+107 Top Long Only vs Small SM HF 35 5d
+60 Pod Shop Regret 23 3h
+59 Looking for a Fund Manager to partner with to start a new fund. 28 5d
+57 Jane street suing MLP 44 1w
+55 Best Public Markets Gig? ER, MM HF, SM HF, or LO AM? 32 6d
+48 Investment principles 13 2w
+44 How to start a family office (HF rainmaker) 17 1w
+39 Starting my career - small startup HF (under 300 mil AUM) vs. MM IB? 11 2w
+37 How to destress at Pod HF? 16 4d
+35 Law to Quant Pivot? 10 1w
+34 Moving from Distressed/Opportunistic Credit HF to Real Money Credit Analyst 8 3w
+34 Realistic HF Career Earnings 34 6d
+32 Analysts Launching Out of MM 29 1w
+31 How to Know if HF L/S industry is for me? Wealth Management instead? Feel lost 8 2w
+29 How to move from prop to MM for quant? 6 2w
+28 Vitol posts $13B profits for 2023 28 2w
+27 People who work at hedge funds, what made you interested initially? 13 1w
+27 Fastes PM progression ever seen? 33 1h
+26 Evaluating offer to join $5-10bn SM straight out of banking. 23 3w
+25 Any R course recommendations? 14 1w
+25 Starting Personal Account 12 1w
+24 Rates RV to Macro Rates Pod 4 3w
+22 Advice for Incoming Structured / Securitized Credit HF Analyst 4 2w
+21 Recommend Pass for MM HF Case Study 6 1d
+20 Need urgent advice: How difficult is it to go from LO to L/S or MM fund? 11 2w
+20 Career Trajectory for Data Scientists in HF 6 2w
+19 HF Final Round Interview 4 1w
+19 Hedge Fund WLB 6 1w
+19 Track Record Expectation For PM's 29 4d
+19 Best SM seats in 2024? 17 2h
+18 Alpha Measurement in Macro 8 3w
+18 MM Hedge Fund vs Prop Trader 15 3w
+18 Possible exits from BB role below 1 3w
+18 Repairing relationship with PM 10 2w
+17 $100m Hedge fund offer - what comp should I ask for? 9 2w
+17 Distressed credit - public vs private? 8 2d
+17 Most appealing public credit seats out of RX? 1 2w
+16 Best sellside starting point for top credit HF 13 3w
+16 Can you pitch a stock as a long if all brokers rate "Buy" and still be differentiated? 5 1w
+16 Which Funds focus on timing the broad market rather than L/S individual equities? 12 20h
+16 HF perspective on Google (Alphabet) 5 5d
+16 Why don't MMs do any activism? 13 7h
+16 How extroverted is the junior MMHF job? 7 7h
+16 Are you making money these days? 9 1d
+15 Don’t feel I fit in HF industry 3 3w
+15 Do You Make Estimated Tax Payments? 3 2w
+15 How smart do you need to be a quant? When did you realize this was a career option/desirable path for yo? 4 2w
+15 What happened to Deccan Value Investors? 9 2w
+15 Viking time horizon? 18 3d
+15 CRE Team at Credit Oriented Hedge Fund 3 1w
+15 CRE Team At Credit Oriented Hedge Fund 0 1w
+15 good fundamentals, bad chart 11 6d
+14 You have a 5x5 matrix. The numbers 1,2,3,4 and 5 appear in every row and in every column exactly once.... 15 2w
+14 Path Dependency in Investing Careers 1 1w
+14 Breaking into Quant. How could I best position/reorient myself into a quant role? 5 1w
+13 Advice please: Pivoting to macro or quant from l/s equity 8 1w
+13 Credit Pods 6 2d
+12 Tech or Healthcare team 5 3w
+12 HL RX NYC vs CHI for HF exits 9 2w
+12 What is a unique example of a quantitative trading strategy? 9 2w
+12 Rolling Futures Systematically 1 2w
+12 Building Model for Consumer Retail Company 4 1w
+12 Stephen Moyer- Distressed debt analysis 5 5d
+12 Point72 Academy Case Study 13 1d
+12 Mid to Low Frequency Quantamental 1 3d
+12 Understanding pod shop leverage & cash usage 0 24m
+11 References at Current Shop When Recruiting? 3 4w
+11 Convertible note hedging 3 2w
+11 Move from Sell Side algo trader to AM (or HF) 2 2w
+11 Best time to email hf investment professionals? 10 2w
+11 FTC Bans Non Competes 11 1w
+11 Would/Do Private Credit Hedge Funds Pay Advisory/Origination Fees? 2 1w
+10 POINT72 ACADEMY 2024 INVESTMENT ANALYST PROGRAM FOR EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS 19 2d
+10 L/S Equity vs Credit 5 1w
+10 Infra PE to HF 4 2d
+10 List of all long/short funds 7 6d
+10 Biotech Silo? 8 2d
+10 Track record to start a small hedge fund? 6 3d
+9 Developing an eye for macroeconomic data and market narrative 7 3w
+9 Australia: Boutique fund management company graduate salary expectation 1 3w
+9 Bridgewater Associates 2025 Summer Associate 8 2d
+9 Part-time consulting and non-compete 1 2w
+9 Exit ops from Valuation/Pricing quant role 1 2w
+9 Quant research career for a Stats major? 1 6d
+9 Suggestions for market structure analysis & better trades 1 2d
+8 HF with no experience from GSB? 16 2d
+8 Working US hours in London 8 2w
+8 What happened to Neil Chriss? 0 2w
+7 Biotech hedge funds playing in PIPEs 5 3w
+7 Learning to be a good LO investor? 5 2w
+7 PM interview 2 6d
+7 Learning to Model for Different Industries 2 4d
+7 Opinions on Yipit and/or Mscience? 11 2d
+7 Question regarding valuing options 2 2d
+7 Internship advice 3 19h
+6 Citadel FCAT software issue 2 2w
+6 Updated Thoughts on Maverick Capital in 2024? 1 3w
+6 Is a Fund Reputable? 3 3w
+6 Quant Research at Ares? 1 3w
+6 BB LevFin to HF 3 3w

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