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Transcript: Graeme Forster, Orbis Investments

The Big Picture

A degree in mathematics from Oxford, a doctorate in mathematical epidemiology and economics from Cambridge. So I, I did a math degree at Oxford, which is more pure math. You know, pure math can be very theoretical and detached from the real world, and it’s getting worse. What is that? The second is excess returns.

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Transcript: Brad Gerstner

The Big Picture

It was about $170 million valuation. So here’s the math, Barry. If you have seven $50 incremental year, then every 10 year old in America, when they enter into the fifth or sixth grade and the teacher says, Hey, today we’re gonna talk about math or compounding or stocks or capitalism, they’ll say, open up.

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Transcript: Jeremy Siegel + Jeremy Schwartz

The Big Picture

And arguably, they went from an underpriced position in 2004 I’d say — RITHOLTZ: Right. RITHOLTZ: Did you see the Liberty Street Economics research paper? This recent paper at Liberty Street Economics blog, which is the New York Fed Research blog, said, “Oh, it turns out that people have adjusted to work from home.

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