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The Lead · Monetary Policy

The Fed Holds, Markets Shrug, and the Group Chats Combust

Powell did the most telegraphed thing imaginable and the group chat still lost it. A field guide to the seven flavors of cope currently trading on the buy side.

By Marcus Vale · Markets Editor · 7 min
Lead photo — Powell at the podium, wide
The Chair, contemplating a market that already moved on. / Pool
Semis

Nvidia Adds a Sweden to Its Market Cap Before Lunch

Today's intraday swing was a casual Sweden. The desk has officially stopped flinching.

Private Equity

The Two-and-Twenty Is Dead. Long Live Two-and-Twenty.

Fee compression was supposed to bury the gilded LP letter. The LPs re-upped anyway.

The Floor● 4,182 ONLINE
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Rate my exit opp: $90k MM PE vs $110k corp dev
r/CareerMoves · ▲847 · 512 replies
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Banking hours are back, baby (unfortunately)
r/IB · ▲1.9k · 88 replies
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Anyone else think the AI capex cycle is… a lot?
r/Markets · ▲623 · 201 replies
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Soft landing, or turbulence we've agreed to call a landing?
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Markets
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4.19%
3bp
Bitcoin
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WTI Crude
$78.10
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▲ Top Gainers
NVDANvidia+6.2%
SMCISuper Micro+4.8%
PLTRPalantir+3.9%
AVGOBroadcom+2.7%
▼ Top Losers
TSLATesla-3.4%
INTCIntel-2.9%
BABoeing-2.1%
NKENike-1.8%
Equities

The Magnificent Seven Is Now the Magnificent Three, Math Pending

Index concentration hit a record that makes every risk manager need to sit down for a sec.

Rates

Two Cuts Priced In, Three Hoped For, Zero Promised

The dot plot: the Street's least-favorite group project, graded on a curve nobody agreed to.

Crypto

A Stablecoin Issuer Out-Holds Most Nations in Treasuries

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★ Deal of the Day
Photo — empty boardroom, late light

Vista Nears $4B Take-Private — the First Real Thaw the Freeze Has Seen

It'd be the year's biggest sponsor-led software buyout, and proof the dry powder isn't purely ornamental.

$4.0B
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The Deal Wire
Constellation acquires LedgerWorks
Strategic M&A · Advisers: GS, Centerview
$1.2B
Apollo acquires Northwind Utilities
Infrastructure · Advisers: JPM, Lazard
$8.6B
TechCo acquires Rival AI Co.
Acqui-hire · Advisers: Qatalyst
$640M
KKR acquires Meridian Logistics
Buyout · Advisers: MS, Evercore
$2.1B
Public Co. acquires
Filed S-1 · est. $900M raise · Advisers: GS, BofA, Citi
IPO
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The Comp Check · 2026
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Banking

Goldman's Juniors Got a Raise. They'd Still Like to Sleep.

The comp band is generous; the staffing model remains, mercifully, untouched.

Exit Opps

Exit Opp Season: Analysts Trade Carry Dreams for a Calendar

Tired juniors are swapping the promise of carry for the radical luxury of a known weekend.

Layoffs

'Efficiency' Is Doing a Lot of Work in These Memos

Another bank trims the class of 2024 and blames the org chart it drew last spring.

PE/VC

Associates Discover the Deal Pipeline Is Mostly Vibes

Deals are frozen, but the models keep getting built for deals that may never come. Hope is a process.

Opinion & Analysis
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Hadley Cross
Markets columnist

The case for being aggressively boring with your money

Every cycle invents a thrilling new way to lose money fast. The antidote is older, duller, and far less fun to post about.

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D
Devin Oh
Deals columnist

Private equity's dry powder is a confidence problem, not a capital one

There's $2.6 trillion sitting in the corner. What's missing isn't capital — it's anyone brave enough to call the bottom first.

Read the column ›
R
Rae Mensah
Careers columnist

Your '2 and 20' identity crisis is showing

The fee model didn't die. The bedtime story we told juniors about why it justified the hours might have.

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