Considering we've had a 13 year bull run and it is now likely coming to an end, are some of us incoming analysts going to potentially lose our job with a drop in deal flow. Has anyone been in industry during a time period like this to see what our bonuses could look like?
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People say this every year. No one really knows when it will be, or how severe. If you somehow did, you would get very rich.
Anyway, FWIW I dont think analysts are in trouble at the industry level. Not much you can do about it anyway so I wouldnt stress
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