investment bank
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of investment bank
First recorded in 1920–25
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Savanthi Syth, airlines analyst at the investment bank Raymond James, said spiralling jet fuel costs in the wake of the Iran war had proved "the final nail in the coffin" for Spirit.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
The French-British investment bank is run by Alexandre, a banker and seventh-generation Rothschild who inherited the CEO role from his father in 2018.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Deutsche Bank DBK -2.95%decrease; red down pointing triangle reported a rise in its quarterly profit on the steady performance of its investment bank and growth in other divisions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
The investment bank is now expecting West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark,
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
Moreover, he had done it by betting against the very subprime mortgage bonds now sinking Citigroup and every other big Wall Street investment bank.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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