this is a good question that may pertain to a lot of young forum users. Can someone please answer this question.Please provide any insight on the nature of work between buy-side (hedge fund) trading and sell-side trading.

has anyone received pms regarding internships from this thread?

<t>I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I have a question that relates to your topic title, although not necessarily your question.I am currently a grad student, and am trying to plan a preliminary career path. Looking long-term, I would like to managing some sort of fund. My first thought that a...

I haven't yet worked in industry, but it seems that models designed to predict yield rates would directly contribute to fixed-income trade decisions. However, this still doesn't mean that your contribution would be directly quantifiable wrt bonuses etc....

From what I have heard on another forum, I think cornell may offer some aid.I also think CMU offers some aid, but it's program has a very high initial cost, so this is kind of negated.I think most "2nd tier" schools will offer some sort of aid, although I dislike using that terminology.

may I ask why you want to become a trader

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I haven't attended either program yet, but from what I have read from other forums and such, the FE at columbia is a little more respected than the mafn. I'm not sure which would be the better option between mafn and cornell. What are you future career goals?