Nov 08, 2010
Trending Content - Sales and Trading Forum
| +9 | Sales OTC Desk internship | 2 | 3d |
| +6 | Linear Rates / US Rate Swaps | 9 | 9h |
Career Resources
WSO Virtual Bootcamps
Career Advancement Opportunities
June 2026 Investment Banking
-
Evercore 01 99.4%
-
Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
-
JPMorgan 01 98.2%
-
Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
-
Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%
Overall Employee Satisfaction
June 2026 Investment Banking
-
Moelis & Company No 99.4%
-
Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
-
Evercore 01 98.2%
-
BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
-
Banco Santander 01 97.1%
Professional Growth Opportunities
June 2026 Investment Banking
-
Evercore 01 99.4%
-
Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
-
Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
-
JPMorgan No 97.7%
-
BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%
Total Avg Compensation
June 2026 Investment Banking
-
Vice President (14) $434
-
Associates (43) $259
-
3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
-
2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
-
Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
-
1st Year Analyst (77) $151
-
Intern/Summer Analyst (71) $101
16 IB Interviews Notes
“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”
Leaderboard
| 1 |  |
99.2 |
| 2 | |
99.0 |
| 3 | |
99.0 |
| 4 | |
99.0 |
| 5 | |
98.9 |
| 6 | |
98.9 |
| 7 |  |
98.9 |
| 8 | |
98.9 |
| 9 |  |
98.9 |
| 10 | |
98.8 |
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship
“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”
If I got tomorrow's WSJ I would rule the world. Reading other people's minds would get rather boring after you realized that most people only think about themselves.
1 day in the future
1 day prior.
I would have to be in touch with some powerful people before I can put mind reading to good use.
I wouldn't underestimate the power of knowing how the greatest minds think about the markets.
The power to influence
Sure, let's step it up to complete mind control, and no restriction on how far ahead you can see in the future.
Do I have to be in direct contact or decent range of the person I want to control? Or can I control Henry Kravis a 100 miles away?
The power ... to move you.
Tenacious D reference= sweet
Regards, Wonder Boy
Let's say, you can control someone if you are within a 10 ft radius.
Wouldn't complete mind control mean you could, to a certain degree, determine outcomes and therefore determine the future? I guess I don't understand the point of seeing into the future at a point which you can ensure that the future you want is made for you through mind control.
^agreed. knowing what people are thinking can help you more accurately predict the future, so I would go with mind reading, provided I dont have to be in direct contact with someone to do it. otherwise, i would take the one day in the future option.
Why would you choose an option that would allow you to "more accurately predict the future" when you could choose the other option of knowing the future?
Regards
Well, you can convince Henry Kravis to make you a partner with mind control, but you can't know how well KKR will do in the next year...
^ Hell... I would just get a bunch of them to make large cash withdrawals...
I would take being able to see into the future indefinitely given the parameter and contact limits of mind control.
Let's also suppose you can control only one mind at a time.
power to see through peoples clothes
With the money you make from predicting the future or mind control... you can pay people to see what's underneath and then some.
Edit: Ahh, everythingsucks beat me to it. :p
lol, squirtlez. If you have a power that will make you a lot of money, you won't need to be able to see through clothes. The clothes will come off willingly.
I am going to choose B, since A is really not a super power.
Suppose you have the ability to see one day into the future. So you are at the bar, and you start talking with a girl, and you "gaze" into the future, and you see that she will not be waking up with you tomorrow morning. So naturally, you stop talking with her, and proceed on to the next girl. Thus, by knowing you would fail, you chose not to attempt to talk to her, thus confirming your failure. Even if you tried to talk to her, you would not have succeeded anyway, and thus the event would be confirmed. Nothing you could do would change the course of events, thus you would not be able to really use your power.
The same holds true in the market. If you know gold is going to crash tomorrow, then you naturally will short gold tonight. But that would mean that gold crashed because you shorted it. In effect, you created the effect through the cause. Thus, in scenario 1, it is impossible to respond to the events that you know will happen, and, to some extent, you become the reason they occur in the first place. Thus, this isn't really a super power, since you only have the ability to see, but not to react. I don't see how this would give you an advantage in trading.
