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Hedge Fund Careers

Hedge Fund Basics for the Entry Level Hedge Fund Job Seeker

January 10, 2012

A hedge fund is a fund that uses more non-traditional investing strategies to try to reduce volatility and risk, while attempting to preserve capital and deliver positive returns under ALL market conditions. This last part is the most notable difference from traditional investments. Regardless of whether the market is moving up or down, a hedge […]

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Useful Reading for a Hedge Fund Job

January 9, 2012

It’s a new year and time to kick things off with a little extra motivation to land your next hedge fund job. So you might want to pick up a copy of Diary of a Hedge Fund Manager: From The Top, To The Bottom, And Back Again, by Keith McCullough and Rich Blake (Wiley). McCullough is […]

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Jobless on Wall Street

January 3, 2012

When the latest unemployment numbers were released,  it showed an unexpected drop in unemployment. The unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent; experts were predicting that the rate would remain at 9.0 percent. There were 120,000 new jobs added in November, many of which were in the professional and business services industries. Unfortunately, this is not […]

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A Career-Launching Hedge Fund Trade

December 19, 2011

If you’re looking for inspiration over the holidays for your hedge fund job search in 2012, check out the story of Jim Chanos’ big trade in a recent BusinessInsider article. Chanos, as you may know, is the founder of hedge fund Kynikos Associates. He’s been in the news lately prognosticating on the “bubble” he sees […]

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Defending Your Quest for a Hedge Fund Job

December 5, 2011

It’s certainly not as popular to say you work (or want to work) in the financial industry these days. In the wake of the financial crisis and now, the Occupy Wall Street movement, saying you want a hedge fund job will get the same disapproving looks in some circles as opting to become a tobacco […]

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Hedge Fund Career Lessons from a Tiger

November 28, 2011

More than 10 years after closing his legendary Tiger Management LLC, Julian Robertson is back, this time launching the Tiger Accelerator Fund to help young hedge fund managers get their start. Roberts has committed $230 million of his own money to six hedge fund managers he knows well. The new portfolio, which is being marketed […]

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A Day in the Life of a Hedge Fund Trader

November 14, 2011

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be in the trenches as a hedge fund trader, or simply wondered how your day as a trader compares to others, then you’ll want to read a recent Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader, rumored to be run by John Thomas. A detailed look […]

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