Everyone has started using the same word to describe the markets
It's slow going in the market right now. From stocks to bonds to currencies, nothing much is happening.And there is a growing sense that it might just be too slow, too quiet.We've now seen a bunch of...
View Article6 senior women on Wall Street share their best career advice
Building a successful career on Wall Street is never an easy task.It can be even more challenging if you're a woman in the male-dominated industry."The DNA of the business world is set up for men. Full...
View ArticleIt really is all about the dollar
When it comes to currency trading, it really is all about the dollar.The BIS Triennial Central Bank Survey, which has been published every three years since 1986, was published Thursday. The headline...
View ArticleWall Street's language is now being applied to the human race, and it has...
Wall Street's language is now being applied to the human race, and it has scary implications.Viktor Shvets, a strategist at Macquarie in Hong Kong, has a big note out on declining productivity. In it,...
View ArticleSee Wall Street's slow, devastating decline in one chart
It has been a rough couple of years on Wall Street.We've written plenty about the job cuts, high-level departures, rise of technology, weak deal-making environment, strategic initiatives, and cultural...
View ArticleWall Street is unprepared for a Trump victory
Just weeks after Donald Trump's campaign seemed headed for the same fate as Trump Steaks and Trump Vodka, the man has turned things around.A series of new polls have shown him closing the gap with...
View ArticleHere's how much people in financial centres around the world get paid for...
Business is becoming increasingly globalised, with workers around the world interacting with one another constantly.However, depending on where in the world you work, there are big differences in how...
View ArticleThe world of finance is entering a 'Twilight Zone'
We've entered in to a "Twilight Zone."That's according to Viktor Shvets, a strategist at Australian bank Macquarie in Hong Kong. In a big note out this week, Shvets set out his bearish view on the...
View ArticleThe chart to strike fear in to Wall Street traders
Wall Street trading floors are thinning out. More than 10,000 front office jobs have been cut across the top ten banks since 2011, according to new data from Coalition. In fixed income, currencies and...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs asked all its interns about their habits, hopes, and dreams —...
Internship season has wrapped up on Wall Street, and young financiers are heading back to school with all the new skills and knowledge they picked up over the summer.Of course, the banks can always...
View ArticleOne devastating picture of a Wall Street trading floor says it all
We've written plenty over the last few days about the brutal conditions on Wall Street.More than 10,000 front-office jobs have been cut across the top 10 banks since 2011, and that number could swell,...
View ArticleAn acquisition to form one of the world's largest energy infrastructure...
Canadian pipeline company Enbridge is buying Houston-based Spectra Energy, creating the largest energy infrastructure company in North America.The deal, valued at $43.1 billion, is the third biggest...
View ArticleThere is literally only one bright spot on Wall Street
It has been a terrible start to the year for Wall Street traders.There have been widespread job cuts, and revenues are down in just about every single business line. From stock trading to investment...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs Elevator explains the hierarchy of watches on Wall Street
A report out of the UK made headlines recently for suggesting that banks discriminate in their recruiting efforts on the basis of class.The study examined the “unwritten expectations” of investment...
View ArticleWe’re obsessed with these affordable men’s dress shoes — they’re handmade in...
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View ArticleThese are the 9 best banks to work for on Wall Street
There has been big shift on Wall Street.Vault.com just released its annual ranking of the best banks to work for, examining factors like culture, satisfaction, work/life balance, training, compensation...
View ArticleChipotle's decline is unstoppable
Wall Street has growing doubts that Chipotle will ever recover from the E. coli outbreak that sent its sales tumbling. In a note published Thursday, BTIG analyst Peter Saleh said the company's...
View ArticleThe little guys are winning on Wall Street
It doesn't take a position at a big investment bank to land a role on a big deal.Smaller independent and boutique advisory firms have made a splash on the biggest mergers and acquisitions of 2016,...
View ArticleThe 'Barbarians at the Gate' may actually be getting something right
There is a long-running debate in private-equity investing.Do the funds, which have won the moniker "Barbarians at the Gate," create value by financial chicanery or by actually improving the businesses...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley addressed its interns' most pressing career questions, and...
If you're a Wall Street intern about halfway through your first stint in finance, you've probably got tons of questions.Of course, you might be worried about asking them without seeming naive or...
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