Quotes by Hal Schroeder

“I think were approaching a point where size is really important. Critical mass is important, and if you cant find a merger partner to get that critical size youre likely to go yourself.”

“In fact, if you tie in the year 2000 issue , you may actually see an acceleration in the process.”

“Weve gone from boom to bust. I hope were not going too much further than this. But we fully expect to see that as revenues slow up for there to be job cuts.”

“It was a very strong quarter for Goldman, which was what I had expected. Their equity trading is what really carried the day, as I suspect it did for many Wall Street firms with good trading floors.”

“Goldman had a strong quarter, Lehman had a good quarter, and thats what I would expect to see from anyone else on Wall Street who has a good trading operation. I expect to see Morgan Stanley do well, as well.”