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Business Insider surveyed 150 Wall Street-bound college students about their career tracks, motivations, and aspirations, to understand what's fueling their decision to pursue some of the most demanding post-grad jobs.Read the original article on Business Insider

Now that I've figured out how to use points and miles to pay for airline tickets and hotels, I travel more than I ever did before.Over the past year alone, I saved about $20,000 in travel costs by strategically earning and using points and miles.I've found that the best way to quickly earn them is…

When Gustavo Schwed was considering a career in finance in the late 1980s, climbing the corporate ladder was a preoccupation for working people, not students."People didn't really give their job as much thought until, really, the summer between their junior and senior year — if then," said Schwed, a New York University professor who started…

If you're looking for answers on how generative AI is changing Wall Street, look no further than its technologists.Software engineering divisions have been at the forefront of Wall Street's generative AI evolution. They're not just designing and building the systems. Developers have been some of the earliest adopters of AI, using it to do tasks…

When Gustavo Schwed was considering a career in finance in the late 1980s, climbing the corporate ladder was a preoccupation for working people, not students."People didn't really give their job as much thought until, really, the summer between their junior and senior year — if then," said Schwed, a New York University professor who started…

America's tech titans have lost billions this year while their Chinese rivals have racked up large wealth gains amid President Donald Trump's tariff-induced trade war. The tariffs have reignited fears of inflation and recession in the US, spurring investors to dump high-flying tech stocks in favor of safer holdings such as gold and Warren Buffett's…

Goldman Sachs reported robust earnings for the first quarter of 2025, and while they beat analyst expectations, they also portrayed a "Tale of Two Cities"-type picture. Political uncertainty and a frenzy in global markets lifted the performance of businesses like trading, while leaving others, like advising on corporate dealmaking, hurting.On Monday, the firm reported net…

​Morgan Stanley's long-time relationship with Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying off.The investment bank on Friday posted net income of $4.3 billion in the first quarter, up 26% over last year, surpassing analysts' forecasts. The bank's $17.7 billion in quarterly revenue was boosted by a 45% increase in its equity trading business, whose revenue soared…

Consumers are trying to front-run tariffs, companies are in "wait-and-see" mode, and market volatility shows no sign of waning.These are just some of the trends to emerge from JPMorgan Chase's first-quarter earnings call on Friday as analysts and investors clamored for insights into how Trump's tariff policies might be impacting the broader economy. The bank…

Gold hit another record high above $3,200 on Friday — and is a better way to protect against the ongoing market turmoil than Treasury bills, a BlackRock executive said.Wei Li, global chief investment strategist at the asset manager, wrote in a LinkedIn post on Thursday that higher exchange rates and "currency down" were abnormal. "Also…