+186 Best SM seats in 2024? 106 5h
+114 Top Long Only vs Small SM HF 36 14h
+97 If and when to move to a pod? 28 6d
+74 Pod Shop Regret 24 1w
+63 Do you regret going into public markets investing? 31 21h
+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
+47 Alta Fox - How did Connor Haley do it? 25 44m
+39 Starting my career - small startup HF (under 300 mil AUM) vs. MM IB? 11 3w
+37 How to destress at Pod HF? 16 2w
+37 RIP Jim Simons 28 1d
+36 Intellectual Caliber of People in HF 38 1w
+35 Law to Quant Pivot? 10 3w
+34 Fastes PM progression ever seen? 43 4d
+32 Analysts Launching Out of MM 29 3w
+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
+24 Advice ahead of a pair trade presentation - HF interview 7 1d
+23 Understanding pod shop leverage & cash usage 2 1w
+23 Is Quasi-MNPI The Ultimate Alpha Generator For Public Equities? 8 2d
+23 Why are so many people here interested in Biotech? 29 15h
+23 VP HF Lateral To PE 1 14h
+22 Advice for Incoming Structured / Securitized Credit HF Analyst 4 4w
+21 Recommend Pass for MM HF Case Study 7 1d
+21 Point 72 let go of seven long-short managers !! 26 1d
+20 College search for getting into HF 19 15h
+19 HF Final Round Interview 4 3w
+19 Hedge Fund WLB 6 3w
+19 Track Record Expectation For PM's 29 2w
+18 Repairing relationship with PM 10 3w
+18 Distressed credit - public vs private? 8 1w
+18 UPenn SEAS vs Cornell Engineering 8 5d
+18 Is fundamental L/S equity a dying strategy? 10 9h
+18 Drunk Thought: Shouldnt PM's at MM inverse their Portfolio's? 6 20h
+17 Most appealing public credit seats out of RX? 1 3w
+17 SM Career Trajectory 5 1w
+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 1w
+16 HF perspective on Google (Alphabet) 5 2w
+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 6d
+15 What happened to Deccan Value Investors? 9 3w
+15 Viking time horizon? 18 2w
+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 2d
+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 3w
+14 Breaking into Quant. How could I best position/reorient myself into a quant role? 5 3w
+13 Advice please: Pivoting to macro or quant from l/s equity 8 3w
+13 Stephen Moyer- Distressed debt analysis 5 2w
+13 Credit Pods 7 3d
+12 Building Model for Consumer Retail Company 4 3w
+12 Point72 Academy Case Study 25 1d
+12 Track record to start a small hedge fund? 7 1w
+12 Opinions on Yipit and/or Mscience? 13 5d
+12 Mid to Low Frequency Quantamental 1 1w
+12 Suggestions for market structure analysis & better trades 2 1w
+12 Fund potentially shutting down 1 2d
+12 BB trading vs HF QR out of undergrad 5 4h
+12 Quantitative way to show the benefit of share buyback vs investment 3 18h
+11 Interested in Biotech HF 13 1d
+11 FTC Bans Non Competes 11 3w
+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 3d
+10 Infra PE to HF 4 1w
+10 List of all long/short funds 7 2w
+10 MM PE - > HF? 4 4d
+10 How to show track record to recruiters? 9 3d
+9 Bridgewater Associates 2025 Summer Associate 9 1w
+9 Part-time consulting and non-compete 1 4w
+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 1w
+9 BB Systematic Trader or Quant at a new hf pod 1 8h
+8 What happened to Neil Chriss? 0 4w
+8 Top Vulture Funds 7 1w
+8 Advice for incoming SA at MM HF 6 1d
+8 Any other opportunities like P72 Academy 9 1d
+7 PM interview 2 2w
+7 Learning to Model for Different Industries 2 2w
+7 Question regarding valuing options 2 1w
+7 Internship advice 4 1w
+7 Best Macro Shops/PMs 2 4d
+7 Merger yield? 3 3d
+7 Too old at 33 for Point72 Academy (Experienced Professionals Analyst Program)? 1 1d
+7 Hedge Fund Recruiting Advice-Incoming MBA (T-15) 2 16h
+6 Thoughts on sell-side institutional FX sales? 2 3w
+6 Aurelius 1 3w
+6 Public Investment Memos 1 3w
+6 North Rock (London) 8 2w
+6 Platform vs Quant shops 3 2w
+6 Sophomore Internships for Quant Trading? 1 2w
+6 Sectors that are least alternative data heavy 4 1w

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