Who, in the financial services industry voted for Donald Trump last week? As the coals are raked and the exit polls analyzed, it looks like Trump did better than in 2016 among people earning more than $100k, that he had support in […]
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“We earn >$700k. We can’t afford to live in NYC under Biden”
If Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election, taxes will rise. And taxes in New York City, New Jersey and California will rise more than elsewhere. Biden has committed to increase taxes for individuals earning more than $400k a year, and […]
Sanders Joins Trump in Telling the Media to Go to Hell
Where are those medical records you promised to show us, asked NBC News’ Chuck Todd last weekend on “Meet the Press.“ Sen. Bernie Sanders sounded polite enough, as he exhaled a puffy cloud of obfuscation. It was not hard to […]
EU turns to alchemy to conjure up trade deal with Trump
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is stepping onto very thin ice if she presses ahead with a mini trade deal that she has targeted with the U.S. in the next few weeks. There are obvious attractions to a […]
Trump wins Iowa GOP caucuses
The results came less than a half hour after Iowa Republicans began caucusing across the state. President Donald Trump on Monday coasted to victory in the 2020 Iowa Republican caucuses, quickly quashing his two lesser-known GOP rivals. Trump won the […]
Gary Cohn’s move from Goldman to Trump is a trading decision
After 26 years, aged 56, Gary Cohn may be leaving Goldman Sachs. The man who could have replaced Lloyd Blankfein as Goldman CEO has reportedly been offered a position as director of Donald Trump’s National Economic Council and assistant to the president […]
Ex-Lehman CFO: Trump could make banking jobs great again
It’s a cliché but it’s still true: since the financial crisis, banking jobs have been a bit boring. What with all the new regulations and the new compliance staff (3,000+ at J.P. Morgan and 3,000 HSBC), bankers have been fettered. Senior […]
The best banking jobs under Trump, by Deutsche and Barclays
Wondering which sorts of banking jobs are going to thrive under Donald J.? While it clearly won’t be compliance (Trump’s expected to start a regulatory bonfire), or cross-border M&A (who’s going to want to do global deals in a world […]











