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Is Goldman Sachs or Google Nobler?

December 16, 2013

If you were asked which company is nobler, Goldman Sachs or Google, which company would you chose? Robert Shiller, the Nobel-Prize winning economist best known for his work on real estate prices (i.e. the Case-Shiller index) recently suggested that Goldman Sachs would be a better employer for young college graduates with a “moral purpose” than […]

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Why are People Moving Away from Financial Centers?

December 13, 2013

It’s a simple question. Why are people moving away from financial centers? In calendar year 2014, at least $20 billion in income will shift between U.S. states. That $20 billion forecast is an increase of about $5 billion from the most recently reported Internal Revenue Service (IRS) figures for 2010 of about $15 billion. The […]

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How is the Global Economy Doing?

November 25, 2013

In the mix of high-frequency economic data, it’s easy to lose track of how the economies of the world are actually doing in comparison to each other. The following map contains such a comparison. The map shows economic growth conditions by nation according to four classifications. A green classification represents strong economic growth (i.e. expansion), […]

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How Has the Market Responded to Private Equity Deals This Year?

November 18, 2013

As private equity executives and casual observers well know, deal announcements often come with price appreciation (at least initially) for the company of interest. In addition to the company specific pop in asset value, potential private equity deal flow announcements can have market-wide impacts. Here is what those raw market-wide impacts look like for the first nine […]

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2013 Private Equity Activity by Deal and Across Time

November 11, 2013

Which private equity deals have been the largest so far through 2013? When were the largest deals announced? Here is a review of private equity deals through the first week of October by deal size, target firm, and across time. As a start, the following figure shows the lumpiness of private equity deal activity by day […]

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2013 Private Equity Activity by Country

November 4, 2013

Which country saw businesses perform the most private equity deals so far in 2013? Here is what the deal volume looks like across country by dollar size and geographic boundary through the first week of October. It likely comes as no surprise that businesses in the United States saw the largest dollar deal volume, with […]

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How Is Private Equity Employment Doing This Year?

October 21, 2013

How would you answer if you were asked: of the big three financial employment categories of hedge funds, private equity, and investment banking, which of the three is now above where it was in 2008? Below are the results. The results show that private equity employment is the only one of the three that is […]

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Is NY Losing Its Hold on the Financial Industry?

October 14, 2013

The financial industry has long been an establishment in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Silicon Valley. The question here is: are financial firms (starting to) moving away from the once-thought-of “big financial centers” to more competitive and cost effective places to do business? As a start, here’s what financial industry employment looks […]

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Which US States Have Seen Financial Industry Pay Increase the Fastest?

October 7, 2013

More or less, the financial industry is about money. As a general rule, the best, the brightest, and the most prepared financial professionals get more of it than others. The question here is: which U.S. states have seen financial industry pay grow the fastest over the past 23 years? As a start, here’s what average […]

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Is Employee Pay Shifting Financial Industry Employment?

September 30, 2013

Since 1990, the financial industry has seen average pay grow from $30,400 to $82,600, or 172 percent. Over the same time frame, financial industry employment is up from 6.8 million to 7.8 million, or about 14 percent. As anyone within the financial industry is probably well aware, the outpacing of pay over employment is not […]

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