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Wall Street’s Work Habits

Explaining the Summer Swoon “Sell in May and go away.” –Investing maxim Selling in May sure seems to have been good advice this year:  the Dow is down about 700 points (almost 5%) from its Spring high. The explanation?  (or at least one of them):  Wall Street’s “A” team departs for the Hampton’s in the...
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"Restraint," Wall Street-Style

Wall St. Pay: the (Dis)Honor System Lives! So, how do people on Wall Street — and their defenders, like The Wall Street Journal — define “restraint?” A. Turning down the heat to 65 degrees.B. Cancelling their cable subscription.C. Taking public transportation to work, instead of the car.D. Paying one’s self only $9 million, instead of...
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