David Weidner, a 15 year veteran reporter on the Wall Street beat, recently wrote an interesting article about his observations:
So long, suckers -- I'm leaving Wall Street - MarketWatch
He notes that much has changed and a lot hasn't in his 15 years. Presumably to mark each of his years covering the financial services sector he came up with 15 "takeaways."
The one that caught my eye was number 3: