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+3 How will Dodd-Frank / Volcker Rule Reform affect Sales and Trading for BBs? 1 8y
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+11 Self Education: Foundations for understanding markets/investing/trading? 1 8y
+6 Switching from Equity to FICC and vice-versa! 5 8y
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+6 Better Growth over next 5 years: FICC or Equities? 1 8y
+12 credit electronic trading is developing but not so fast 1 8y
+21 FX Forwards - Help 7 8y
+3 Resources for Learning O&G Transportation and Storage 1 8y
+3 Why did Alphabet's P/E ratio rise so drastically at the beginning of 2018? 1 8y
+11 Is Institutional Equity Sales going to die? 4 8y
+18 Trafigura Grad Program... hours, exit? 6 8y
+10 What are the best undergraduate degrees to become an exotics rates trader or equity derivatives trader? 11 8y
+15 Help a clueless undergrad weigh 2 offers: AllianceBernstein vs Ronin Capital 5 8y
0 Could someone enlighten the world of equity derivatives for me.. 27 8y
+35 Equity Delta One Desks 26 8y
+18 Moving from IBD to Sales 17 8y
+24 Barcap front office or GS Ops/Credit Risk 22 8y
+119 Technical Analysis ... Astrology? 133 8y
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0 Interactive Brokers Requirements 9 8y
+3 ERX Pro boom of facial hair. In other words 1 8y
+12 Investment Banking to Sales and Trading? 1 8y
+12 Learning suggestions? 1 8y
+14 How to handle a cold call to a potential investor? (interview prep) 3 8y
0 BP IST Internship application update email? 4 8y
+4 Deutsche Bank €5.9 Billion forex proft in 2008 4 8y
+3 Thoughts on Trillium/Interview Process? 1 8y
+12 Are any bulge brackets still recruiting? 6 8y
+27 Incoming SA, yet very depressed 7 8y
+12 BP Integrated Supply and Trading 3 8y
0 Equity derivatives sales/structuring dying on wall street? 3 8y
+1 Commoditization of S&T 1 8y
+3 Career Prospects: Trading, Sales, Structuring 1 8y
+1 WTF is going on with the Markets??? 1 8y
+3 Power Market Analyst Exit Opps 1 8y
+10 Best commodity career paths? 2 8y
+9 Risk Management vs Investment Strategy 1 8y
+20 Transition TA to Trader - Time to Switch Shops? 3 8y
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+3 New Dodd-Frank Rules: Prop Trading for banks with 10b or less? 1 8y
+12 Spot Trading Shuts Doors 4 8y
+55 GS Operations role, should I take it if I want to be a trader?! 30 8y
+19 What is S&T? 19 8y
+3 Vidhigra represents another step in 1 8y
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+12 Just joined a BB, might get shipped to Brooklyn. What now? 1 8y
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+3 How would you grow a small S&T desk 1 8y
+104 Sell me on why I should become a trader. 49 8y
+30 Quantitative Research vs Trading 37 8y
+4 Sales Assistant 2 8y
+10 Is sales and trading dying? 16 8y
+18 First Round Interview at Five Rings Capital LLC? 38 8y
+12 Good enough for wall street?! 1 8y
+12 Finance question problem 1 8y
0 Prime Brokerage Risk Interview 1 8y
0 Applying to both IBD and S&T -- a liability? 18 8y
0 GS Securities (S&T) Sophomore Internship Advice?? 18 8y
0 UniCredit FX Trading 14 8y
0 Series 3 Study tips 6 8y
0 Best Emerging Markets desk 8 8y
+7 Best Trading desk at Merrill Lynch 8 8y
+10 How much math is enough math? 19 8y
+14 Exit opps/ Prestige for/of Big Oil trading? 14 8y
+15 Must Read Books for Salespeople 23 8y
+15 Any structurers here? Is it a good career choice? Need advice. 10 8y
+20 So what are traders personalities really like? 17 8y
+23 Math or Computer Science degree for S&T? 20 8y
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