"In essence, an investment banker resembles a magician;……" — Unknown Author
"In essence, an investment banker resembles a magician; his greatest trick is the disappearance and reappearance of money, an illusion he so aptly executes with the backing of nicely-designed and immaculate literature and an arsenal of free-flowing industry jargon intelligible mainly to people in his circle; the investment banker contrasts with the magician, however, in his finale; the reappearance seldom matches the original; he lubricates the passage of capital from one hand to another with very sticky fingers."
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