July 16, 2026

Wall Street just had its best investment banking quarter in years, and it is calling AI a super cycle

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Goldman Sachs booked $3.4bn in investment banking fees in the second quarter, a record, up 55% on a year earlier. Its chief executive has a name for what is driving it. “We are in the middle of an AI CapEx super cycle where there are demands on finan...