Remove 2007 Remove Math Remove Risk Tolerance
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Transcript: Julian Salisbury, GS

The Big Picture

So I took it upon myself to go off and took a course in bond math, took another course in derivatives and realized the underlying fundamental concepts were barely, I mean, it wasn’t even high school math in most cases. I didn’t know what any of these terms meant. RITHOLTZ: — than a family office.

Assets 299
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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

The Big Picture

I — I loved math, but really, I was going to go down that literature route more than anything else and — and study Spanish literature. At Citi, in 2007, fantastic timing, you take over as Head of Structured Solutions. And so, 2007, I came over to Citi. RITHOLTZ: There’s always risk involved with counterparties ….

Clients 299
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Transcript: Sean Dobson, Amherst Holdings

The Big Picture

They’re, they’re lower risk tolerance, I would say very high standards on quality of service and quality of, of infrastructure and decision making. Over time, the home ownership rate’s grown to sort of mid sixties and bobble around it got really, really high when we were giving away mortgages in 2007.

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