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Best Hedge Funds in 2012
We are do-it-yourself investors. Our favorite hedge funds are the ones that have outstanding long stock picks because we like to imitate these hedge fund managers and don’t want to pay the customary 2-and-20. Most hedge fund managers have more skill in picking long positions than shorting stocks,...
10 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds
We have been tracking the most popular stocks among hedge funds for more than a year now. Hedge funds are known to be short-term oriented but when we look at the most popular stocks among hedge funds we see that they are focused on the long-term more than expected. Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT)...
Former Obama Pitbull Now Shilling for Hedge Funds
In many ways, I'm a huge hypocrite. It's a terrible character flaw of mine, but one I've learned to live with. And I make every effort to call myself on it when I'm at my worst. I also like to think that I'd do anything for money - a real OG. But I know deep down that there are things too...
More Money Than God
Anyone read this? It covers the history of hedge funds and the stories behind some of the big names. Fantastic book; just finishing it now.
Insane bonuses
I know banking bonuses have been pretty bad this year, but i've heard some numbers for hedge fund guys and was pretty stunned. One guy at a very well-known deep value hedge fund got around $1.5 million and another at a huge macro fund got around $5 million. Both these people are in their late...
Breaking in to the Buy-Side
Coming out of a semi-target, how exactly does one break into the buy-side (i.e. from undergrad)? Do funds or AM divisions have junior analyst or rotational programs? If so, what is typical comp? Of course CFA level 1 would help, but what about staying a year after undergrad for an MSF? Also, could...
Sending cold call letters and CV to hedge funds
Hi, With the holidays coming up and with nothing to do currently, I am considering sending a blanket letter and CV to several hedge funds to see if they need an intern over the holiday period. Unfortunately I don't have any contacts in the HF industry, but have a summer internship at a BB lined up...
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How to choose between exit opps?
I'm starting to try to narrow down what types of exits I want to focus on with head hunters next year. Assuming one is in an M&A , Lev Fin, Sponsors, top Industry group, how would you guys rank the following exits from banking in terms of: a) selectivity/difficulty of entry b) desirability among...
Robertson's Return
With all of the big names who have left the industry over the past few years, it is good to see a legend rise out of retirement and jog back on the playing field. All of you guys know Julian Robertson by name, but many weren't far past diapers when he was one of the rulers of Wall Street. To many of...
Getting a job in PE, PWM, IB, derivatives, Hedge funds etc...
Hello all, I am new to this site and quite impressed with the wealth of information. Would my MS Accounting open doors in PE , Derivatives sales, PWM etc analyst/associate position...? Since my university isn't a target school for Wall Street, I am looking at firms in FL, TX, and GA. I am 25 and...
Ball Street
As if it wasn’t a rough enough week for Kris Humphries. First, he is forcibly divorced by Karcashian, finding out about it around the same time as the rest of the world. But to make matters worse, then we hear about him getting straight up Corzined by a financial industry insider who was...
S&T or Research for future hedge fund career
Hi guys, Credit Suisse is recruiting at my school for summer 2013 internships. They asked us to contact the recruiter with our resumes and which division(s) we were most interested in: investment banking, S&T , and research (fixed income/equities). I have no interest in investment banking, so that...
New Investment Strategy: Kidnapping
With all the smearing of the financial industry of late, I figured I might as well write about a true bankster today. Well, actually Zeno Daigre was just a hedge fund employee back in 2008, when he kidnapped the daughter of a check cashing joint proprietor. To top of this hard to digest meal, ZD...
NSFW Episode 37: The Stripper Turned Hedge Fund Manager
PREVIOUS EPISODES: NSFW Episode 36: Finance Chicks, Sort Of NSFW Episode 35: The Death Penalty NSFW Episode 34: John Mack, WSO Chat NSFW Episode 33: #OccupyWallStreet, Franc Floor NSFW Episode 32: Eat the Rich NSFW Episode 31: DOWNgrayedd NSFW Episode 30: Oslo Bombing, Amy Winehouse NSFW Episode 29:...
Hedge Fund Stripper
You guys know I love irony and today's post sure does bring a good bit of hardness to the table. In the spirit of the 99% I want to tell you about a fabulous young lady named Niki Marx, who has found a truly unique way to turn her capitalist oppressors into her own personal revenue stream. You see,...
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Where can I find some of the best discussions on hedge funds?
