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0 ARCH/GARCH Models in Practice 4 17y
0 How hard is it to get into S&T for a top BB, or Jane St. Cap from a state school? 14 17y
0 Why don't they make an exotic product prop shop? 10 17y
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0 Dubai Trading Desks? 2 17y
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0 Energy Trading Recruitment 11 17y
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0 No future for the floor? 3 17y
0 Valuing option on a spread 1 17y
0 Which trading desk fits me best? 5 17y
0 Highland Stone Capital 0 17y
0 Need help - Sales !!! 3 17y
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0 Ex-OPs anyone! 3 17y
0 SA in Commodities, mid-office 5 17y
0 Oil- fundamentals or speculation? 0 17y
0 FT S&T interview help 1 17y
0 Derivative Specialist Program 1 17y
0 Over a 10 year period who on the average makes more? 14 17y
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0 Please Take a Minute to Give Some Advice... 2 17y
0 FX Derivatives vs Equity Derivatives (Options) 5 17y
0 S&T replaced by computres 12 17y
0 What trading desk would you want to be on? 13 17y
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0 options trading question 7 17y
0 Variable Change/ Monty Hall Problem 3 17y
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0 stochastics and statistics? 1 17y
0 Can someone explain what "quant" finance means? 8 17y
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0 What desk is least popular in S+T? 49 18y
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0 MS Systematic Trading & GS Equities Quant Trading 1 18y
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0 Why do clients ever listen to advice from S&T desks? 3 18y
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