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Last updated April 20, 2010



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About SumZero

SumZero is the leading global community for buyside investment professionals. The site has rapidly grown to 6264 elite hedge fund, private equity, and mutual fund analysts - almost every brand-name hedge fund and mutual fund is represented in SumZero's user base.

The concept is simple. There are 3928 full-length, peer-rated investment write-ups in SumZero's database (covering equities, credit, macro, commodities, and other asset classes). By contributing one idea, a member gains access to the entire database.

Additionally, there are thousands of companies in SumZero's database of expertise companies, each of which is tied to one or more buyside analysts. An analyst can easily identify a list of other leading buyside analysts who have done work on the company he/she is interested in and contact them to compare notes, deepen each other's understanding, and build one's professional network.