Click here for our Hedge Fund forums . It is where we discuss the industry as well as different firms and groups. These are a collection of some of the best discussions created for and replied to by members of the WSO community on the topic of Hedge Funds. Keep in mind this is by no means a...
Trading Bonuses To Plunge
Ah, the life of a trader. Once a secure path to millions for most, today no guarantee of butter on toast. More potentially bad news for you fixed-income and equities guys. According NYC comp consultants Johnson Associates Inc, trader bonuses may plummet up to 30 percent this year. Bonuses for...
Can a Hedge Fund Manager Live at an Investment Property?
If a hedge fund decides to invest in luxury real estate, is the hedge fund manager allowed to use it as his primary residence/beach house until it is sold? It sort of creates a conflict of interest and the property could be rented out in between the time it is purchased and sold, but if the house...
Goldman Struggles
Is the king dead? Doth the emperor wear no clothes? I hardly doubt anybody will be holding a wake for Goldman Sachs any time soon, but it is an indisputable reality that the (perhaps soon to be ex ) King of Wall Street is reeling and on the ropes. The news of Lansdowne Partners sale of its entire...
14 Year Old Hedge Fund Manager
I came across this kid who thinks he is a great trader on YouTube, and he was able to impress the judges on this TV show where you can pitch business venture ideas and attain seed funding to start a mini hedge fund.
Be Careful What You Type
Vincent P. McCrudden ain’t quite Vincent K. McMahon but his story is not unlike a WWE storyline, complete with faces, heels and kayfabe. In case you don’t know who or what I am talking about, Mr. McCrudden is the Wall Street villain who threatened to kill about 50 different members of the...
When Genius Failed: A Monkey's Review
In 1998, where were we? Most likely, we were taking part in some combination of cashing in on the dot-com bubble, following the McGwire-Sosa home run race, and wondering by what margin the Bulls would win their sixth title. Underneath all that though, few people realized that the conditions were...
To Err is Paulson
John Paulson has become an old school Wall Street rock star over the past few years. He made a killing shorting MBS when every fool and his pension fund manager was gobbling them up quicker than Brett Favre in a Percocet factory. At a time when bankers and traders of all shapes and sizes were taking...
John Paulson: a one-hit wonder or a hedge fund god?
The story of John Paulson is absolutely fascinating, the stuff dreams are made of. In less than 5 years, the guy goes from being a mediocre merger arb guy to a personal net worth of $16 BILLION. To put that in perspective, Paulson accumulated more wealth since 2006 than Soros had in his entire 40+...
To Hedge Fund or Not to Hedge Fund
Nearly 300 new hedge funds opened their doors for business in the first quarter of 2011. This is the largest number of hedge fund launches since before the financial crisis, performance and asset tracker Hedge Fund Research reports. Though it is getting easier than ever to open a hedge fund, it is...
The Dental Nightmare of Private Equity
After years of getting quarterly dental cleanings, my periodontist said he wanted to pull several teeth and do three or four periodontal procedures. My pockets were too deep, I was told. And don't worry, the receptionist said in a cheerful voice, I didn't have to pay all at once. I was given about...
HF offer questions
Currently a banking analyst at a ibank and evaluating a few opportunities both at PE shops and HFs . Have never really thought about HFs before this recruiting cycle and have read some of the threads in this forum, which have been very helpful (Pink Monkey, Black Hat, etc). Would appreciate some...
PE/HF Placement Across the Street
Hi Everyone, Just wondering if anyone might know where analysts have placed in various groups across the street in the most recent cycle. If you have any direct info, I'm sure many people would be interested in hearing about how certain groups have placed recently. Just post the group...
Anyone subscribe to Moore Research (MRCI)?
Strongly considering doing so and would like to hear your thoughts.
Investment Check List
I recently became aware that Mohnish Pabrai is an advocate of an investment checklist to reduce analysis error. I've always wanted to do something like this. Specifically, I wanted to create a list of my key takeaways from the best books I've read, i.e, Margin of Safety, Security Analysis , etc... I...
Is It Worth It? - Spending my youth
Monkeys, As year 1 closes in, I've begun struggling with what I suppose is some sort of quarter life crisis. For many of us in banking, life to this point has been a constant series of "successes"--do well in high school, go to a top college, break into a top group on Wall Street--with the next...
