Apparently cows in structured credit and proprietary trading have been among those taken to the kosher slaughterhouse this morning.
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Does the Rabbi bless them as their carcass is escorted out by security?
Those cows at goldman sure know how to mooooove the market.
@2 cringe-worthy
and oh yeah,
Too GS, didn’t read.
1:12PM GAS BAG ALERT
Spewing bullshit again on CNBC.
You never “let people go…”. What you do is provide “salary de-leveraged individual introspective searches” or SDIISs.
~The HR Guy Who Is Still Employed
@4 – Awesome!
Ding dong the witch is dead, F em. Cant wait to meet some of them at the bar. “oh, you used to work for GS? Im talking to this girl over here, ya mind? JErkoff”
This post is udderly ridiculous
This post is udderly ridiculous
@2 & 9 Kill yourselves.
eq derivatives too
any word on global alpha?
8 are you that same lame IT guy from the earlier GS post? if so, hope you suffocate in your own jealous vomit.
8 are you that same lame IT guy from the earlier GS post? if so, hope you suffocate in your own jealous vomit.
does anyone know 1st year associate numbers?
@6 Don’t you have something Super to do @ someplace Faboulous?
@8 We know you’re trying to sound smart / cool, but just know that it’s okay if you like dudes…we won’t judge…
I have a feeling things will be better tomorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0daTVnJmt8
SPODE
Don’t worry boys, now that Obama’s the president, he will appoint PDIDDY as treasury secretary.
WE’RE ALL GONNA BE BLINGING!
oh vey
More layofs from Goldman means more hedge funds to be set up… Each canned trader will start his own
@21 – It’s “oy vey.”
Obama is appointing Kanye West as secretary of the state primarily due to his unmatched communication skills.
@23 Clearly @21 is not from Goldman.
Obama is going to *steer* us in the wrong direction
@15/18, truth hurts? Are you upset that GS is no longer “special”. ITS OVER, deal with it. No more fat bonuses, bottle service etc. You are just regular average ordinary, etc. Have a good time trying to pay off everything you overpaid for with tons of bank debt of course. Im expecting a spike in apt listings this weekend, should be great. Jerkoffs
Expect a massive surge in Upper West Side Apt listings this weekend, hey GS Bumfucks: Deadline for the NY Times real estate is 5pm tomorrow. Craigslist is always free…..
@20 kill yourself dork
Michele Obama is funny looking.
the cow jokes are a bunch of bull
…stop milking it
@27…relax guy, why are you so happy about someone else’s bad news? you sound like a bitter ops guy who never achieved his Wall St dreams. you don’t want to sound like that.
27=Angry guy in a kangol hat staring at you on the subway.
@27 probably couldn’t even get an interview for ops at GS….he’s still bitter and it doesn’t matter how many apts come up in his neighborhood because making $50k a year he still can’t afford them
this is not the kind of laid gs associates had been promised.
@32, i have achieved. PLenty. Made more money than I could possibly spend. I have crossed paths with these douches, believe me they love to laugh at others misery and misfortune. They were selling their own clients subprime and shorting it on the other side, bunch of scumbags.
@4, you meant burger burger, right?
motzletof
any actual news on layoffs? bored
@27/36…yet still here you are on Dealbreaker…must be living the high life
@27 has aids.
fmr gs guys why so defensive? if you are no longer affiliated with the co, just let it go
@27 I’m sure you’ve achieved, but your rants on these boards make you out to be bitter and foolish. No one who has achieved success would ever want to be described using those 2 words.
I don’t lose money!! I print it!!
(Possible new DB swag logo…”)?
I am def gonna be out swiping GS ex employees girlfriends downtown this weekend. Gonna be a cottage industry for me going into the holidays, as these chicks don’t want to sit around and listen to soe loser cry about how he lost his job at the artist formerly known as Goldman
I DONT MAKE MONEY I PRINT IT
Jews for Jesus!
@46 – Jaegerbombs?
meant @45
GM BK? What you got?
@27/36…this goes out to you…..
Peter Griffin (family guy) sobs to Hello by Lionel Richie “Someone has hurt you Lionel, someone has hurt you. Who hurt you?”
Can’t find the clip…would have been better.
I have a golden sack, Greg, can you milk me?
Who is more likley to pick up a model?
Unemployed GS guy
or
Employed BOFA guy
I guess Pisani on CNBC finally stopped saying that the market being down is not a reaction to Obama’s election — how the hell could he say that, anyway?
