Wall Street Analyst Wants To Know Why His Boss Started Wearing A Thong
A young Wall Street analyst wrote this to The New York Times:I am a 22-year-old man working at a new job on Wall Street. My boss is a very attractive 30-year-old woman. We happen to exercise at the...
View Article19 Embarrassing Emails, IMs, And Conversations That Wall Street Wishes Were...
No matter how many times embarrassing Wall Street emails, conversations or tirades get made public, it never seems to stop.Just this week, we had the Standard & Poor's analysts' emails and IM...
View ArticleSports Illustrated Swimsuit Models Are Taking Over The NYSE Floor
To commemorate the release of the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, the models are taking over the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to ring the closing bell.We're told by a NYSE insider...
View ArticlePrepare To See Some Serious Carnage In The Private Equity Industry
As many of 708 private equity firms are facing a brutal deadline — attract investors over the next few years or face fee reductions, Bloomberg reports.From 2006 to 2008, PE attracted $702 billion in...
View ArticleBig Investors Are Getting Behind A Startup That Connects Users With Wall...
The brain behind Capital IQ, the financial database service that was sold to McGraw Hill in 2004 for over $200 million, has a new product for Wall Street, Deal Book reports.Capital IQ co-founder Neal...
View ArticleHow The London Whale Debacle Is Partly The Result Of An Error Using Excel
This is something people are starting to talk about in the blogosphere that should give all of Wall Street pause.Over at The Baseline Scenario, law professor James Kwak, says that what has been...
View ArticleInvestors Are Thrilled To See Kate Upton On The Cover Of The Sports...
When it comes to the markets, history tends to be a terrible guide.But assuming it is a good guide, then investors should be thrilled to see model Kate Upton on the cover of the Sports Illustrated...
View ArticleThe Best Happy Hour Spots On Wall Street
It's only Tuesday, which means we still have a long work week ahead of us.Even if you're not getting out right at 4PM when the market closes, you're still looking to get a strong cocktail (or two)...
View Article17 Fraternities With Top Wall Street Alumni
Every year, thousands of young men at college campuses across the U.S. rush fraternities. Their reasons for joining these groups might vary. Most probably want to make more friends and have a full...
View ArticleBehind Closed Doors, Bill Ackman Called A NYC Seaport Developer One Of Wall...
In case you were wondering why Howard Hughes Corporation's stock hit a 52-week high of $78.52 today... The company was talked about at the Harbor Investment Conference at JPMorgan Chase in Midtown...
View ArticleHere's What's On Deck For Elizabeth Warren's First Senate Banking Committee...
At 10:30 this morning the Senate Banking Committee will convene for the first time since the start of 2013.That means it will be freshman Elizabeth Warren's (D-Mass.) first hearing as a member of the...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren Just Got Fierce At The Senate Banking Hearing On Wall Street...
Ever since Elizabeth Warren went from financial regulatory crusader to Senator from Massachusetts, Wall Street's been wondering what she would do with her new power.Then she got appointed to Senate...
View ArticleThis Bullet Hole In A Manhattan Church Was Meant For J.P. Morgan
Wall Street's history is fascinating, especially the history of its major players.One of our friends recently shared a photo he took of a bullet hole in an Episcopal church that was meant for J.P....
View ArticleMore Wall Street Layoffs Are Coming
By EconMattersTrading: State of the UnionI was visiting a large Oil trading floor last year, and they were having their big state of the union town hall on the floor and the CEO of the group that...
View ArticleVolatility Trader Tells Us How He Survived 'All The Crazy Stuff' In The Last...
With so many different types of market players on Wall Street these days, we're always curious about how they go about executing various strategies. Las Vegas-based volatility trader Robert Blau, the...
View ArticleWall Street Bonuses Were Absolutely Crushed Last Year
It's about the time when people on Wall Street take a look back at last year, and it's looking ugly.According to a survey by eFinancial careers, Wall Street bonuses fell by over a third last year,...
View ArticleAt Least One Wall Street Banker Is Into The New Hourly Rate Hotel Room...
The New York Post's Jane Ridley and Jennifer Wright have a fascinating piece about some hotels in New York City offering hourly rates for rooms during the workday through DayUse.com.The hotel rooms...
View ArticlePippa Middleton Is Dating A Deutsche Bank Stockbroker
Everyone on Wall Street is talking about Nico Jackson, a tall, blue-eyed Deutsche Bank stockbroker.That's because he's dating Pippa Middleton, according to multiple press reports.She recently took him...
View ArticleHelp Us Nail Wall Street's Favorite Restaurant
Entertaining and eating with clients is a big deal on Wall Street, and for the most part, no amount of money is too large for top notch food and top notch service.That said: Wall Street's favorite...
View ArticleTwo Ex-Goldman Traders Explain How To Tell Your Wife About Your Bad Bonus
eFinancial Careers Sarah Butcher has a fascinating piece on how to let a significant other know you got a really crappy bonus this year. The two best pieces of advice come from a pair of former Goldman...
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