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The Harrison Rush/Fire Drill Weekly Wrap-Up

A Brief, Reliable, Rundown of the Investment Banking Recruiting Market.

MARKET UPDATE

Deals on the Rebound: M&A Rediscovers Its Swagger Amid Trade Tangles
After a sluggish Q2 kickoff, M&A is dusting itself off, especially in sectors built to withstand tariff tremors. The global trade static hasn’t gone away, but dealmakers are starting to tune it out.

Ignore the Gloom Porn: Sector Resilience Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Tech’s running point on global M&A revenue, with healthcare and energy trailing behind. Dealogic Scorecard

Cautious Optimism Is Having a Moment

Recruiting remains steady, if not splashy. TMT is still the belle of the ball—junior bankers and MDs with networks are in demand.

Just Beyond Yourself
Written by David Whyte

Listen just beyond yourself. It’s where you need to be. Half a step into self-forgetting and the rest restored by what you’ll meet. There is a road always beckoning.

When you see the two sides of it closing together at that far horizon and deep in the foundations of your own heart at exactly the same time, that’s how you know it’s the road you have to follow. That’s how you know it’s where you have to go. That’s how you know you have to go. That’s how you know.

Just beyond yourself, it’s where you need to be.

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