+195 Best SM seats in 2024? 116 6h
+97 If and when to move to a pod? 29 1d
+82 Do you regret going into public markets investing? 41 1d
+75 Pod Shop Regret 25 1d
+59 Looking for a Fund Manager to partner with to start a new fund. 28 2w
+55 Best Public Markets Gig? ER, MM HF, SM HF, or LO AM? 32 2w
+49 How to start a family office (HF rainmaker) 17 3w
+48 Alta Fox - How did Connor Haley do it? 26 2d
+40 RIP Jim Simons 28 4d
+37 How to destress at Pod HF? 16 2w
+36 Intellectual Caliber of People in HF 38 1w
+35 Law to Quant Pivot? 10 3w
+34 Fastes PM progression ever seen? 43 1w
+28 Advice ahead of a pair trade presentation - HF interview 7 4d
+27 People who work at hedge funds, what made you interested initially? 13 3w
+27 College search for getting into HF 23 1d
+26 Starting Personal Account 12 3w
+26 Why are so many people here interested in Biotech? 32 1d
+25 Any R course recommendations? 14 3w
+24 Background check issues 5 2d
+23 Understanding pod shop leverage & cash usage 2 1w
+23 Is Quasi-MNPI The Ultimate Alpha Generator For Public Equities? 8 5d
+23 VP HF Lateral To PE 1 3d
+21 Recommend Pass for MM HF Case Study 7 4d
+21 Point 72 let go of seven long-short managers !! 26 5d
+19 HF Final Round Interview 4 3w
+19 Hedge Fund WLB 6 3w
+19 Track Record Expectation For PM's 29 2w
+19 Drunk Thought: Shouldnt PM's at MM inverse their Portfolio's? 6 4d
+18 UPenn SEAS vs Cornell Engineering 8 1w
+17 Most appealing public credit seats out of RX? 1 4w
+17 SM Career Trajectory 5 1w
+17 Is fundamental L/S equity a dying strategy? 15 2d
+16 Can you pitch a stock as a long if all brokers rate "Buy" and still be differentiated? 5 3w
+16 Which Funds focus on timing the broad market rather than L/S individual equities? 12 2w
+16 HF perspective on Google (Alphabet) 5 2w
+16 Why don't MMs do any activism? 13 2w
+16 How extroverted is the junior MMHF job? 7 2w
+16 Are you making money these days? 9 2w
+16 PMs: move across platforms, latest terms 15 1w
+16 How to learn more about Cyclicals? 6 1d
+15 CRE Team at Credit Oriented Hedge Fund 3 3w
+15 CRE Team At Credit Oriented Hedge Fund 0 3w
+15 good fundamentals, bad chart 11 2w
+15 Are most people doing comp sheets wrong? 3 6d
+15 % hit rate on quarters 12 1h
+15 How to approach Consumer L/S ideas 4 2d
+15 Point72 Academy Experienced Professionals Case Study 3 1d
+15 How buttoned up do cold email pitches need to be? 3 1d
+14 Path Dependency in Investing Careers 1 3w
+14 Breaking into Quant. How could I best position/reorient myself into a quant role? 5 3w
+14 Head of Macro 6 2d
+14 Help/Advice. What should I do? 5 7h
+13 Advice please: Pivoting to macro or quant from l/s equity 8 3w
+13 Interested in Biotech HF 16 1d
+13 Stephen Moyer- Distressed debt analysis 5 2w
+13 Credit Pods 7 6d
+13 Point72 Academy Case Study 27 1d
+12 Building Model for Consumer Retail Company 4 3w
+12 Track record to start a small hedge fund? 7 1w
+12 Opinions on Yipit and/or Mscience? 13 1w
+12 Mid to Low Frequency Quantamental 1 2w
+12 Suggestions for market structure analysis & better trades 2 1w
+12 Fund potentially shutting down 1 5d
+12 BB trading vs HF QR out of undergrad 6 2d
+12 Quantitative way to show the benefit of share buyback vs investment 3 3d
+11 FTC Bans Non Competes 11 3w
+11 Would/Do Private Credit Hedge Funds Pay Advisory/Origination Fees? 2 3w
+11 Biotech Silo? 8 2w
+11 Types of pods (quant/fundemental + strategy) @ Citadel, Millennium, P72, etc.. 1 1w
+11 Farallon 10 1d
+11 Incoming freshman: If potential major is math, Penn vs. CalTech, which one do you vote? 4 2d
+10 Infra PE to HF 4 2w
+10 List of all long/short funds 7 2w
+10 MM PE - > HF? 4 1w
+10 How to show track record to recruiters? 9 6d
+10 BB Systematic Trader or Quant at a new hf pod 2 24m
+10 What to do/learn about with 3 months free time before FT for HF prep? 8 1d
+9 Quant research career for a Stats major? 1 2w
+9 What discount rate do you use if you don't believe in those damodaran beta crap? 18 1w
+9 Breaking into HF 9 1d
+9 resources to teach fundamental models for L/S at pods 1 11h
+8 Top Vulture Funds 7 1w
+8 Advice for incoming SA at MM HF 6 4d
+8 UAE SWF vs. HF Credit 2 2d
+8 Any other opportunities like P72 Academy 9 4d
+7 PM interview 2 2w
+7 Learning to Model for Different Industries 2 2w
+7 Question regarding valuing options 2 2w
+7 Internship advice 4 2w
+7 Best Macro Shops/PMs 2 1w
+7 Merger yield? 3 6d
+7 Macro HF analysts 7 1d
+7 Too old at 33 for Point72 Academy (Experienced Professionals Analyst Program)? 2 1d
+7 Hedge Fund Recruiting Advice-Incoming MBA (T-15) 2 3d
+6 Public Investment Memos 1 3w
+6 North Rock (London) 8 3w
+6 Platform vs Quant shops 3 2w
+6 Sophomore Internships for Quant Trading? 1 2w
+6 Sectors that are least alternative data heavy 4 2w

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