--- title: "17 Investment Bank Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 17 Investment Bank quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Investment Bank sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/sergio-ermotti-23238_bank_many-businesses-in-an-investment-bank-no_928965.jpg" --- > [Many businesses in an investment bank, not only at UBS, are structurally a loss leader, so they don't pay for the cost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-ermotti/many-businesses-in-an-investment-bank-not-only-at-ubs-are/) [Sergio Ermotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-ermotti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/sergio-ermotti-23238_bank_many-businesses-in-an-investment-bank-no_928965.jpg) > [It takes 150 years to build an investment bank and only five minutes to convince you to sell me preferred stock in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/it-takes-150-years-to-build-an-investment-bank-and-only-five-minutes/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/warren-buffett-183_convince_it-takes-150-years-to-build-an-investmen_2315756.png) > [If you bail out every investment bank that gets in trouble, that's not capitalism, that's socialism for the rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rogers/if-you-bail-out-every-investment-bank-that-gets-in-trouble-that-s-not/) [Jim Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/jim-rogers-10173_bail_if-you-bail-out-every-investment-bank-th_653897.jpg) > [I learn from all our major competitors, whether they're in or out of the U.S. Wells Fargo is very actively, very aggressively,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-dimon/i-learn-from-all-our-major-competitors-whether-they-re-in-or-out-of/) [Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-dimon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/jamie-dimon-1320_building_i-learn-from-all-our-major-competitors-w_36074.png) > [We have a very competitive and profitable investment bank and strong asset management capabilities. We want to continue to build on all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-ermotti/we-have-a-very-competitive-and-profitable-investment-bank-and-strong/) [Sergio Ermotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-ermotti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/sergio-ermotti-23238_bank_we-have-a-very-competitive-and-profitabl_2491294.jpg) > [I've nothing against Goldman Sachs. But Goldman Sachs isn't an investment bank. Goldman Sachs is a hedge fund. It's bigger than any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nouriel-roubini/i-ve-nothing-against-goldman-sachs-but-goldman-sachs-isn-t-an/) [Nouriel Roubini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nouriel-roubini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/nouriel-roubini-15217_against_i-ve-nothing-against-goldman-sachs-but-g_1304380.jpg) > [Our investment bank looks like it does because its customers like our expansive network and want to do equity, debt, M&A, custody,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-dimon/our-investment-bank-looks-like-it-does-because-its-customers-like-our/) [Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-dimon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd0/jamie-dimon-1320_bank_our-investment-bank-looks-like-it-does-b_843742.png) > [I went to work on Wall Street for about three or four years with an investment bank, got certified: series 3, series…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-layfield/i-went-to-work-on-wall-street-for-about-three-or-four-years-with-an/) [John Layfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-layfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/john-layfield-4787_bank_i-went-to-work-on-wall-street-for-about_1125671.png) > [As a matter of fact 25% of our U.S. investment banking business comes out of our commercial bank. So it's a competitive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-dimon/as-a-matter-of-fact-25-of-our-u-s-investment-banking-business-comes/) [Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-dimon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/jamie-dimon-1320_advantage_as-a-matter-of-fact-25-of-our-u-s-invest_106775.jpg) > [So you go to Brookings, or you go to Heritage or others, they know their position on any subject before they research…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-friedman/so-you-go-to-brookings-or-you-go-to-heritage-or-others-they-know/) [George Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-friedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/george-friedman-7436_clients_so-you-go-to-brookings-or-you-go-to-heri_2914142.jpg) > [ Their \[American banks\] big issue will be if they want to deal with the biggest companies, which are doing a lot of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-dimon/their-american-banks-big-issue-will-be-if-they-want-to-deal-with-the/) [Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-dimon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/jamie-dimon-1320_acquisition_their-american-banks-big-issue-will-be-i_3039429.jpg) > [Our global corporate investment bank competes with Goldman Sachs, Citibank, and a bunch of other banks that are in those businesses. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-dimon/our-global-corporate-investment-bank-competes-with-goldman-sachs/) [Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-dimon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba6/jamie-dimon-1320_american-business_our-global-corporate-investment-bank-com_2598233.png) > [“U.S. Bancorp & Capital Trust is a licensed Investment Bank and Statutory Trust specialized in assisting entrepreneurs and businesses across the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/us-bancorp-capital-trust/u-s-bancorp-capital-trust-is-a-licensed-investment-bank-and-statutory/) [US Bancorp & Capital Trust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/us-bancorp-capital-trust/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/us-bancorp-capital-trust-28493_customer_u-s-bancorp-capital-trust-is-a-licensed_281473.jpg) > [What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-stephens/what-we-prefer-to-do-is-operate-our-investment-bank-in-a-way-that-is/) [Warren Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-stephens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/warren-stephens-44300_bank_what-we-prefer-to-do-is-operate-our-inve_12848.jpg) > [A national investment bank can invest to provide us with the foundations of shared and ecologically sustainable growth: renewing the U.K.'s energy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-corbyn/a-national-investment-bank-can-invest-to-provide-us-with-the/) [Jeremy Corbyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-corbyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/jeremy-corbyn-3212_bank_a-national-investment-bank-can-invest-to_648159.jpg) > [“The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-taibbi/the-first-thing-you-need-to-know-about-goldman-sachs-is-that-it-s/) [Matt Taibbi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-taibbi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/matt-taibbi-2257_customer_the-first-thing-you-need-to-know-about-g_499666.jpg) > [“Merrill Lynch, on the other hand, was a white-shoe firm with a proud history of elitism. Its investment bank was blue-blooded in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-roose/merrill-lynch-on-the-other-hand-was-a-white-shoe-firm-with-a-proud/) [Kevin Roose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-roose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f9/kevin-roose-20387_history_merrill-lynch-on-the-other-hand-was-a-wh_1626211.jpg) ## Top authors on Investment Bank - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-jamie-dimon-1320.jpg) Jamie Dimon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/investment-bank/jamie-dimon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/investment-bank/#itemlist", "name": "Investment Bank Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Many businesses in an investment bank, not only at UBS, are structurally a loss leader, so they don't pay for the cost 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How they do that is a big question. It's almost impossible to build a global investment bank from scratch. 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