+156 Best SM seats in 2024? 96 22h
+110 Top Long Only vs Small SM HF 35 1w
+96 If and when to move to a pod? 28 3d
+73 Pod Shop Regret 24 6d
+59 Looking for a Fund Manager to partner with to start a new fund. 28 1w
+55 Best Public Markets Gig? ER, MM HF, SM HF, or LO AM? 32 2w
+47 How to start a family office (HF rainmaker) 17 2w
+41 Alta Fox - How did Connor Haley do it? 23 5h
+39 Starting my career - small startup HF (under 300 mil AUM) vs. MM IB? 11 3w
+37 How to destress at Pod HF? 16 1w
+36 Intellectual Caliber of People in HF 37 2d
+36 RIP Jim Simons 27 1d
+35 Law to Quant Pivot? 10 2w
+34 Fastes PM progression ever seen? 43 2d
+32 Analysts Launching Out of MM 29 2w
+31 How to Know if HF L/S industry is for me? Wealth Management instead? Feel lost 8 3w
+29 Do you regret going into public markets investing? 14 6m
+27 People who work at hedge funds, what made you interested initially? 13 2w
+26 Starting Personal Account 12 2w
+25 Any R course recommendations? 14 2w
+23 Understanding pod shop leverage & cash usage 2 1w
+22 Advice for Incoming Structured / Securitized Credit HF Analyst 4 3w
+21 Recommend Pass for MM HF Case Study 6 1w
+20 Career Trajectory for Data Scientists in HF 6 3w
+20 Is Quasi-MNPI The Ultimate Alpha Generator For Public Equities? 6 6h
+19 HF Final Round Interview 4 3w
+19 Hedge Fund WLB 6 2w
+19 Track Record Expectation For PM's 29 1w
+18 Repairing relationship with PM 10 3w
+18 Distressed credit - public vs private? 8 1w
+18 UPenn SEAS vs Cornell Engineering 8 3d
+17 Most appealing public credit seats out of RX? 1 3w
+17 SM Career Trajectory 5 4d
+17 Point 72 let go of seven long-short managers !! 19 27m
+16 Can you pitch a stock as a long if all brokers rate "Buy" and still be differentiated? 5 2w
+16 Which Funds focus on timing the broad market rather than L/S individual equities? 12 1w
+16 HF perspective on Google (Alphabet) 5 1w
+16 Why don't MMs do any activism? 13 1w
+16 How extroverted is the junior MMHF job? 7 1w
+16 Are you making money these days? 9 1w
+16 PMs: move across platforms, latest terms 15 3d
+15 How smart do you need to be a quant? When did you realize this was a career option/desirable path for yo? 4 3w
+15 What happened to Deccan Value Investors? 9 3w
+15 Viking time horizon? 18 1w
+15 CRE Team at Credit Oriented Hedge Fund 3 2w
+15 CRE Team At Credit Oriented Hedge Fund 0 2w
+15 good fundamentals, bad chart 11 2w
+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 3w
+14 Path Dependency in Investing Careers 1 2w
+14 Breaking into Quant. How could I best position/reorient myself into a quant role? 5 2w
+13 Advice please: Pivoting to macro or quant from l/s equity 8 3w
+13 Stephen Moyer- Distressed debt analysis 5 1w
+13 Credit Pods 7 7h
+12 Rolling Futures Systematically 1 4w
+12 Building Model for Consumer Retail Company 4 2w
+12 Point72 Academy Case Study 21 2h
+12 Track record to start a small hedge fund? 7 5d
+12 Opinions on Yipit and/or Mscience? 13 2d
+12 Mid to Low Frequency Quantamental 1 1w
+12 Suggestions for market structure analysis & better trades 2 4d
+11 Move from Sell Side algo trader to AM (or HF) 2 3w
+11 Best time to email hf investment professionals? 10 3w
+11 FTC Bans Non Competes 11 2w
+11 Would/Do Private Credit Hedge Funds Pay Advisory/Origination Fees? 2 2w
+11 Biotech Silo? 8 1w
+11 Types of pods (quant/fundemental + strategy) @ Citadel, Millennium, P72, etc.. 1 1d
+10 Infra PE to HF 4 1w
+10 List of all long/short funds 7 2w
+10 MM PE - > HF? 4 2d
+10 How to show track record to recruiters? 9 20h
+10 Moving from Tech to Finance 3 7h
+9 Bridgewater Associates 2025 Summer Associate 9 4d
+9 Part-time consulting and non-compete 1 3w
+9 Exit ops from Valuation/Pricing quant role 1 3w
+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 4d
+8 HF with no experience from GSB? 16 1w
+8 Working US hours in London 8 3w
+8 What happened to Neil Chriss? 0 3w
+8 Top Vulture Funds 7 5d
+7 Learning to be a good LO investor? 5 3w
+7 PM interview 2 2w
+7 Learning to Model for Different Industries 2 1w
+7 Question regarding valuing options 2 1w
+7 Internship advice 4 1w
+7 Best Macro Shops/PMs 2 1d
+7 Merger yield? 3 20h
+6 Hedge Fund Compensation In Australia 3 4w
+6 Thoughts on sell-side institutional FX sales? 2 3w
+6 Aurelius 1 3w
+6 Public Investment Memos 1 2w
+6 North Rock (London) 8 2w
+6 Platform vs Quant shops 3 1w
+6 Sophomore Internships for Quant Trading? 1 1w
+6 Sectors that are least alternative data heavy 4 1w
+6 Cubist academy 2 1w
+6 How have pods impacted merger arb? 1 1w
+6 Energy/Infrastructure Hedge Funds 1 1w
+6 Point72 Academy Associate 6 4d
+6 Schultze Asset Management Insight? 2 2d

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