Investment Bankers Gifts

How Banking Started

"Anything that suggests corporate banking."

Dog Days has been used in reference to poorly performing stocks with little future potential in the American stock market.

Telsa Sales

"Hemple, you did the play-by-play of our meeting with Amalgamated - is the ball now in their court or in our court?"

'Come on fellas! I was just kidding about the 'pay their fair share' stuff!'

'If you had more criminal potential, you'd get a bonus like all the other investment bankers!'

'I'm appalled, the bank's limited my bonus to 'grossly sickening' when I've earned 'outrageous'.'

Dragging industry into the Euro

'Government economists called it a 'slight market correction'.'

"This matter of insufficient funds - are they mine or yours?"

"I got a job in The City."

'Each company is making it hard to choose between merger offers.'

Climate Crisis and the Banks

Phrenology bust with sections for different currencies.

Late Stage Capitalism and the Biosphere Engage in Some Meaningful Dialogue...

The day the stock market went UP.

'We've set the bar quite high at this company. It helps us control bonuses.'

"I’ve combined all your outstanding debt into what we here in the banking business like to call a honkin’ big loan."

Hollywood Sign Developers

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

"Here's what I'm gonna do."

In the Guru District

"Welcome to the bank - you'll start at the bottom."

Large Dollar Sign Office Block

Profit

Great Chinese Dynasties

'Please remember that these figures could be off as much as two dollars.'

Businessmen trying to prop up a line-chart with sticks

The president's men

A fight in the Boardroom.

"It does have a side effect. You'll faint when I tell you how much it will cost to produce."

"It creates the illusion of risk but you know you're perfectly safe."

'Can't they just switch to smaller barrels?'

'There's good news and bad news, J. B. - we now control 51% of this corporation's stock!'