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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? You give out 5%.

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Transcript: Sean Dobson, Amherst Holdings

The Big Picture

It was a wild ride because by the time you got, well, so in 2005, we went on a road show trying to tell people what we had learned, and there wasn’t a lot of reception. And in the 2000 at the 2005 conference, it’s kind of wild. Maybe the market hadn’t priced something properly. Sean Dobson : It was a wild ride.

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Transcript: Gretchen Morgenson

The Big Picture

And this was back in 2005 or 2006. Let’s talk about tax loopholes. How on earth is there still a carried interest tax loophole for private equity, hedge funds, and venture capital? Cut my taxes in half, where do I sign up for that? It’s corporate tax avoidance. RITHOLTZ: Really interesting.

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Transcript: Brad Gerstner

The Big Picture

We, we made in 2005, I believe. That 00:15:42 [Speaker Changed] Was first AI investment, 2005. So here’s the math, Barry. If you start with a thousand and you only have an addition of $750 a year, okay, families can contribute to that, your 00:44:48 [Speaker Changed] Corporate tax free. Listen to this, Barry.

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Transcript: Dave Nadig

The Big Picture

Hey, show me companies where the board has at least two women on it, or you could tilt towards value, or you could tilt towards small cap, or you can use it for tax loss harvesting or philanthropy. I read all those academic papers, I understand where the math comes from. It’s how math works. RITHOLTZ: Right. NADIG: FRDM.

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Transcript: Steve Case

The Big Picture

Initially, it was started in 2005 and it was called Revolution, but it was just my capital. Whenever I see, you know, a groundbreaking where some giant company comes in with all these tax abatements, we start with Foxconn in Wisconsin, turned out to be a bust. The math never seems to work out. Is that way fair way to start?

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Transcript: Bill Browder

The Big Picture

in Economics from Chicago and MBA from Stanford. So, I did the math, 20 million times a hundred. So, let me just repeat the math. And so, again, I went through this simple math. Even if you read both of Browder’s books, you will find something to be amazed at. With no further ado, my conversation with Bill Browder.