When are the good times gonna get rollin'?

Curious to know when people think the good ol' days of 150% bonuses will start rolling again, if ever?

Had an interesting discussion on this with some friends so curious to hear what you guys think.

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Not that I have any quantitative evidence to back this up, but I don't think you'll be seeing the bonuses of 2004-2008 for a long, long time. Those years were aberrations that only happens at the height of a bull market. Everything I've read points to depressed growth in Europe and the US for the foreseeable future and, in the absence of growth, limited M&A activity.

“I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are.” - Hicks
 

When Tyler Perry stops making a new television series every 40 minutes.

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when greece pays back all its debt!!!

but seriously, not until 2013 at the earliest, i'd say. i woulda said 2012 at the start of the year, but things change

still, you can earn good money before then - just not the ridiculous amounts people did before the crash

 

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