sighBanking

It's 3:30 in the morning and I am still at the office. So...I feel like writing this post. This poem is for all future analysts trying to get into investment banking. From the outside it seems like we are all Gekko, the truth is...

"sighBanking"
by SuitedWolf

no suits, no shoes
no deals, no wheels
no cash, no stash
no pay, no play
no life, no wife
no buy, no sell
just...excel

 
Best Response
IlliniProgrammer:
Does Chicago even have any middle-market banks left? RW Baird is based in Milwaukee and Piper Jaffray is in Minneapolis. First Chicago and LaSalle are all gone, and I'm not sure how much IBanking they did in the first place.
 

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