Hal Schroeder
Hal Schroeder
anyone expect good morgan stanley street strong trading wall
Goldman had a strong quarter, Lehman had a good quarter, and that's what I would expect to see from anyone else on Wall Street who has a good trading operation. I expect to see Morgan Stanley do well, as well.
boom expect fully further gone hope job slow
We've gone from boom to bust. I hope we're not going too much further than this. But we fully expect to see that as revenues slow up for there to be job cuts.
carried equity good quarter street strong suspect trading wall
It was a very strong quarter for Goldman, which was what I had expected. Their equity trading is what really carried the day, as I suspect it did for many Wall Street firms with good trading floors.
critical likely mass merger partner point size
I think we're approaching a point where size is really important. Critical mass is important, and if you can't find a merger partner to get that critical size you're likely to go yourself.
issue tie year
In fact, if you tie in the year 2000 issue , you may actually see an acceleration in the process.