Option B is superior in this regard. You can hear the person's thoughts (ie the girl in the bar), and you can respond in a way that will allow you to score. Same with "the trade". You can "hear" what other market participants really think, and respond accordingly. The ability to respond to secret information is far superior to the ability to know the exact outcome.
.
What if I Told You Superpowers Exist? (Originally Posted: 12/09/2016)
If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
I'd be tempted to choose short sleep, the ability to get by on just a few hours of sleep.
Talk about hacking life. Another thing to note: based on research, there are no apparent negative health effects. Where do I sign up?
Scientists estimate short sleepers make up about 1% of the population. The ability to short sleep is, at least according to research, almost entirely genetic.
The point is, research on short sleep is being done. One day those of us not blessed with the ability to short sleep might be able to.
Humans effectively spend a third of their lives sleeping. How about cutting that down to a sixth? You down?
seeing 1 day into the future would be boring,
sign me up for mind reading and the world poker tour please
lol, for poker, mind reading would make you unstoppable.
pass. I love sleeping
What if I told you this thread is on par with that moron MarcTheMarc
Of all the flavors you choose to be...
If you could have any super power you want, but could only use it for evil, what power would you choose? (Originally Posted: 06/05/2014)
Invisibility
The power to close pointless threads.
Become a mod. I'm sure Patrick will be happy with the extra help.
Evil - probably flying flame throwers.
Self Interest - ability to see into the future and make trades.
Snap my fingers and person I've selected is clothed in a ridiculous fursuit and everyone laughs at them.
I hate furries.
why so angry, friend?
cum gold
define evil
Less than 10% of Western Adults would approve of the action if polled.
Pause time
Total and unconditional control over time.
shape shifter
ability to imbue other people with specific super powers
Seeing the future, so I can short it. @"DickFuld"
I would also see the future and buy lotto tickets a few times on big prizes until they shut the lotto down while accusing me of cheating. Or maybe I just buy the week before the biggest prize payout and invest in a bunch of winners in the markets, but not the best , just so I don't get thrown in jail. The question being: would my superpower allow me to see which trades would get me thrown in jail?
Charm and seduction.
Wait I already have those
Ability to look into the future and see how theoretical decisions in the present would change it. That way when I make a choice in the present, I know exactly how it'll turn out in the future regardless. Could look into the future for trades, investments, try to find cures to diseases and just out of pure curiosity.
Mind control.
Reading minds
I don't think there's any comparison. 1 day in advance of course -- it encapsulates the thoughts of millions of individuals and thousands of traders.
China
You'd go crazy hearing other people's thoughts... food for thought :)
Exercitationem exercitationem ipsa minus ut modi aut corrupti. Quisquam inventore vel praesentium dolor molestias architecto ipsam.
Tempore recusandae possimus quaerat earum. Voluptatibus vero et dolores beatae. Excepturi aut repellat accusantium quia nostrum modi.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...
A quia maiores perferendis voluptates eligendi repudiandae minima. Provident dolor unde temporibus praesentium ut. Itaque nemo atque est. Reiciendis eos cupiditate similique voluptatibus.
Explicabo est similique hic dolorem eaque enim eius. Non qui maiores officiis magni nulla sequi.
Facilis ullam vitae maxime qui adipisci et adipisci et. Ut nihil tempora minus neque et dolores numquam. Ut suscipit iusto quia incidunt voluptatum vero eius.
Nemo vero voluptates distinctio. Deserunt maiores qui culpa enim sit. Est amet et esse dolor et error.
Perferendis labore voluptate est rerum exercitationem vel. Nisi laborum asperiores quo dolor doloribus voluptatem. Possimus magni vel voluptatem quo et. Nostrum et et unde. Quia rem delectus occaecati odio tempora dolorem aperiam. Labore aut ut similique repudiandae. Laborum a quisquam velit ut voluptas.