Everyone loves to hate bankers. Their hefty bonuses, inflated egos, and “models and bottles” lifestyle framework often make them a public target for contempt. The prestige of a banking job is coveted far and wide by top business school graduates, and some of these douchebag attributes have trickled down to analyst levels. Let’s examine four [...]
On Sunday night I was studying. Okay that’s a lie; I was actually live-streaming the Emmys with the untouched Economics volume propped up in front of me. Neil Patrick Harris is awesome. I don’t usually watch awards shows, but unexpected things happen sometimes *coughKANYEcough*. The awards themselves and finding out the winners don’t really interest me, but I [...]
In high school, it didn’t take me very long to realize that the things we were learning were going to be either obsolete or not applicable to real life by the time we entered the work force. Most subjects were too simplified and high level. Those four years were mainly used to secure a foundation [...]
…out of all the good stuff in the New York Times, your attention is caught by an article called New Accounting Rules for Mortgage-Backed Securities.
We all know that the economy’s tanking and we’re all going to hell. The American financial sector has been, for lack of a better term, totally PWNED (by itself), and its repercussions have been felt across the globe. Last week, Citigroup slashed 50,000 jobs, which is freakin’ insane. FIFTY THOUSAND!! And today they’ve got a [...]