+9 Are We on The Brink Again? 3 6y
+9 Market Noise or a Lead to sell off for Chinese ADR? 1 6y
+9 Trading in Europe (Optiver) 4 6y
+9 Trading jobs in EU ? 1 6y
+9 Thesis on options 1 6y
+10 Graduate Scheme Energy Trading Europe 3 6y
+10 'Tis the season to be German (who'd have thought!) 3 6y
+10 Inflation Options - liquidity of market, players, more information? 11 6y
+12 Fun facts about bank traders? 1 6y
+12 Interview -- Am I dinged? 1 6y
+12 Size of mortgage bonds markets in Europe 3 6y
+12 Euro the buyers trying to induce a reversal 1 6y
+12 HELP REQUIRED - GUIDANCE: COMMODITIES TRADING 1 6y
+12 How to break in Sales & Trading from economics background?? 1 6y
+12 Accept offer or not? 1 6y
+12 How to Switch Internships? 1 6y
+12 DCF Model Need Help 1 6y
+12 BB Front Office possibilities as an Eastern European finance major 1 6y
+12 Sales 1 6y
+12 Optiver 1 6y
+13 Natural Gas Trading - Switzerland 4 6y
+13 Creating More Panic? US Markets Doomed? 3 6y
+14 FIDM - Financial Institutions Derivatives Marketing - What do they do? 5 6y
+14 Leaving College to pursue Trading 1 6y
+15 Help: Exotics Sales Associate at BNP/SocGen v Summer Analyst at GS IM 6 6y
+15 The Euro has a 20% chance of lasting through the decade 12 6y
+16 I wanna bet against the USA on the stock market. How do I do that? 6 6y
+16 What is This?? 13 6y
+16 Got an offer at BB, Graduation May be Postponed 5 6y
+18 Equity Sales Interview Coming Up 4 6y
+19 Trading Records in App: Prop Shops 5 6y
+20 Trading vs. Origination 12 6y
+20 Short term Power Trader: weather sensititity 8 6y
+21 Are Energy Traders Interested In Real-Time Grid Data? 15 6y
+21 Three Strikes of the New Financial Regulation – Part 1: The Financial Transactions Tax 0 6y
+21 Career in trading and relevant degrees, CS skills? 5 6y
+21 From institutional sales in BB to trading or IM 1 6y
+22 Big American BB IMD vs Mid Tier European Sales summer offers - Want to work on buy-side 13 6y
+22 Please explain HFT market making/arbitrage 6 6y
+23 Understanding And Profiting From The Stock Market Swings 7 6y
+23 4 years IB -> Top 10 MBA -> Phys Oil Trading? 23 6y
+24 Discussion Here! 01/08/16 Market, US Treasuries Faded NFP-Inspired Momentum 7 6y
+24 Question on Futures 7 6y
+24 BB summer analyst role in eq derivatives trading 7 6y
+24 Best Commodities Products? 12 6y
+24 Getting into Commodity Trading game without a degree ? 7 6y
+25 Bond vs equity trading 19 6y
+26 Rates Strategy Research Analyst Interview Help 2 6y
+26 Picking the right Ag Trading Role: early career 12 6y
+27 BYRON WIEN’S 10 SURPRISES FOR 2010 6 6y
+27 Equity Fund Sales vs DCM - what's best for S&T ? 15 6y
+29 Life-time earnings of successful MD at an investment bank 27 6y
+30 Byron Wien's 2011 Predictions 17 6y
+30 Goldman calls of 2016 4 6y
+30 Real Time Power Trading - US vs Europe 3 6y
+31 Inverse ETF Hedging Strategies for Long Term 14 6y
+33 As vague as it sounds, how do I "get good" at this job...? *details below* 11 6y
+34 £4.4 billion?! 26 6y
+35 Commodities desk ranking 53 6y
+35 Negative Delta 9 6y
+38 Physical commodity trading in Europe 26 6y
+39 Getting ready for an extreme tail event 16 6y
+45 UN to Recommend Dumping Dollars 30 6y
+46 Culture Difference between American and European banks? 52 6y
+50 OECD: Credit is Bad for Your Economy 17 6y
+70 What programming languages are most useful? 63 6y
+80 Day in the Life: Oil Trading Research Analyst 30 6y
0 Gloom and Doom, Not Much Boom - Marc Faber 4 6y
0 Chances to get into Trading? 3 6y
0 How to make the most of my internship? 1 6y
0 How will distributed generation affect physical power trading? 2 6y
+1 Are there any requirements for working in equity/fixed income sales? 1 6y
+12 Can globalization take a step back without hindering technological advancement? 1 6y
+16 How many traders does a BB in fixed income on average employ? 6 6y
+22 Commodity career advice 6 6y
+44 Deutsche Bank Cutting 18,000 jobs!!!! 15 6y
+117 Just HOW MUCH MATH does a trader need? 164 6y
+15 FT Commodities Summit 2017, they finally uploaded some video 0 6y
+15 The Litasco SA conspiratorial HR plot isn't so silly. 1 6y
+16 Final round internship fx options - got it! Need some advice now! 11 6y
+17 Market Share (%) - Banks 2011 9 6y
+19 Help me pick my first job: Accenture vs. Prop Shop - Trying to decide which company to sign 22 6y
+23 Oh my god I'm confused 12 6y
+23 the different areas of finance 21 6y
+24 Personal Accounts: Rule 407 and You 3 6y
+24 Physical trading documentary [IN FRENCH] 10 6y
+25 Compensation overstated before I took my job 14 6y
+26 Trading in high school 34 6y
+28 PROP TRADING-INTERVIEW BRAINTEASERS 33 6y
+29 Neglected or distressed? 2 6y
+30 Graduating soon, trading/investment opportunities 17 6y
+32 TRADE IDEA, TEAR IT APART! 26 6y
+33 Commodity Trading Volatilities 23 6y
+36 Advice needed on if i'm on the right path to break into S&T/AM 6 6y
+39 Best Fixed Income Desks Table 55 6y
+45 Trading to IB? Any transferable skills at all? 83 6y
+47 Lateralling advice for traders 18 6y
+62 DRW vs BBs 33 6y
+67 What is HFT? 43 6y
+82 Is S&T a dying business? 84 6y

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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