One Out Of Every Ten Wall Street Employees Is A Psychopath, Say Researchers
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Bro, this is sensationalist news. The news has to be unbelievable.
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[QUOTE=archangel125;34969712]Sounds like they're describing sociopaths, rather than psychopaths.[/QUOTE]
From what I've hear, Sociopaths tend to be less ambitious, and don't do much planning.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;34969951]From what I've hear, Sociopaths tend to be less ambitious, and don't do much planning.[/QUOTE]
And usually they are not too well educated or culturally aware.
A sociopath would most likely be a red-neck who has violent traits because he doesn't know any better due to his upbringing.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;34967235]I'd be depressed too if I was the personification of everything wrong in the world.[/QUOTE]
what's wrong with stockbrokers? You do know that all they do is: help you buy stock, give you stock advice, or do both at the same time. Whoever wrote the quote has at best a middling understanding of what makes Wall Street tick.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;34969951]From what I've hear, Sociopaths tend to be less ambitious, and don't do much planning.[/QUOTE]
But aren't sociopaths motivated to be in a position in which the rules of society don't apply to them? That's why they seek out power and control, so they can disregard the things they don't like.
At least, that's what I'd always figured.
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[QUOTE=iFail;34971539]what's wrong with stockbrokers? You do know that all they do is: help you buy stock, give you stock advice, or do both at the same time. Whoever wrote the quote has at best a middling understanding of what makes Wall Street tick.[/QUOTE]
I might be misunderstanding, I thought we were talking about Wall Street in general, and by extension the Wall Street Bankers.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;34972807]I might be misunderstanding, I thought we were talking about Wall Street in general, and by extension the Wall Street Bankers.[/QUOTE]
Oh. The article quoted is much worse than I thought at first, it seems to flip between bankers and stockbrokers while consistently misunderstanding how they work. It even says stupid shit like "An appetite for risk can seem like a positive business trait on Wall Street, where big gambles sometimes lead to big rewards." ahahahah, no. That's an uninformed generalization from someone whose idea of a stock market investor is a guy in a suit throwing darts at a wall with stock symbols taped on it. In Peter Lynch's One Up on Wall Street, he says that institutions are actually very limited in their ability to pick stocks, much more than the individual, because fund managers have to answer to their bosses and their clients. Big gambles may lead to big rewards, but making educated decisions based on p/e, indepth research, and a comprehensive understanding of the industry is obviously more effective for many wall street institutions.
Fuck I was coming here to post Patrick Bateman and noticed it would be so late but oh well
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I tend to be vary of all these expert studies lately. Ever since the browser iq study. But it is highly competive field.
This is dumb. You can come to the same conclusions about people in any highly competitive profession that involves high risk:reward ratios.
[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;34973843]This is dumb. You can come to the same conclusions about people in any highly competitive profession that involves high risk:reward ratios.[/QUOTE]
Except for the fact that you can't, sure.
Might want to actually read the source there, scooter.
[QUOTE=codemaster85;34965817]The dark knight[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;34965536]I thought everyone knew this[/QUOTE]
Seems as if you thought wrong.
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