@52…LBO model..merger-arb model?
@52, enough with the models and bottles nonsense. Those chicks could care less what you do and the only way they would is if you were CEO. They are into the artist types J-off
Whats a Jeffries?
@52
Artists? You mean like Leo Dicaprio ala Titanic?
@58, thats exactly what I mean. Think some model give two shakes if you are some so called heavy hitter at GS? Dont think so.
@27 and @45, its clear your not a banker and probably never were. if you ever were graced with the opportunity it you would know that it takes hard work and being academically gifted. Just stick to consulting you bush league motherfuckers
#60, shut your hole, You sound like a queef. Academically gifeted and hard work? How about hustle, street smarts, etc. No ones gonna care where you went to school in 6 months, you are in the same boat as everyone else. Deal with it
@60, too 1st-yr, didnt read
@59
What if I wear a beret and skinny jeans? Would that help?
Will GS employees get bonuses or not? seems unfair that we bail them out with our tax money and they turn around and pay themselves even though they almost screwed up the market forever. Seems like a conflict of interest as well Bald is ex-head of Goldman and he gives them tax payer money. He was the one who helped put us in this mess. Thoughts?
@60….updating excel and ppt decks does not make one a banker. relax.
@27/45….you’re bizarre, and you obviously never get laid. your strange bitterness creeps out the rest of us.
#66, im not bizarre im just tellin it like it is, some people cant handle it. Wall st is dead forever, and these guys played a huge part i killing it.
I get laid plenty, thanks though
@62 what exactly is a queef? how about learning to spell “gifted”. are you the guy that uses his hustle and street smarts to hand me a newspaper every morning at the subway?
I think your mantra may be the same as 50-Cents
67-”I get laid plenty, thanks though”
Really?? Dude that’s pretty sweet!
@68, im the guy who is still working, making cash this year. Where are you, on your sofa doing your resume?
Prob a former JPM prop trader who got folded like a beach chair yesterday. Tool
@27/45/67/70….what do you do? You apparently make cash doing whatever it is you do. So please, allow us a peek into your world of street smarts, and hustlin’ styles.
@71, I own a bar and daytrade on the side. I am making money hand over fist in two ways: One, booze is recession poroof, and 2 i have been daytading my own account and have been short the market for quite a while. So that explains how i wil be banging GS tools ladies this weekend. With cash in hand, now piss off
I believe this hate spitting is a product of a slow news day in which none of the change we were promised has happened.
@8/27/36 and 67
“Im expecting a spike in apt listings this weekend, should be great.”
Clearly you have not “made more money than [you] could possibly spend,” otherwise you wouldn’t be stoked about apartment listings…are you an apartment broker or in another profession that pays you
@72 what bar? no one believes you btw
This site is littered with toolboxes, Im out
I DONT MAKE MONEY I PRINT IT
Fools
72–just because they talk to you, doesn’t mean you are going to get any action. They have to talk to the bartender to get their pom-tinis.
It is true that most GS bankers are douches, though.
FIRST
@#22…
“More layofs from Goldman means more hedge funds to be set up… Each canned trader will start his own”
I think you’re dreaming. HF’s that survive are about to get the living shit regulated out of them. Remember what’s coming… “Any investment product that is based upon a regulated investment product will itself become subject to regulation.”
Most of you current and former Wall St clowns who post here are in a serious state of denial. Your f’n world is changed, and you continue to babble on as though it hasn’t.
TGFD was wrong about the election, but I’m not wrong about the above.
The Guy from Delaware
@78 i hate to encourage it, but it’s still funny. good one.
@72 so your a daytrader, yet your constantly posting on dealbreaker, you must not be successful
@52 – I hate to say it, but I think the answer is employed raymond james guy…
@ TGFD
it’s me, the guy that suggested we talk about your incorrect election prediction on Monday
i’m so happy now, i don’t even care to rub it in. i just hope you mccain supporters aren’t as bitter as we’ve been for the past 8 years. it’s not a good way to live.
A McCain supporter that is bitter? Talk about a serious state of denial. This election was over when Hillary tossed in the douche mop. McCain never had a chance, which is why he had to go to Alaska to find a running mate.
One other thing about which TGFD is totally clueless.
