VIDEO SERIES

Main topics covered:

• Robert’s Interest in Markets 
• What’s a Hedge Fund?
• Asset Classes
• What is Long/Short Equity?
• Hedge Fund Trading
• Sell-Side vs Buy-Side Trading
• Skills Required for College Students
• Multi-Manager Hedge Funds
• Single-Manager Hedge Funds
• Market-making
• How Market-Makers Make Money
• What’s a Quant?
• Being a Hedge Fund Quant
• Quant Space Summary
• Do Fundamentals Matter for Quants?
• Hedge Fund Trading Summary
• Quantitative Discretionary Strategy
• “Discretionary Quant” is Different from “Quant”
• Choosing a Career Role

Main topics covered:

• Long/Short Equity In-Depth Overview
• Conviction 
• Risk
• Evaluating a Stock: PALANTIR (PLTR) Example
• Valuation Models
• Pitching a Stock
• Roles in a L/S Equity Fund

Main topics covered:

• Gaining Skills - Learning and Reading
• What Hedge Funds Look For
• L/S Equity Prerequisites
• L/S Equity Analysts vs Quants - Thought Process
• Every Hedge Fund Plays a Different Game
• Coding is a Value-Add
• How to Learn to Code
• First Steps in Coding
• Building a Python Portfolio Optimization Library
• What is Portfolio Optimization
• Use Python to Learn Finance
• How to Get a Hedge Fund Job
• Do You Need to Do Personal Trading?
• Crypto for People Entering the Hedge Fund Space

Main topics covered:

• Positive Attitude Towards Learning 
• Time Management and Learning Techniques
• Productivity: Meta-Level Questions and Note-Taking
• Space Repetition 
• Good Habits: 0.5 Hours a Day Adds to 180 Hour a Year
• “Constantly in Beta”
• Daily Content Consumption
• Learning From Other People 
• Twitter & Reddit: Use Wisely
• How to Approach Reading

Main topics covered:

• L/S Equity Interviews
• Approach Interviews as a Conversation
• Quant Interviews
• Estimation Questions
• Accounting & Finance

Main topics covered:

• Biggest Learnings from University
• Be Content and Don’t Compare Yourself to Others
• Key Takeaways: Love Learning, Play the Long Game, Think Abstractly & Practically