Wall Street’s Engines of Profit Are Slowing Down - NYTimes.com

Wall Street’s Engines of Profit Are Slowing Down - NYTimes.com:

Even after taxpayer bailouts restored bankers’ profits and pay, the great Wall Street money machine is decelerating. Big financial institutions, including commercial banks, are still making a lot of money. But given unease in the financial markets and the economy, brokerages and investment banks are not making nearly as much as their executives, employees and investors had hoped."