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We know that a bunch of our readers spend a lot of time in front of their monitors trading the markets. It's basically their second home, so they have to tailor to their needs and strategy.That's why...
View ArticleEx-Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne Is Selling His Apartment For $14.95 Million
The Wall Street Journal reports that Jimmy Cayne, the former CEO of now-defunct investment bank Bear Stearns, is selling his Park Avenue apartment for $14.95 million. According to the Journal, Cayne...
View ArticleThe Problem With JP Morgan's Hiring In China Isn't Who They Hire, It's Why...
This weekend reports surfaced that the SEC is investigating JPMorgan for hiring Chinese 'princelings' (the privileged children of ruling Communist Party leaders) in order to land business in the...
View Article19 College Frats With Big Name Wall Street Alumni
This week, fraternity rush is beginning at college campuses across the country. The reasons people join these groups might vary. Most people probably want to make more friends and have a full social...
View ArticleHedge Funder Phil Falcone Throws His Lawyer Under The Bus
Hedge funder Phil Falcone sent the following statement to CNBC from his Hamptons home this afternoon following a deal with the SEC to pay an $18 million fine and accept a five-year ban from the...
View ArticleC'Mon People, This JPMorgan China Hiring Issue Is More Complicated Than...
It's easy to make blanket statements about hiring on Wall Street. In large part, the people that make it to high level positions in finance have all come from the same cities, the same schools, and...
View ArticleFinancial Crisis-Era Derivatives Are Making A Comeback
Collateralized debt obligations, the complex financial instruments that cratered disastrously in the financial crisis, are back.The market for the instruments, which were based on subprime mortgages,...
View ArticleMICHAEL BLOOMBERG: If You Want To Be Successful, Stop Going To The Bathroom
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire founder of media giant Bloomberg LP, said on his radio show that people who want to be successful shouldn't go the bathroom a lot. From Politicker: [via...
View Article23 Ways Your Wall Street Job Will Ruin Your Life
If you're considering going to Wall Street, you should really know what you're getting into.Yes, you will get paid better than average people all over the world. Yes, you will get to learn new things...
View ArticleMuriel Siebert, 'The First Woman Of Finance,' Has Died
First woman member of the New York Stock Exchange, Muriel Siebert dies at 80NEW YORK (AP) — Muriel "Mickie" Siebert, the first woman to become a member of the New York Stock Exchange, has died of...
View ArticleTwo Skills That Will Always Get You Paid Handsomely On Wall Street
Sure, Wall Street's changed dramatically over the last few years, but according to Alan Breed — the CEO of leading asset manager Edgewood Management — there are still two surefire ways you can get paid...
View ArticleBank CEO Admits To Using Bailout Money To Buy A Luxury Condo In Florida
Darryl Layne Woods, the former CEO of a Missouri bank, admitted in court yesterday to using financial crisis bailout funds to purchase a luxury waterfront condo in Florida, Dealbook's Peter Lattman...
View ArticleHere's A Rundown Of All Of JPMorgan's Mounting Legal Headaches
JPMorgan Chase is currently facing a slew of problems from the London Whale trading loss to subprime mortgage lawsuits from the financial crisis. Once the darling of Washington, D.C., the bank has now...
View ArticleThis Velociraptor Chasing A Japanese Office Worker Is The Most Terrifying...
Wall Streeters have a penchant for pulling pranks on each other and they're usually pretty funny. But this Velociraptor chase from a game show in a Japanese office takes the prize for the best prank...
View ArticleFinancial Analyst Writes Advice Column For Young Women Who Date 'Sugar Daddies'
A 45-year-old senior financial analyst/"sugar daddy" just started writing a dating advice column for Earn The Necklace— a website for women who date much older men, the New York Post reported.It's...
View ArticleFormer Wall Street Woman Says She Faced Improper Advances From Married...
Question-and-answer site Quora tweeted a link this morning to a thread called "What is it like being a woman on Wall Street?" An anonymous Ivy League-educated woman, who says she worked on Wall Street...
View Article2 Wall Streeters Bid Up A 1-Foot-Wide Piece Of Hamptons Land Being Sold For...
All Suffolk County wanted to do was sell a little strip of beach front property 1-foot-wide by 1,885-feet-long. The county set the bidding at $10, according to Newsday, and contacted the adjacent...
View Article18 Famous People Who Have A Thing For Wall Streeters
Aside from being the Masters of the Universe making the big bucks, some Wall Streeters have managed to become romantically involved with some really famous people. We've compiled a list supermodels,...
View ArticleA Goldman Exec Bought The Only Freestanding Mansion In Manhattan For $14...
A Goldman Sachs executive has bought the only freestanding mansion in Manhattan, The Real Deal's Katherine Clarke reports citing city records. Mark Schwartz, a vice chairman of Goldman and chairman of...
View ArticleNeil Barofsky Is Joining A Huge White Collar Law Firm Where He'll Represent...
Former federal prosecutor Neil Barofsky, who is also the former Special Inspector General for TARP and the author of "Bailout," is joining a big white collar law firm, Jenner & Block. In his new...
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