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What do you read to stay up to date in CRE?
What does everyone read to keep up on the RE industry? Right now I just use WSJ, theRealDeal, Bisnow and PERE to follow news and industry trends, but interested in finding other resources. I've found TRD to be mostly deal news, and mostly useful only if you were a brokerage and not in acquisitions...
WSJ Prime - Forward Curve?
Hey guys - My firms uses a boutique capital placement firm who prices their floating debt at WSP + spread. Currently using a SOFR forward curve to project out rates, was wondering if anyone had any reliable sources of WSJ prime rate projections. Any insight is appreciated !
All Work and No Play Could Make Wall Street Less Profitable
Are high profits sustainable, or does the industry need to hire more people? It may only be tiny violins that most people would play for overworked junior investment bankers on Wall Street. But their concerns do raise some interesting questions for investors about the profit surge in the industry....
Banking is NOT the Best Paying Industry?
Here is an interesting WSJ article that compares median incomes across various industries: [quote]The data reveal the types of firms where lucrative jobs are the norm rather than the exception. Some of the highest reported median wages were paid by pharmaceutical companies. Four firms in the S&P 500...
Get a Goldman Tattoo on your forehead for "Job Security"!
“What kind of a jerk would fire an employee that has the logo tattooed on him?” I just found out that the Wall Street Journal isn't exclusively dry and serious all the time. For those of you who are looking to express your loyalty to your workplace, look at this: [quote]At age 40, tattoos...
Remember that movie called Margin Call? Here is why fiction might soon meet reality...
The whole premise of the movie was that an investment bank had borrowed too much on margin and owed more than the bank was worth when it was hit by the financial crisis. What is concerning here is that, according to an article by the WSJ, the rise of borrowing on margin in recent years might lead to...
I'm being asked to give comment to WSJ
Hi guys. I'm being asked to give a comment on an old startup I worked for with the WSJ. What is the general consensus on talking to the press about an old job (people always asked about [redacted company], but my severance was on the line). I have no ties, and was technically fired due to...
Interesting Podcasts To Help The Day Fly By
I understand that there have been previous podcast threads in the past, and I listen to all the main "Finance and Business Related Ones" Barry Ritholtz, Planet Money, WSJ xyz, Bloomberg Deal of the week. I also listen to a couple non-business related ones: The Moth, Radiolab, Ted Radio Hour etc. As...
Carlyle-owned fund refuses to refund near 2/3 of amount requested by investors
Interesting to see that one of the great companies is struggling right now. Anyone know anybody at Claren Road AM? From WSJ (link inside the post): [quote] A struggling hedge-fund firm owned by Carlyle Group LP won’t immediately pay back about two-thirds of the nearly $2 billion that investors...
Subscribing WSJ Print Edition in Canada
Hi everyone. New member here. I think this site is great and I look forward to learning from you guys. I've been trying to figure out how to have the WSJ print edition delivered to me but haven't had much luck. Their customer support said they don't have distribution centres near where I live...
Wal-Mart Offering Tax Services?
Is Wal-Mart partnering with Tax Products Group and Republic Bank & Trust Co. to start a tax service? It is quite possible. Wal-Mart is taking another step towards providing financial services beyond its money transferring services that it started last year. Wal-Mart is now moving forward with...
Will A Watch Help Spawn New Start-ups?
During the unveiling of the much anticipated iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus, very few people knew about the unveiling of Apple's Watch. For simplicity and due to many Apple products, lets put an "i" in front of "Watch." Apple's iWatch is soon to be released sometime early this year. Already, some people...
The Best Sources of Financial News & Commentary
The world today is chock-full of information, far more than any one person could possibly digest or hope to read. For this weeks blog post I decided to give a list of the news sources I use and find helpful, as well as inviting others to share their ideas. So, here goes. Best Source Of Financial...
Can someone pull a PDF of a WSJ article?
One of my clients is featured in this but alas, I no longer have a WSJ subscription. If you could save and send me a PDF of it, I would award you with SBs and eternal gratitude. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB100014241278873246359045786399006… Thanks!
WSJ's Bernanke Video Game
Just stumbled upton this today. If you haven't played it yet, WSJ came out with a video game featuring Bernanke. It's called "The Federator". Check it out here: http://projects.wsj.com/games/thefederator/?mg=inert-wsj Hint: If you hit a "monster" called "rate increase", you die. If you spit out too...
WSJ Subscription
Do you guys have a subscription to WSJ? It's like $25 a month, pretty expensive for a student. Any ways around this? I can barely read the first page of the articles until I get to the subscription content Do your companies pay for it?
WSJ subscription worth it?
I currently do most of my reading on the free Bloomberg iphone app where there are tons of free articles updated daily and I was wondering is this enough for a sophomore in college to stay up to date with the markets? I was thinking of maybe doing a WSJ subscription and wanted to hear your guys'...
