Harvard MBA Index Flashes ‘Sell’ Warning

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By fmba March 20, 2011 01:00

Designed by a former banking analyst and Harvard Business School alumnus named Ray Soifer, the Harvard Business School Index looks at what portion of Harvard Business School graduates take “market-sensitive jobs”

The best and the brightest young business minds in America are once again flocking to Wall Street”and tripping an offbeat alarm bell for the markets along the way.

More Harvard M.B.A. graduates took jobs on Wall Street last year than the previous year, when the financial sector was still reeling from the crisis of 2008. Thirty-one percent the class of 2010 took jobs in “market sensitive” positions in the financial sector.

This means that the threshold of the famous Harvard Business School Index has been tripped. Designed by a former banking analyst and Harvard Business School alumnus named Ray Soifer, the Harvard Business School Index looks at what portion of Harvard Business School graduates take “market-sensitive jobs” ” a subset of the financial services category that includes investment banking, investment management, private equity, venture capital and hedge funds. When the portion exceeds 30 percent, it’s a sell signal. If the number is below 10 percent, it is a long-term buy signal.

A record 41 percent of the class of 2008 went into market sensitive positions ” foreshadowing the financial crisis. The 2009 class was less Wall Street focused, with only 28 percent taking market sensitive careers. That shifted the index from a “sell” to a “neutral.”…

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