This Year So Far
Water Cooler
Graveyard
Top of Mind
Iran War
100

Has the 10 year risen or fallen this year?

Risen

100

This handsome analyst was a victim of a phising scam where someone used his name to call on existing clients of the firm from multiple offices in hopes to steal their money. He also is my best friend and it is really cute when his face gets all red

Matt Miller

100

These are the 3 types of private equity funds

Growth, Venture, Buyout

100

This commodity has seen the largest % return in 2026.

Oil

100

This is how long is the current cease fire is set for.

2 weeks

200

As a result of the US Iran war, ISG now expects this many rate cuts in 2026 (and in which month/months).

1 25bps cut in December

200

This person in the office played semi-professional hockey before taking his talents to PWM?

Shane Palahicky

200

These are GS's 4 core values

Partnership, Client Service, Integrity, Excellence

200

This is the current Federal Funds target rate.

3.50%-3.75%

200

This country acted as the primary mediator for the ceasefire and hosted the failed peace talks

Pakistan

300

Rounded to the nearest whole number, this is the % the S&P has returned this year.

~0%

300

Name two "boomerang" hires in the office (those who left and later returned).

Eric Davis and Scott Mueller (others?)

300

This is the main difference between WTI & Brent benchmarks.

Location: WTI: U.S. benchmark from inland oil fields in Texas and surrounding states, delivered at Cushing, Oklahoma.

Brent: Global benchmark from offshore oil fields in the North Sea between the United Kingdom and Norway.

300

A reopening IPO window has investors watching several massive private companies closely — name 3 private companies widely viewed as leading IPO candidates in 2026.

SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, Stripe

300

Peak to trough, the S&P 500 has climbed this % since the ceasefire headline last week.

~3-4%

400

Put these indices in order of how much they have returned in 2026: S&P 500, NASDAQ, MSCI EAFE

MSCI EAFE, S&P 500, NASDAQ

400

Name four PWAs who were FAs at Goldman

Casey Gurganus, Alex Powers, Ryan O’Malley, Brian Olson (others?)

400

What is the difference between PCE & CPI, and which does the fed prefer?

CPI measures the cost of a fixed basket of goods consumers pay out of pocket, while PCE adjusts for changes in spending behavior and includes things paid on consumers’ behalf (PCE)

400

Despite weak hiring and a rise in long‑term unemployment, the U.S. labor market remained historically tight in March 2026 with this unemployment rate.

4.3%

400

This is the codename for the U.S.-led air and missile campaign targeting Iranian leadership and infrastructure

Operation Epic Fury

500

This company annual revenue run rate grew from practically zero in 2023 to over $1 billion by late 2024, and has now exceeded $30 billion by April 2026 on the back of their wildly successful agentic coding tool.

Anthropic

500

Before it was acquired by Goldman Sachs, which company did Lloyd Blankfein work for?

J. Aron & Co.

500

Describe to me the difference between vanilla TACS and TACS Active Long Extension?

Up to judges discretion

500

Anthropic limited access to this Claude model over fears it could be used to power cyberattacks by bad actors, and led to a broad sell-off of cybersecurity stocks last Friday. 

Mythos

500

This is the revised annual average PCE inflation percentage which was previously 2.7% before the conflict started?.

3.1%