The Escort Indicator: Wall Street is Booming Again… |

When speaking about escorts, Charlie Sheen once said, “I don’t pay them for sex, I pay them to leave.” And, like Sheen, a lot of Wall Street guys don’t need to pay for sex either, but they’d rather.

“When I’m looking for a wife, I don’t call an escort; so, when I’m looking for sex, I don’t call a civilian,” Jay, a senior sales trader, told me.

So, why do some Wall Street guys love calling hookers? There are four basic reasons: 1) quality, 2) confidentiality 3) ease and 4) They can let their freak flags fly.

“You can do things you’d never ask your girlfriend to do,” Jay added. “A lot of the younger guys on my desk like to boast they don’t have to pay for sex. But they don’t get it. It’s like a business deal. And both parties are happy.”