The Better Letter

MAY 23, 2024

” Its opening line begins, “It was twenty years ago today… ” Twenty years later, Rolling Stone magazine named it the greatest album of all-time. Despite what some academic types may claim , the idea that math is subjective is more than a little bit nuts. Our understanding is full of gaps.

Ethics 90

Ethics Math Accounting Numbers 90

The Big Picture

JANUARY 9, 2024

So like a component of it was like the standard derivatives math, right? And so like, you know, I got there and I learned derivatives math, right? It was derivatives math, it was like working with the traders on like risk management. You were saying that you had a code of ethics, but then your CEO was sexually harassing people.

Retail 130

Retail Banking Math Management 130

The Big Picture

JUNE 6, 2023

So, I was sitting there reading Industry Standard, remember that magazine? And I was learning about money, reading all the books, all the magazines, watching the shows, and I was also studying social psychology. It’s much deeper than math. SETHI: Well, everybody thought they were a genius including me in 1999, 2000.

Accounting 130

Accounting Numbers Budgeting Financial Counseling 130

The Big Picture

APRIL 8, 2024

You know, he went from the cover of Time Magazine to not being with us anymore. I’d been ranked i i back in the seventies, if you can do the math. My first job was working for Professor Otto Eckstein, who was council Economic Advisors cover of Time Magazine. But he was a phenomenal person. And he had this game plan.

Economy 144

Economy Clients Banking Economics 144

Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2018

Buffett and Munger celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. Buffett noted that the math of the buyback would get even better if Apple’s shares went down (but not its intrinsic value), something people often misunderstand.

Assets 52

Assets Investments Investing Insurance 52

Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2018

Buffett and Munger celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. Buffett noted that the math of the buyback would get even better if Apple’s shares went down (but not its intrinsic value), something people often misunderstand.

Assets 52

Assets Investments Investing Insurance 52

The Big Picture

MAY 2, 2023

RITHOLTZ: So wait, you’re, I’m trying to do the math, if you were 24 in ‘08, so you got this watch in 2000, 99? But there were a lot of other purveyors of watches that really were not super, super ethical folks. He gave me his Omega Speedmaster, which is a really nice watch. CLYMER: Yes, around there, I would say.

Retail 167

Retail Insurance Advertising Numbers 167