Can NYC Weather This Financial Hurricane?

Wall Street is New York City and New York City is Wall Street. From the facade of the New York Stock Exchange to the skyscrapers dotting Park Avenue, financial landmarks give the city its character and the people inside them make the Big Apple go.

Wall Street workers pay a quarter of the city's taxes and every high-paying financial job supports three others.

Batten down the hatches. A financial hurricane is about to sweep across the region taking aim at steakhouses, schools, the real estate market and more.

But every cloud has a silver lining and there might be some fast money in this one.

A couple companies have very direct exposure to New York City real estate, explains Karen Finerman. Vornado

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[VNO  Loading...      ()   ] is one of them. I shorted it early Monday then covered my bet late day. You could also look at shorting the iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate

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[IYR  Loading...      ()   ] or Boston Properties

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[BXP  Loading...      ()   ]. But I wouldn't do that immediately. They've already taken quite a hit.

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