For those of you who really want to know what we do here on Wall Street (and have been doing for over 200 years)
It’s not about complex CDO, Daytrading M and A or whatever the latest get rich quick. pump and dump. Internet IPO hack does…
it’s always been very simple…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EjdC0pjo1A
@#83…
Thanks for the greeting. TGFD is not bitter. The election is over, and we have a new president-elect obama. I wasn’t happy when Clinton was elected, but I got over it within 24 hrs. I think I’m already over this one. The American people have spoken. We’ll see how obama does.
The Guy from Delaware
The Guy from Delaware
Are you still up or down after your big selloff?
84 Not true re McCain not having a chance. He’s a good, tough and honest guy. But his choice of Palin and subsequent pandering to the far right base of the R party led me – generally a centrist – right into Obama’s arms. I hear the same from a lot of my friends.
As a current model and girlfriend to a now unemployed Goldman banker, let me just say that I’m sticking with my man. Our relationship was never about the money, good breeding, or bangin’ Hannukah presents. His talent and humility are the ultimate turn-on.
hahhahahah nice try 89,but that was funny
88 that’s right – right into Obama’s arms, you pussy. and then on your knees to suck his dick. and then lick his ass for good measure. OOOH, Obama, he’s going to start shitting gold bricks and everything will be ok.
What a gaywad.
@91 i haven’t seen or heard “gaywad” in 15 years.
time to jump back in the delorean, before this reality sticks. mccain’s fading from my polaroid. what’s happening!!?
@#87…
Here’s the answer to your question:
TGFD + SDS = Losing Combination.
I sold out my SDS position yesterday at a loss, and look what happened today. I wanted to buy back in on a dip today, but I had no courage. A few small dips today, but I just watched SDS go up after each dip. TGFD feels like a clown.
The Guy from Delaware
@92
“i haven’t seen or heard “gaywad” in 15 years.”
high school was a bitch, wasn’t it.
@104 – SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!! YOU’RE AN ASSHOLE
you people are true clowns- these ex sachs got ass raped 2x over. see, thing is most hear about the (once) massive bonus pool at silverboyslacks and immediately assume each and every ass clown there is kiling it on the come up when bonuses arrive….
what they DONT know is that the avg silverboyslacks banker gets fucked on his comp. why??? see- silverboy mngmt. knows/knew that the brand was worth more than the cash in hand and as such discounted accordingly- they knew most of these ivy league turds would rather get paid below street avg. (with the excpetion of 5% top -who thus maintained the ‘street’ avg) just to retain the claim of silverboys logo on thier duffle bags and swipe cards. Idiots. Its wallstreet, yo are here for the cash and nothing NOTHING else- the nimwits still left clinging to this shit show of a ‘commercial bank’ deserve what they are getting and about to get. See, had they really been THAT smart, they would already be well esconsced at a small thriving hedgie or capital laden pe shop or even better yet holed up with some young 2008 version of R Perelman- sitting on cash and ready to bang the living hell out some mismanaged over-levered pinata of a company. But noooooooooo here they sit- squatting out at DB, bitching and whining about their sad sack of a once and past bukge bracket bank: silverboyslacks.
assclowns, one and all.
riprail
as for the typos- blow me.
what did your “attention to detail” get you???
go proof and mark up your “apt for sale/rent” listing… my dog needs walking assclown.
riprail
oh you bitches if you only knew how sweet life is in PE…
@89 – do you have a large Adam’s Apple?
#100 BITCHES!!!!!
I use ‘M’ all the time, maggots – and guess what?
I bought about $300M in performing mortgages this year at around a 60% discount.
82% Current MOM
38% IRR
3.6x mult
How’s that for jr high math?
GSCO Prime Brokerage in NYC was hit hard yesterday. Very few members of the group remain. MDs, VPs, etc were let go even one who was on maternity leave was told via phone. Severance = 3 wks for every year of svc with a % of year end bonus. Those remaining were told that bonus comp willl be greatly reduced at year end. More cuts expected today accross the board from what I hear.
Well if there are 50% less hedge funds soon, no need for Prime Brokerage area is there??? Just a bunch of overpaid customer service reps anyway, PB is a joke.
@95
Do I know you?
@103 – I make you right on that
GS is scum.They have people “temping” there in the same jobs for 17 years with no healthcare and no share of the bonus. And don’t dare get sick or your job will be listed on the company website while your’re out getting cancer treatments. nice. they care nothing for anyone. And the foreclosure crisis? Here’s a comment from one of the execs “I don’t know why they’re complaining. at least “those people” got to live in a nice house for a little while
YESBts Hey, thanks for the blog.Thanks Again. Fantastic.