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Math Problems

The Better Letter

The maths are exactly the same. These sorts of math problems are the focus of this week’s TBL. Math Problems As this TBL goes live, just 16 games and one day of the NCAA Tournament are in the books, yet my bracket is a mess. We notice the unlikelihood of 100 in a row because of the pattern. Thanks for reading.

Math 95
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Transcript: Julian Salisbury, GS

The Big Picture

He co-chairs a number of the asset management investment committees. So I interviewed with a bunch of banks, got a number of job offers by the end of the week, and joined Goldman Sachs in October 1998. I ended up being hired onto the high yield desk as a research analyst and did that for a number of years, a couple of years.

Assets 299
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Bracketology (2025 Edition)

The Better Letter

Nigl’s bracket finally went bust on game 50 (the third game on the second weekend) when three seed Purdue defeated number two Tennessee, 99-94, in overtime. And about 60 percent of national champions are one of the four number one seeds. A roulette wheel hitting the same number seven times in a row ( one in three billion ).

Numbers 75
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Transcript: Jonathan Clements

The Big Picture

Barry Ritholtz : The the funny thing is, the behavioral aspect of mutual funds seems to have been when people finally learn about a manager who’s put up great numbers, by the time it makes to make makes it to Forbes, hey, most of that run is probably over and a little mean reversion is about to kick in.

Investing 147
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Transcript: Albert Wenger

The Big Picture

And from a public market, that sounds like it’s a compliance and conflict nightmare. WENGER: No, we’ve definitely always been disciplined on valuation, and we’ve let a number of things go. And you know, the only thing math works on recognition by peers, and there’s some prizes.

Valuation 305
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Transcript: Linda Gibson, CEO PGIM Quantitative Solutions

The Big Picture

She has a really fascinating background, very eclectic, a combination of math and law. She has run a number of firms and a number of divisions at large firms and traced a career arc that’s just very unusual compared to the typical person in finance. It is something, math has always come easy to me since a child.

Math 130
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Portfolio Construction & 20% Yields

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

The way my new firm is set up, I could outsource everything, for a fee, and the way this was positioned, I think there might be a decent number of advisors who do just that. So using simple math, the total return is 34% versus 72% for the common. The idea that I could do no work is culturally acceptable. adds another 22.5%