"Some of the biggest and best-known companies in the world are turning to the Oracle Cloud, and many are picking us for all levels of the cloud stack," Oracle senior vice-president Abhay Parasnis told a room full of financial analysts, industry analysts, and media on Oct. 4. "All levels of the cloud stack"—is any other tech company playing across those spaces?
The department was unable even to attract a full team of analysts.
"Every year recruiters get hold of full lists of analysts in the top groups at the top banks," said a second-year analyst at JPMorgan Chase who secured a private equity job a year ago.
His high-school outings were relocated to a nearby college gym to accommodate the crowds, and ESPN broadcasted the games with a full assembly of analysts — from Bill Walton to Dick Vitale — like they were college showdowns between top-tier teams.
The condo mania of recent years also beset cities like Las Vegas, Phoenix and Washington, but while those markets are also full of resales, analysts say South Florida drew the most investors.
He was talking to a room full of industry analysts which magnifies the embarrassment caused by his comments.
The news is full of pundits, analysts and even a President opining on the state of the finance business one year after the big plotz.
"The phone is gorgeous," said Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder and CEO, to an auditorium full of journalists, analysts and Amazon customers.
"If you think you're winning this war, if you think that you're defeating jihad, you're wrong, dead wrong," Wasul (Wuco) once told a room full of civilian analysts working for military intelligence at MacDill Air Force Base.
Chock-full of research analysts, investment bankers and traders, it is by far the largest presence among United States investment banks — and a cause of skepticism, or perhaps envy, from its competitors.
