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Bank Profitability: Decoding the Income Statement

Tom Spencer

How do banks make money? What is a bank really worth? Firstly, by outlining the major items on a bank’s income statement, and then by discussing key ratios that are commonly used to measure profitability and to estimate the market value for banks. Where does this money ultimately go?

Banking 88
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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

Compensation and benefits are on par to the market, but not adjusted for NYC living (so for take-home pay you might be better off in Atlanta or Dallas as a young McKinseyite, unless the magnetic draw to the Big Apple is just too much). Bank of New York, AIG, Depository Trust, Standard & Poor’s, etc.).

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

Oliver Wyman’s CEO, John Drzik, states that the long-term aspiration is to be recognized widely in the market as the gold standard in consulting. Corporate and Institutional Banking. Retail and Business Banking. Strategic Information Technology and Operations. Wealth and Asset Management. Public Policy.

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Deflation Will Return: Europe First, Then US; Global Supply Arbitrage

MishTalk

In an email update last week, Saxo Bank chief economist Steen Jakobsen commented " Europe has a more than 50:50 chance of deflation, while the US is 25:75 against. Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere. In the U.S.,

Banking 78
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Keynes Is Dead, Abenomics Fizzles, US Fails to Reach Escape Velocity, Stimulus Fatigue

MishTalk

The chances are that the global economy, weighted by nominal GDP at current exchange rates, will grow at 2 percent Globalization, turbo-powered by information technology, has cut short the feedback loop between demand stimulus and supply response. Financial markets have become wobbly lately as growth momentum cools off.

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In Search of the Magic Wand: Career Change at Age 45 Possible?

MishTalk

From information technology (IT), to banking, to writing, to market analysis, to dog catching, corporations will want experience. At the time I made my career change, I knew nothing about the stock market, nothing about investing, and nothing about the economy. Even college interns have difficulty finding jobs.

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

On February 8th, 2001, KPMG Consulting, LLC, went public on the NASDAQ starting at $18 per share under the ticker “KCIN” Their IPO was 6 months delayed due to the quickly declining high-tech consulting services market. Digital Marketing, Sales & Customer Services. Information Technology. Capital Markets.