Weird job offer. Need advice
Hey guys. I badly need some advice. So I got an offer from a fund this week. I can't go into details, but the partner is super well-connected guy who managed to get a stake in some upcoming juicy ipo's. He just opened up a prop desk and plans to use that money to trade, with leverage of about 10:1....
The Forbes Billionaires List is out…
And it looks like we’re in the wrong industry. Once again, Forbes has come out with their much anticipated Billionaires list and newly minted billionaires around the world are singing praises of the Ben Bernank for elevating their share prices . Still on top is Carlos , with a whopping $18 billion...
Billionaire Hedge Fund Index
Insider Monkey introduced its daily Billionaire Hedge Fund Index today. We track nearly 400 hedge fund managers and prominent investors. Around 10% of these people are billionaires. We created this Billionaire Hedge Fund Index to track the top 30 holdings of these 39 billionaire fund managers....
Personal Responsibility 1: Wall Street and Madoff
It was, according to Bernie Madoff: Willful blindness. They had to know. But the attitude was sort of, "If you’re doing something wrong, we don’t want to know." In his first interview for publication since his arrest in December 2008, Madoff looked different. Gone was the aloof stoicism and more...
Career Foundation
Assuming I want to be a buyside investor in the long run (though I'm not positive), what would be the pros and cons of starting my career at a small ($200-400 million), unknown hedge fund vs. a role under a bigger name (e.g. AM / ER /etc. at a BB )? The hedge fund in question is relatively new and...
The 400% Man
Non-target? This guy has you beat, he didn't even graduate college but he still made something of himself. The 400% Man: How a college dropout at a tiny Utah fund beat Wall Street, and why most managers are scared to copy him. http://www.smartmoney.com/invest/strategies/the-4…
The God of Quants speaks
Perhaps one of the coolest guys from the pocket protector posse, James Simons has become an absolute legend in our world of finance, with his army of physicists and mathematicians at the Quant juggernaut Ren Tech, he has beaten and wowed the street year in and year out, showing the world the future...
10X Capital
Anyone know about them? They're a recruiting firm in NYC that focuses exclusively on hedge funds. Curious to know if anyone has used their services. http://10xcapital.net/
Paulson straight out of undergrad?
How is this possible? This kid got a job at Paulson straight out of undergrad without any connections. He's now an associate there after only like 2 years. Pretty sure that paulson does not do on-campus recruiting at the undergrad level.
Accident and Health Insurance Companies Hedge Funds Love
Accident and health insurance is a big business. People may skimp on life insurance but they rarely go too long without health insurance or accident insurance of some kind – it is just too expensive for treatment otherwise and it can be difficult to find treatment without some kind of insurance....
Why Is Nearly Every Hedge Fund Located in NY, CT, or London?
Is it because most over the upper echelons of finance are already comfortable and used to living in one of these financial centers, or do these major finance hubs provide a comparative advantage over places like Omaha, Nebraska? Couldn't hedge fund managers open up shop in the middle of no where and...
Can Hedge Funds Make VC-type Investments?
Hi guys, This is probably a stupid question but I have a quick question about hedge fund capabilities. I was reading about Facebook randomly and learned that Peter Thiel made an investment in Facebook when it was still in it's early stages. To me, this sounded more like a venture capital type of...
The Twitter Fund
A few months back, Jorge posted a link to a research paper showing a correlation between the mood of tweets and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The study proved to be interesting, since it aggregated a large amount of random tweets which had nothing to do with the stock market, but displayed a...
when to mention noncompete while interviewing
I am currently working at a prop trading firm where I have signed a noncompete but am interviewing with other firms. They are not prop trading firms, but some are hedge funds that may technically be included under the language of the non compete. I doubt it would be enforced, especially since I am...
Blue Orchard Finance
Has anyone met anyone that works there? Its a private equity company based in Switzerland that specializes in Micro-finance investments. I might apply to an opportunity available in one of their LATAM offices.
Which opportunity is bettter long term?
Which option would you choose if you wanted to have better exit ops to hedge funds and top MBA chances. 1) BB Restructuring Group - does internal advisory on distressed situations. 2) Private Equity Real Estate Fund = about 12 ppl, make mezzanine investments. I like real estate, but more like a...
Hedge Fund Treasury Role
As everyone knows, hedge funds can be a bit of a mystery. Does anyone have an idea what type of role this would be and what it entails?
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