Bernie Madoff's son took his own life a few years ago as investigators surrounding the role he played in his father's business perhaps got a little too close for his own comfort, after the collapse of the real estate market exposed the now-famous Madoff Ponzi scheme.
Now a rash of recent suicides within the ranks of J.P. Morgan Chase is causing investment bankers to wonder if these are freakish coincidences – or an ominous sign of the high-pressure world they inhabit for a shot at the proverbial brass ring. It seems the jury's still out.
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Suicides on Wall Street Create Workplace Jitters, But No Clear Answers
We're all familiar with images from the Great Depression of bankers hurling themselves out of high-story windows when faced with overnight financial ruin. More recently, the rate of suicides spiked briefly during the Great Recession. So reports CNN Money.
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