Gotham Banker

I loathe lawyers and quite frankly the entire legal system

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i feel stupider after reading this guys pointless rant

Someone over at the other place has a tweet regarding mortgages at 7%. People think 7% is an anomaly when in reality the pandemic rates were the real anomaly.

Replicants I’ve been an avid reader of Matt Levine’s Money Stuff for years and always enjoy his work.

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Why ‘Margin Call’ remains Wall Street’s favorite movie — and the best indictment of it Semafor talks with JC Chandor, who wrote the 2011 movie that gains new relevance and fans when markets shudder.

Margin Call was hands down the best financial crisis movie. The writer nailed the tone of the investment bank right down to the last detail www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

I'm starting to feel like Elon did us favor by killing social media. At least for me anyway. Hoping for a web page/blog renaissance to fill the gap

Boredom level today is reading mid aught's/GFC blogs

Boutiques are stuck with pricey idle bankers Unlike large investment banks, boutiques are fully exposed to the dealmaking lull

Semi idle but shaking out my rolodex www.ft.com/content/2284...

a man is making a funny face and saying `` mass hysteria '' while another man looks on . ALT: a man is making a funny face and saying `` mass hysteria '' while another man looks on .

Social medias today. Again.

This whole event reminds me of August 2024 when people were on CNBC calling for emergency rate cuts

We better get a markets in turmoil special tonight or all of this was for nothing

Still have mine (doesnt work) but i dont think i can switch back to it as much as i love it. Feels too small for todays world

Engagement Letters A few times in my career I have had a few clients screw me.

Get it in writing gothambanker.substack.com/p/engagement...

From the looks of things here one of my better decisions was deleting social media from my phone

"archeological ruins of Twitter" 🤣

Saving Silverman did huge numbers in Canada

New Fortress Last week I happened to come across a Bloomberg article about New Fortress Energy and it's asset sales.

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Be careful who you elect to boards

The limousine liberals and journos across social media have been virtue signaling & hyperventilating in over drive lately

Court brawl reveals fractious world of investment banking The decade-long battle between Perella Weinberg and a former partner has reached a public trial

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US dealmaking suffers worst start to a year in a decade amid Trump volatility Wall Street executives say uncertainty over trade and economic policy has put sudden chill on M&A

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It’s hard to imagine a worse AI system than Googles Gemini. There’s probably a garage AI out there much better than Googles

Live view of my break

When ever I speak to other bankers about business it really dawns on me that my problems with regards to business are not unique. I’m not the only one having problems winning mandates. I’m not the only one that clients complain about retainers. Doesn’t make me feel better though.

After using Ai meeting services I’ve realized people really don’t like being recorded on a call. Back to pen & paper it is

Soccer is 50/50 talent & luck

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