+11 Help me shape my career in investing/hedge fund/asset management - should I go for MFE/MFin/MBA/PhD 1 5y
+11 Can I break into Trading 2 5y
+11 Am I too late? 2 4y
+11 Is an MFE still worth it if I could land an FO quant job at BB after undergrad? 2 4y
+11 it is a bad investment to go into oil? 17 4y
+11 Archived post 2 3y
+11 Selling options: Any strong recommendations for books/websites 2 4y
+11 Importance of School Prestige when climbing the ladder 1 4y
+11 Oil Ops or Origination better path to Trader 7 4y
+11 Troubling grades and FT offer... 4 4y
+11 Couple questions for bond futures 1 4y
+11 Buy Opana ER Online In The USA with Cheap Cost. 1 4y
+11 2022 Girls Who Invest SIP/OIP 32 4y
+11 Have to be a morning person in S&T? 19 4y
+11 Vatic Labs 3 4y
+11 Upside going to trading 2 4y
+11 Careers in Trading in 2021 and Onward 3 4y
+11 GS equity derivatives trader interview 11 3y
+11 Ags trading at BB 24 4y
+11 S&T to IB 6 4y
+11 How do you start the negotiation process with prop firms for Junior/Grad Trader roles? 3 4y
+11 Info on Exxon "Trading Program/Internship" 3 4y
+11 Scotiabank S&T Comp and Overall Thoughts 11 4y
+11 How long did it take for you to know what the hell you were doing? 4 4y
+11 Power prop trading vs jumping to a NYbased fund/firm 8 4y
+11 Opinions on Commodities Trading Opertaions/Middle Office Role? 8 4y
+11 NY S&T --> Chicago IB 4 4y
+11 Do any boutique banks have S&T departments? 4 4y
+11 New Graduate Signed a Non-Compete (RCA) and need to renege 2 4y
+11 FICC Sales Analyst 2 to Trading Associate 1 2 4y
+11 Cornell MEng in Financial Engineering or ESSEC Master in Finance for S&T 10 3y
+11 How to develop "second-level thinking" 3 4y
+11 Moving From S&T to IB - Is It Possible? 5 3y
+11 Interest Rate Swaps Primers / Introduction 3 3y
+11 FX Sales self-employment exit opportunities 16 3y
+11 Have you ever seen a new hire that you immediately knew wouldn’t last? 3 3y
+11 Do professional traders trade using TA? 4 3y
+11 Helllo 8 3y
+11 Quant Trader Coding Proficiency 3 3y
+11 Looking to break into a trading assistant position and eventually become a trader -- what are some good learning materials? 1 3y
+11 Rejected for MS IBD but scheduled first round for MS S&T 22 3y
+11 Anyone a rates trader in a BB/Corporate treasury? 7 2y
+11 Moving from IBD to Trading 6 3y
+11 MFE after summer internship? 7 3y
+11 Choosing between physical and paper 5 3y
+11 S&T to ECM/DCM 5 3y
+11 Power/gas traders - what is your comp? 18 2y
+11 How do people know where debt is "trading at" 4 1y
+11 Breaking into physical Metals Trading out of non-target UG 3 3y
+11 When did you all get your own book of risk to manage in S&T? 7 3y
+11 What do I need to know? 10 3y
+11 BP/Shell vs Aramco 11 3y
+11 What's operations like at Trafigura metals right now? 9 3y
+11 Prop Trading Take Home Test 2 3y
+11 Is natural gas trading dead 9 3y
+11 MORGAN STANLEY EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM -Institutional Equity Division (IED) New York - JUNE 2023 77 3y
+11 Returning to S&T chances 8 3y
+11 Tech to power prop trading 4 3y
+11 How do US interest rate option expiries work? 3 3y
+11 The state of FX trading 4 3y
+11 Quant @ Physical Commodity Shops 2 3y
+11 I got into Investment Banking, now what? 11 3y
+11 MS Quant Trading (IED) vs. GS Quantitative Investing (QIS) 3 3y
+11 Commodity Data Science Project Ideas? 5 2y
+11 Python in Sell Side Trading 6 3y
+11 Crude oil or gasoline? 6 3y
+11 Glencore/Vitol Commercial Graduate Programs - Advice for recent grad 3 2y
+11 Lateraling to Trading 4 2y
+11 Goldman Sachs Summer 2024 Summer Analyst S&T 16 2y
+11 List of Banks/Firms with S&T Summer Analyst Opps. 2 2y
+11 Crack Spread Hedging - Glen/Traf Grad Questions 4 2y
+11 Oil Trading - Arbitrage into the EOY 6 2y
+11 Is it worth to work at Trafigura in 2023? 9 2y
+11 Trainee Broker role at ICAP 6 2y
+11 Is Citi S&T being affected? 5 2y
+11 FX OPs to trading?? 2 2y
+11 S&T, should I even bother applying? 3 2y
+11 Real Time Trader Path into Power Trading 3 2y
+11 Getting started in physical trading 4 2y
+11 Ag Commodity traders, what do you enjoy the most about your job? 17 2y
+11 Commodities Trading Resources 7 2y
+11 Completely lost, what to do to build up resume for pivot to S&T 4 2y
+11 Any Advice on S&T Internship? 2 2y
+11 S&T analyst LOWBALL 2 2y
+11 Do people recruit for s&t roles anymore? 5 2y
+11 Looking for advice, move into FT S&T role 2 2y
+11 Summer Analyst NYC from Europe 6 1y
+11 Commodity trading from the most to least quantitative. 2 2y
+11 Sell Side Trader Recruiting Fails 2 2y
+11 Best distressed debt desks on the street? 10 2y
+11 How is our NYSE backtest results quant strategy? we made 17K% in 6 YRS! 1 2y
+11 Imperial MSc Metals and Energy Finance vs. Cass Energy Trade and Finance? End goal Commodity Trader. 6 2y
+11 MS IED 2025 SA 117 1y
+11 How do commodity traders secure new sources of supply? 8 2y
+11 Which rotations to pick? 3 2y
+11 Iron Ore Trading? 12 2y
+11 Loser on the trading floor - help please! 4 2y
+11 HF Sinclair Rotational Trading Program - Insight? 7 2y
+11 Macquarie Gas Trading Summer vs JPM Trading & Structuring Summer 11 2y
+11 Connecting with manager in trading internship 2 2y

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  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
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  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
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