Day in the Life of a Hedge Fund Analyst (2024)

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Once in a while, I like to make a "Day in the Life" video documenting a typical day as someone working in the finance industry. In this video, I show what its like working from home at a hedge fund as a risk analyst, from how I spend my work day, to my routines and habits. Let me know if you enjoyed the video and want to see some similar ones in the future!

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[RealJozefB]

Quick tip: Make the eggs on lower heat for a little longer, they taste much better then, not being so dry.

[MasterOfTheUniversePSD]

Podcast Recommendations:
- Exchanges at Goldman Sachs: In case you've somehow missed it
- The Memo by Howard Marks: For a theory focused macro perspective
- FICC Focus by Bloomberg: Normal people, hard facts
- Occupy a Job on Wall Street: A little bit of comedy, a little bit of blasphemy, a lot of great stories
- Washington Welcomes: David Rubenstein's Economic Club of Washington DC videos in podcast format (getting to know industry leaders)

[gantavyavasudeva]

Highly appreciative of the effort man. Keep posting!🙌

[DakariAntoine]

this was really good bro! just found your channel today, so gonna binge all of your videos! odd lots podcast is great.
two I would recommend to you are "flirting with models" brief overview: show aims to pull back the curtain and meet the investors who research, design, develop, and manage quantitative investment strategies.
and lastly, "throwing fits" (my personal favorite) podcast about men's fashion

[t.r.o.o.e.]

can you reply me a link for that guitar piece played in final section of this video

[balajiv]

What sorts of trades are generally preferable..? margin used 15x?... Capital?.. annual ROI?

[KevinKake_]

Great stuff!! I love the intentionality in your daily life

[phantrungai]

if you are in hedge fund will you be able to buy certain stock that the company is doing its deal on?

[JoshuaFinancialPL]

what sorts of KPIs are used to evaluate your work?

[davydeiko_ilya]

Hello. Please tell me how you can very quickly agree on a 50 billion M&A program with an employee or trainee of an investment bank?

[ganeshbhandarkar]

i had question do quant traders use linux at work or windows ?

[Fate_trades]

great video! quick question if I'm retail trader, good knowledge on financial market and I have a track record of almost 2 years, can I apply to a hedge fund ? and if there's a conditions like over 55% win rate etc

[bikymin]

WOW, the editing is fire. Thank you for the video !!! ❤️❤️❤️

[rayxarm]

can you link all your peripherals and pc components pls? really love your setup tbh

[DKendrick]

What kind of camera are you using Aaron?

[dragooz]

It's great to see you making most of your own meals, healthy meals -- vs eating out all the time, like a lot of people do. And staying active. I'm 25+ years into my private banking career, and believe me, those habits pay off.

[UNKNOWN-]

Bro your alarm and the blue lights from your setup are unreal !! Do you mind telling me where you got them from if that’s okay brother ?

[explainAnkish]

Love to see your content ❤❤❤

Inspired from you

[BucksUpj]

I have a question, what did you do school wise? I’m still young so I wanna know the process to becoming a hedge fund analyst.

[adamv]

Hi Aaron, I'm soon to graduate from my MSF program and am looking into potential jobs. Do you have any recommendations?