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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,700 posts) Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:51 AM Apr 16

Wall Street Is Spending Its Big Windfall on Wall Street

The Wall Street Journal
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Heard on the Street: Banks are investing excess capital in expanding their Wall Street businesses.

Wall Street Is Spending Its Big Windfall on Wall Street
Banks are investing excess capital in expanding their Wall Street businesses.
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8:47 AM · Apr 16, 2026

Heard on the Street: Banks are investing excess capital in expanding their Wall Street businesses.
— The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) 2026-04-16T12:47:10.247421Z

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Wall Street Is Spending Its Big Windfall on Wall Street (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 16 OP

Archive link/no paywall: littlemissmartypants Apr 16 #1

Banks won't be happy until they own it all bucolic_frolic Apr 17 #2

littlemissmartypants

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1. Archive link/no paywall:

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:11 AM

Apr 16

https://archive.is/2026.04.16-095337/https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/wall-street-is-spending-its-big-windfall-on-wall-street-55de0545

bucolic_frolic

(55,804 posts)

2. Banks won't be happy until they own it all

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:06 AM

Apr 17

Discount brokers will be gone. Regional banks merged into Too Big to Fail. Even now, you can get checking at some brokers - Schwab, Fidelity.

As for the current melt up in stocks post-blockade pre-blockage waiting for post-blockhead ... people think stocks are going up, and they are, but it's AI euphoria with oil lubrication. Stocks are reflating, inflating because the money is worthless. Besset told us, "Breton Woods reset". If you don't buy assets now, you pay more later because your money will be worthless.

Can't wait to bank, broker, borrow, beg at Trump Financial.

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