Career Insights from the Hedge Fund Industry

There’s an old story about a top trader who was so competitive, he would bet on whether an ant would cross a crack in the sidewalk. So it should come as no surprise that if anything has any effect on business or making money, it can be traded, as Investopedia recently pointed out in an […]

It may not be good news for the hedge fund industry, but it does point out an alternative career path for those holding hedge fund jobs. Reuters reports that multi-family offices that serve the wealthiest individuals and families are increasingly poaching investment managers from hedge funds. And after the drubbing that the hedge fund industry […]

Michael Scotti of Traders Magazine recently reviewed a book that should be on your list of bedtime reading, especially if you’re interested in a hedge fund job. Diary of a Hedge Fund Manager: From the Top, to the Bottom, and Back Again tells the story of a middle-class kid from Thunder Bay, Ontario, who earns […]