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Long-Only Hedge Funds: A Cozy Career, or a Complete Contradiction?

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And if you are interested in this strategy, should you even target hedge funds, or would a long-only asset management firm be better? Long-Only with Derivatives to Hedge Risk – For example, a fund might only buy stocks, but it could use put options or other derivatives to hedge its risk and justify the fees.

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Multi-Manager Hedge Funds: A Meritocratic Paradise or a Revolving Door of Burnout?

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Multi-manager hedge funds promise investors solid risk-adjusted returns with low volatility; no matter what the broader market does, you’ll make money if you invest in them. If Company Z announces a new product at this upcoming conference, how much could its stock price increase?

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Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Full Guide to the Industry, Recruiting, Careers, and Exits

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Some SWFs operate like long-only asset managers (i.e., mutual funds ) that allocate their assets top-down and then pick specific indices, companies, and securities that meet their criteria. They might ask you to pitch a stock, but it will be less formal than in ER and HF interviews. How would you invest in Industry X?” “Why

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Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Compensation, Exits, and AI/Automation Risk

Mergers and Inquisitions

For example, in IB interviews, youll have to know about accounting, valuation/DCF analysis, merger models, and LBO models plus the usual fit/behavioral questions , your resume walkthrough , and a few recent deals. public markets roles ( hedge funds , asset management , etc.), bulge bracket research team to startup PE firm).

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Biotech Hedge Funds: A Match Made in Heaven

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Many biotech stocks are relatively uncorrelated with the broader market because they trade based on catalysts rather than GDP growth, inflation, interest rates, or consumer spending. Biotech stocks let hedge funds bet on very specific aspects of company performance. Its not just Will the drug succeed?

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