Partners (SA/FT) 18 5y
+31 Traders - How do you take the edge off? 16 5y
+31 Jane Street vs Optiver Internship (Summer 2021) 28 4y
+31 What are good products to cover in S&T? 23 5y
+31 VIX Curve Data 7 4y
+31 Offer Compare: TA at Tier 2 shop vs. Bond Trader at no name 9 3y
+31 Commodity Trading vs IB Trading (Graduate) 12 3y
+31 Shell Trader Development Program 55 2y
+31 Careers in Quant Trading/Programming Dev 15 2y
+31 Is Stevens Finance worth it for 6-figure debt - Help this mom of a high schooler please!!! 12 1y
+31 Advice on recruiting 35 1y
+31 Is there an equivalent to the 'bible' for S&T? 8 11mo
+31 Fallbacks? 4 8mo
+31 Internship in Africa? 10 5mo
+30 Energy Rodeo 2011 39 15y
+30 Bubble Trouble for Gold? 18 6y
+30 Buy Side Traders 29 15y
+30 Energy Trading Job - Apply Now 10 6y
+30 Byron Wien's 2011 Predictions 17 6y
+30 Graduating soon, trading/investment opportunities 17 6y
+30 Should I Get a Finance and Computer Science Dual Degree? 27 6y
+30 Unexercised in the money? 10 14y
+30 FT BB trading VS Ivy league education / environment 24 14y
+30 Quantitative Research vs Trading 37 8y
+30 Macro HF Interviews: Paul Tudor Jones, Louis Bacon and Bruce Kovner 2 6y
+30 Secondary loan trading? Secondaries 21 7y
+30 Volcker Rule Vote on Deck...How Bad is This? 11 6y
+30 Barclays vs. Citi vs. CS S&T SA Offer 23 12y
+30 FT Decision: Concerns over SnT Exit Opps 18 8y
+30 FI Trading Down? 25 11y
+30 Choosing between 3 desks for BB S&T SA 25 5y
+30 S&T Position Decision Help for SA! Goldman S&T Boston Vs. BAML S&T NYC 27 6y
+30 Best Way to Capture Returns from a Decline in Volatility 16 10y
+30 BB vs trading firms? 18 10y
+30 How to predict curve moves & How to understand the swap spread? 14 9y
+30 Will Quant Trading Wipe Out Traditional Trading? 25 9y
+30 Goldman calls of 2016 4 6y
+30 Very Basic BOND question (can't get head around it) 7 6y
+30 Energy Trader Route 23 6y
+30 remote capital contribution prop firm?/s 10 7y
+30 CFA® /IMC Trading own account ? 22 5y
+30 Anyone tired of the current market structure 3 6y
+30 Real Time Power Trading - US vs Europe 3 6y
+30 Best Master for Forex Trading 8 4y
+30 Commodities without degree? 10 6y
+30 Middle Office BB to Second Tier Sales? 5 6y
+30 MSWM Capital Markets vs MSIM vs MS Global Cap Markets 8 6y
+30 Robinhood Selling Info to Trading Firms? 15 5y
+30 Working into a Jr Trading role from scheduling...hoping for some advice. 6 6y
+30 Where to Start in FICC? 18 3y
+30 Cargill Commodity Trading Internship 25 3y
+30 Difference between natty/power and oil/other? 14 4y
+30 I Feel Like a Failure 22 4y
+30 Is hard work recognized? 11 4y
+30 BB Algo Trading vs Tier 3 Prop Shop 16 3y
+30 Best Sales & Trading Desks for my criteria? 28 3y
+30 energy trader, do I move? 31 2y
+30 Career in CMBS / MBS 17 11mo
+30 Most Useful Credentials For a Career In Physical Trading? 34 2y
+30 Trade shop politics...being a team player, vs fighting for yourself? 3 2y
+30 Target Masters in Europe for Trading Desks 12 2y
+30 What do salespeople do in sales and trading, and is this role still relevant with the rise of automated trading? 11 1y
+30 Oil vs Gas vs Power - Which offer to take? 17 1y
+30 Best S&T desks for non-STEM/CS background 7 9mo
+30 College student networking via bloomberg? 13 8mo
+30 Exit Opportunities For Real Time Power Trader 19 1mo
+29 Credit Suisse S&T? 59 18y
+29 SIG - Junior undergrad 57 9y
+29 Difference between Investment Management and Trading 13 16y
+29 Equity Derivatives BB Interview: behavioral and technical questions to expect? 33 9y
+29 Technical Analysis - Help with trading? 31 9y
+29 Google Launches Trading Floor to Manage $26.5 Billion in Cash Reserves 37 15y
+29 Necessity of Extensive Programming Experience 38 16y
+29 VP FI Trader Willing to answer questions 20 15y
+29 When Buffett Speaks, You Listen 16 15y
+29 Why do you guys always wear vests? 28 8y
+29 Electricity prices at PJM West 19 3y
+29 S&T Bonus Structure 20 13y
+29 Breaking into large HF from BB trading analyst role 23 8y
+29 Options Trading Simulator 9 15y
+29 CIBC World Markets Sales Interview help 26 6y
+29 Life-time earnings of successful MD at an investment bank 27 6y
+29 My Story So Far - Oil 16 6y
+29 what typically happens to stock prices after an acquisition? 14 9y
+29 Explaining Facebook Stock Price Swings 14 3y
+29 Trading Discipline - What have you done to get pass the feeling of "it'll go back up so i won't sell now" mentality? 9 13y

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
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  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
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  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
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