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On average, 70% of the companies will beat on their Wall Street guests.

And that has been the case now for going on 20 years.

You can still make a million bucks a year in investment banking.

You can't make five anymore.

We're going to see a combination of two things happen

over the next year or two.

One is waste growth will accelerate, and that'll become more obvious.

The second thing is job growth will slow.

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