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Transcript: Kathleen McCarthy

The Big Picture

MCCARTHY: I’d back up actually a little bit further in thinking about how did I get there, because I don’t think it was very obvious actually that I would come out of Yale with an ethics, politics and economics degree — RITHOLTZ: Perfect really, right? MCCARTHY: — and end up in M&A on Wall Street. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Transcript: Eric Balchunas

The Big Picture

That’s how good the economy was. And I think that’s maybe part of my legacy if there is one here is to — I was — in 2005’-‘07, I was like, oh, my god, I was like kicking the tires on ETFs, and I’m like, “These things are going to take over.” BALCHUNAS: And so, I always had an eye on Bloomberg for my early career.

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Transcript: Antti Ilmanen

The Big Picture

Following the financial crisis and the Fed cutting rates, economy and the market starts recovering in late 2009 and then 2010 and we kept hearing from a lot of different value corners, hey, everything is richly priced. Those types of excess savings were sort of the culprit for the conundrum in 2005 or whatever it was. So, that’s great.

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2016 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Buffett and Munger celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. Buffett and Munger celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. Ruane passed away in 2005.

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Transcript: Dave Nadig

The Big Picture

NADIG: So the reason is because, you know, when we look at how the corporate economy works, there are investments that you have to make. And if there’s like one person who I was, like, if I had a business decision, like career choice, ethical quandary, something like that, there’s no question he’d be the first person I’ll call.