Is Self Regulation Possible?
I make no qualms about disliking government intrusion into markets, but I also accept it as an occasionally necessary evil. Over the years the case, has been made again and again that properly motivated self-regulation is better for any and every industry than sausage club swinging government swine...
You Are Obsolete
I have come to the conclusion that after much reflection and internal debating, that the WSJ is fundamentally and wholly obsolete. Like that Twilight Zone episode where a librarian was deemed obsolete, so too is the WSJ. Especially for those of us who work in S&T , the WSJ has been completely...
WSJ/FT Delivery Time
What time does the WSJ and FT arrive at your doorstep in the AM EST? Trying to time my day. Thanks.
Wall Street Slashing Jobs - How is this going to affect FT recruitment?
"The goal is to remove people who aren't "pulling their weight," said one investment-banking head at a major bank, adding that "banks are overbuilt" in relation to the work available. As compared with years past, banks are less willing to keep those employees on board in hopes of a near-term...
How should I read WSJ?????????
Hi, I'm a freshman thus know practically nothing about what wsj talks about. But I know keeping up with these stuff is very important, so could you guys give me some advice on where to start with this awesome website? Thanks guys
WSJ: "The buyout business has become downright mundane."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204… I have a problem with this article. It sounds like Zuckerman is sensationalizing the fact that PE is not immune to a business cycle. He takes the facts that deals can't get done at pre-recession leverage levels and prices (yeah no shit asshole)...
The Rules For Future Rulers
Stop being nice. Don't believe the hype. Every day I see more kindness propaganda, destroying our future captains of industry. Smile...buy cookies...hold doors...pick up the check. BBBAAAaaaah...humbug!!!! I can't take anymore of this beta male, feminized on-the-rag talk. You don't get to the top...
Bernie Gets a Faceful of Justice
In perhaps the most unsurprising news since Tiger's decision to return for the Masters, Lenny Dykstra losing all of his money to late night infomercials, or Cramer getting investigated by the SEC, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Bern-alicious got his nose broke and face re-arranged by...
Latest WSJ Best on the Street Rankings
I just saw the ranking in print. I'm pretty excited where everything shook out. Top 4 #1 Standard & Poor's (with 10 out of 79) #2 William Blair (with 7 out of 32- highest batting average and top ranked investment bank) #2 Robert W. Baird (with 7 out of 42) #2 Raymond James (with 7 out of 55)...
"How to Get a Real Education"
I understand why the top students in America study physics, chemistry, calculus and classic literature. The kids in this brainy group are the future professors, scientists, thinkers and engineers who will propel civilization forward. But why do we make B students sit through these same classes?...
Why the Dollar's Reign Is Near an End
Dr. Eichengreen, the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley, argues that the dollar is soon to lose it's role as the primary reserve currency. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703… He claims that the...
What if your mom worked on Wall Street?
Kids only a Wall Street mother could love Commentary: Success depends on how we define achievement By David Weidner, MarketWatch http://www.marketwatch.com/story/story/print?guid… NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Chinese mothers, if you weren’t aware, are superior. Wall Street has the same kind of...
WSJ - Login info with me?
hey guys, anyone on here that knows how to get a free subscription to the WSJ, or doesnt mind sharing their login info with me? lol
What will happen Saturday if no spending bill?
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senate leaders were negotiating the details Friday of a must-pass measure to fund the federal government into early 2011, racing against a deadline of midnight Saturday to prevent a shutdown of government operations . The need for a short-term spending bill comes after Democrats...
The end of the WSJ as we know it
So it finally happened. Rupert Murdoch is changing the journal. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/23/business/media/… So the journal now will focus on things like this: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12380091327724068… and compete with reuters and blg. WTF am I supposed to read on the train now?
Read WSJ for FREE
Don't know if I am the only one who didn't know this, but here you go: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-read-wsj-fr…
WSJ's best/worst jobs 2010
Check out #14: Bank officer lol http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/…
How To Sue For Your Job/Bonus
Sure, Wall Street is getting a bad rap right now. AIG is cowering in fear that any modicum of spending will be perceived as another opulent bailout-wasting extravaganza. But just cuz those suckers are under the gun doesn't mean you guys should throw in the towel on your potential firings or cut...
is the online version of FT/WSJ the same as the paper version?
this is a serious question...the reason I'm asking is that I am subscribed to the online version of these publications, and was wondering if someone in an interview asked me what was on the front page of the WSJ/ FT , or what was some of the major news discussed in the paper version, will what I...
free online access to bloomberg & wsj?
any idea?
Front page of the WSJ
I guess I'm a lot less mature than I thought I was. When I picked up this morning's journal, I burst out laughing at the front page headline. Anyone else find this headline hysterical? Colleagues Finger Billionaire.
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