Around a month ago when bonus discussions were heating up, I took a different approach from most others and looked at each bank’s…. investment banking revenue.
Based on this analysis, I concluded that bonuses would be down 20-30% overall:
“…But if I had to guess, I’d say that bonuses will be down 20-30% overall. Something in the [...]

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Thus, investment bankers make a lot of money because they sell things for huge amounts of money while taking a generous commission and having hardly any expenses.

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I always recommend starting at the same time as the other Investment Banking Analysts in your “class,” and not just so you can spend a few months sitting on the beach and drinking Piña Coladas.

It can actually hurt you financially and in terms of work experience if you go outside the norm and start in January or February before everyone else.

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