+11 % hit rate on quarters 5 7m
+4 Does private credit kill HFs? 5 7m
+76 Pod Shop Regret 25 8m
+97 If and when to move to a pod? 29 8m
+192 Best SM seats in 2024? 114 9m
+76 Do you regret going into public markets investing? 41 20m
+13 How to learn more about Cyclicals? 6 44m
+27 College search for getting into HF 23 5h
+9 Breaking into HF 9 5h
+10 What to do/learn about with 3 months free time before FT for HF prep? 8 5h
+3 Updated Thoughts on Canyon Partners? 3 6h
+15 How buttoned up do cold email pitches need to be? 3 6h
+13 Point72 Academy Case Study 27 7h
0 SM HFs that take undergrad interns? 1 7h
+15 Point72 Academy Experienced Professionals Case Study 3 7h
+7 Too old at 33 for Point72 Academy (Experienced Professionals Analyst Program)? 2 8h
+4 What HFs hire out of undergrad? 15 8h
+3 Infrastructure and Energy transition hedge fund 6 10h
+7 Non-Quant in Macro HF? 5 10h
+5 SM L/S London base salary expectations 17 10h
+20 Interning in Macro 10 10h
0 Joining a MM Macro Pod - What to prepare 1 13h
+115 Top Long Only vs Small SM HF 37 14h
+3 Special sits groups investment banks 3 15h
+11 Interested in Biotech HF 16 17h
+26 Why are so many people here interested in Biotech? 32 19h
+2 Emailing for Distressed Debt HF internship 3 19h
+11 Farallon 10 19h
+3 Allocator to pod possible? 9 19h
+9 Tips for Succeeding as a Biotech Analyst at a Pod 4 21h
+7 Macro HF analysts 7 23h
+22 Background check issues 5 1d
+12 HFs with ECM Strategy 17 1d
+14 Head of Macro 6 1d
+15 How to approach Consumer L/S ideas 4 1d
+6 What does Head of Equities do? 6 1d
0 ER at lower tier shop to MMHF? 2 1d
+49 Building Models From Scratch: A waste of time or necessary evil? 18 1d
+3 Mane Global 0 1d
+11 Incoming freshman: If potential major is math, Penn vs. CalTech, which one do you vote? 4 1d
+8 UAE SWF vs. HF Credit 2 1d
+6 Point72 Academy Associate 8 1d
0 D E Shaw Macro HF career advice 3 1d
+12 BB trading vs HF QR out of undergrad 6 1d
+17 Is fundamental L/S equity a dying strategy? 15 1d
+48 Alta Fox - How did Connor Haley do it? 26 1d
+24 MM vs SM - is this cyclical or secular? 14 2d
0 Citadel FCAT benchmark for passing 3 2d
+27 Insight into Taconic? 11 2d
+3 Arena Investors - NY 11 2d
+9 BB Systematic Trader or Quant at a new hf pod 1 2d
+4 Which firms should I look at? 2 2d
+23 VP HF Lateral To PE 1 2d
+7 Hedge Fund Recruiting Advice-Incoming MBA (T-15) 2 2d
+12 Quantitative way to show the benefit of share buyback vs investment 3 2d
+19 Drunk Thought: Shouldnt PM's at MM inverse their Portfolio's? 6 3d
+17 How important is an MD/PhD for biotech HF 16 3d
+8 Parvus Asset Management - London 7 3d
+9 P72 grad program Ldn 17 3d
+8 Any other opportunities like P72 Academy 9 3d
+8 Advice for incoming SA at MM HF 6 3d
0 Stay in credit research or Jump to a RESI HF 1 3d
+21 Recommend Pass for MM HF Case Study 7 3d
+11 Worth having lawyer review HF Associate Offer Letter? 17 3d
+1 Bridgewater interview SA 25 2 3d
+19 Rejection: 2024 Point72 Academy Investment Analyst Summer Internship Questionnaire 11 3d
+40 RIP Jim Simons 28 3d
0 List of biotech hedge funds in NYC? 2 3d
+6 SMU or Texas A&M 10 3d
+28 Advice ahead of a pair trade presentation - HF interview 7 3d
+21 Point 72 let go of seven long-short managers !! 26 4d
+1 restrictions on personal investments for quant researchers? 1 4d
0 Biotech Hedge fund interview - what to prepare 1 4d
+32 Multi-manager risk limits 17 4d
+20 Tell Me About Yourself for buyside? 4 4d
0 HF PMs - what makes a Buy side analyst successful? 3 4d
0 Blackstone opps 1 4d
0 Projecting EPS Sensitivity 1 4d
0 Credit HF - Final Round Interview - What to expect 1 4d
+23 Is Quasi-MNPI The Ultimate Alpha Generator For Public Equities? 8 4d
0 Dubai Investment analyst 0 4d
+12 Fund potentially shutting down 1 4d
0 Politics of Macro 2 4d
+15 Are most people doing comp sheets wrong? 3 5d
0 Learning more about public investing? 3 5d
0 Yield curve view 1 5d
0 Mudrick Capital (Distressed Debt HF) 2 5d
+4 IB/PE/HF Lifers, Was It Worth It? 3 5d
+13 Credit Pods 7 5d
+1 Remote work policy for PMs at MMs 2 5d
+4 Blackrock Opportunistic Credit / Special Situations Credit Hedge Fund? 4 5d
+7 Merger yield? 3 5d
+10 How to show track record to recruiters? 9 5d
+23 Bridgewater Portfolio Associate? 15 6d
+11 Types of pods (quant/fundemental + strategy) @ Citadel, Millennium, P72, etc.. 1 6d
+147 Developing Macro Understanding 53 6d
+7 Best Macro Shops/PMs 2 6d
+3 Akuna 201 ? 4 6d
0 How is the Point72 Academy training? 4 6d
0 How to approach P72 Case study 1 6d

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