0 Variable Change/ Monty Hall Problem 3 15y
0 GS Distressed Prop Desk 3 15y
0 stochastics and statistics? 1 15y
0 Can someone explain what "quant" finance means? 8 15y
0 MBA or MFE for trading 4 15y
0 Analysts starting 9 15y
0 What desk is least popular in S+T? 49 15y
0 trading more complicated than banking 38 15y
0 MS Systematic Trading & GS Equities Quant Trading 1 15y
0 Can a trader specialize in more than one product? 0 15y
0 exit opportunities from sourcing/cold calling 0 16y
0 Pay in Structured Credit Sales 0 16y
+27 Is it crucial to understand what you're trading? 28 16y
0 MS vs Lehman 0 16y
0 Cash traders & sales-traders - what's the point? 11 16y
0 Mimic SP500 with 10 stocks 14 16y
0 Where can I get a taste of Trading? 1 16y
0 Prop group or flow group for 1st year 0 16y
0 failed degree = rejected job offer? 10 16y
0 Agency Trading vs. BB S&T 4 16y
0 Why do clients ever listen to advice from S&T desks? 3 16y
0 Question about the markets 1 16y
0 Trading Scene in A Good Year (Russel Crowe)--wtf is going on 9 16y
0 Sales - different products? 2 16y
0 Interesting article on the financials 5 16y
0 Commodities Option Pricing internship 6 16y
0 Credit Suisse Global Lev Finance & Port Products Interview - Help! 1 16y
0 Longevity Derivatives/Trading 3 16y
0 Investing on the trading floor 2 16y
0 Where should I work? 4 16y
0 Distressed Debt trading vs Distressed HF 3 16y
0 Fixed Income, Commodities, and Derivatives Indices 6 16y
+10 Models for S&T 7 16y
0 Leverage & Liquidity Ratios 1 16y
0 The Math/Quant Delusion 4 16y
0 Where would I fit? 0 16y
0 To the admins...and the readers 4 16y
0 Difference between fixed income desks 40 16y
0 Principal Transactions 3 16y
0 Swensen on Fixed Income 0 16y
0 Equity Derivative Pricing/Asian Option 1 16y
0 reasonable expectations for cumulative comp after a few years? 2 16y
0 Stock Index Futures 4 16y
0 HF or smaller shops that offer internships related to trading or PM 1 16y
0 Turning Down GS S&T for... 31 16y
0 Traders forum is dying 11 16y
0 help with this question 7 16y
0 Database of S+T Interview Questions 0 16y
0 CFA for a Sales job? 11 16y
0 Salary and Bonus Numbers 2 16y
0 Which market is going to be prominent in 2008? 2 16y
0 Entry point 3 16y
0 Traders & Product Control 2 16y
0 ML Global Markets CRE interview 0 16y
0 Best shops for weather & carbon emissions? 2 16y
0 Equity Trading Prop Shops 11 16y
0 Assessing competitiveness 4 16y
0 Modern Analysis 3 16y
0 Help me clarify 3 16y
0 Summer Associate positions (S&T) 1 16y
0 CS trader jumps 3 16y
0 Can I put this on my CV? 12 16y
0 Switching firms during an analyst program 1 16y
0 Bear or UBS for Equities? 3 16y
0 Equity Research Summer Intern at Merrill, but want to do S&T 3 16y
+29 Credit Suisse S&T? 59 16y
0 Hedging choices 11 16y
0 A position in trading 1 16y
0 SIG and DRW 15 16y
0 what WE would be useful for learning to me? 4 16y
0 When did you learn derivatives in school 10 16y
0 Looking to do some reading... 5 16y
0 UBS invite only networking session Stamford CT...anybody? 1 16y
+17 ML and Citi - What are they known for? 6 16y
0 BP internship 7 16y
0 Pissing off firms by dragging on my decision on offer? 3 16y
0 Rank Fixed Income Trading Banks 8 16y
0 2nd year analyst Sales bonus 3 16y
0 Sales Litterature 1 16y
0 GS Stingy? 0 16y
0 Rule #1 7 16y
0 Goldman Securities SA Placed Program 1 16y
0 DB ABS/secondary CDO desk 10 16y
0 What does a trader do when he turns 40, 50, 60? 7 16y
0 SIG and DC-Energy 7 16y
0 Summer Associate on S&T desk 3 16y
0 How the Fuck Should a Retail Trader Trade 5 16y
0 S&T Summer Associate Interview at CSFB 3 16y
0 Does anyone know of good commodity shops in LA 0 16y
0 How is trading for a comdity firm or producer compared to the BB path of S&T? 0 16y
0 How Important Are "Leadership Days" at IBanks 1 16y
0 SocGen S/T 2 16y
0 Fundamental Analysis Prop Desk? 16 16y
+19 Let's talk about sales 5 16y
0 Difference b/w S&T Ops & Junior Trader? 0 16y
0 Post-MBA Trading Compensation? 4 16y
0 Trading and MBA? 2 16y
0 where do you go from here? 1 16y
0 who's tearing it up in this market? 7 16y
0 IR (attn: Jimbo!) 3 16y

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