+29 What are S&T hours really like and do they vary by bank/desk? 18 12y
+17 HOW SMART ARE YOU > logical reasoning > enter the bulge! 5 12y
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+27 Trading still a good career? 9 12y
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+23 Google and Trafigura hiring non-graduates 4 12y
+12 Oil or commodity Research 3 12y
0 Business School Student studying finance 0 12y
+20 MS Mid-Market Fixed Income Sales - Looking for info 7 12y
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0 Is this considered a decent return? 8 12y
0 Why banks don't provide financing for agri- physical trading? 5 12y
+27 BB S&T to What Type of Hedge Funds??? 7 12y
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0 Energy Rodeo 2015 for future energy traders 1 12y
0 CFD trading strategy 0 12y
0 Career Perspective at firms like Teza/Headlands/Eladian 2 12y
0 Would a supply chain internship boost my chance of entering commodities trading? 1 12y
+27 Premium Bond Question 13 12y
0 FX/interest rates structuring : COURSES (math or programming) 7 12y
+14 Is trading in HF/prop shops the overall most profitable career, and if so, will it still be the case in the coming years? 13 12y
+24 HFT Firms Place Trades with Military Towers 5 12y
0 Would anonymous mentorship advice (non-interview format) be useful? 1 12y
0 What are the available roles? 0 12y
0 Anyone know anything about S&T at Robert W Baird? 0 12y
+51 Just Started Sales & Trading Internship, Need Advice 30 12y
+1 If any of you guys are successful traders, could I keep in contact with you 39 12y
+17 Anyone else shorting Treasuries? 27 12y
0 I basically need a lot of help. 19 12y
0 Repo Trading Salary 0 12y
0 Overall Structure of Producing Physical Firm 1 12y
+26 Prop houses...one big scam? 21 12y
+10 Funding/Short Term Trader 10 12y
0 How does settlement and clearing work in the US interbank market? 4 12y
0 US 2-10's Steepner 5 12y
0 Transitioning from Prop Trading to Hedge Fund? 12 12y
+28 Asking Sr. Trader a Question About a Trade (physical) (monty or someone please answer) 21 12y
0 Path to trading 0 12y
0 S&T Compensation Question 3 12y
0 2014 S&T Interview Preparation for Traders 0 12y
+59 S&T interns: 3 things that got me hired 19 12y
+16 Corporate Bond / CDS / IRS 4 12y
0 US Brokerage Account for Foreigners (ITIN) 2 12y
0 Sources of Funding? 12 12y
+36 Could a solid, but not top MFE program help me break into trading at a bank/hedge fund? 28 12y
0 How to Move From Equity Trading (Buy side) to Credit Trading (Sell-Side)? 8 12y
0 GRE verbal - prep advice 9 12y
0 Important things to know in Bloomberg for trading 0 12y
+26 Scalability and Replicability of Trading Strategy 11 12y
+38 Learning to code 22 12y
0 List of Broker/Dealers in CT? 6 12y
+21 Best way to learn options 25 12y
0 Financial Spread Betting Price Comparison Site? 1 12y
+12 Friend is trying to get a job at a prop shop -- said he's heard of starting salaries of $200k+bonus... is that true? 15 12y
0 Thought Exercise - Football Tickets 0 12y
0 Sales Trader Interview:How to prepare/ What to expect 4 12y
+10 Any chance for S&T Summer internship? 2 12y
+13 Self-complaint from a rising junior student 3 12y
0 Credit (IG Corporate) Research/Comps -- Where to begin? 0 12y
+46 Young grasshopper needs ADVICE. I am so lost.... 15 12y
+66 Traders Background 83 12y
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0 Who to Reach Out To When in Back Office 1 12y
0 Interning for a failing firm? 6 12y
0 What types of trading are there? 24 12y
+13 Trading Assistant Excel Skills? 15 12y
+28 Lunch Orders/Coffee Runs 33 12y
0 Prop trading/trading arcade business model 4 12y
0 Position Trading Interview 20 12y
0 What if your broker goes bankrupt? 5 12y
0 EM Credit 11 12y
+53 The day in the life of a physical commodities trader? 24 12y
0 MS SSG 1 12y
0 S&T SA Interview (Interested in Sales) 7 12y
+40 FI Arb 23 12y
0 Is trading a lucrative field? 1 12y
+42 Metals/Coal Marketing/Origination 15 12y
+14 Rate my chances... 4 12y
0 Question from reading Flash Boys 3 12y
0 Institutional Research Sales questions 4 12y
+20 Any portfolio math geniuses have a sec? 5 12y
0 MBA or regional trading desk? 3 12y
0 Internal Move within the bank 3 12y
0 Effex Capital 1 12y
0 Non Parametric Statistics vs. Regression and Analysis of Variance 3 12y
+4 Commissions and HFT 2 12y
0 Question about the SALES side of Securities departmens 1 12y
0 Trading Return 8 12y
0 Sales and Trading by Categories: Fixed Income, Commodities, Currencies, and Equities 0 12y

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