The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

So how do you then go from tax and audit practice to finance and investing? So I took it upon myself to go off and took a course in bond math, took another course in derivatives and realized the underlying fundamental concepts were barely, I mean, it wasn’t even high school math in most cases. Very different fields.

Assets 286

Assets Clients Investing Investments 286

The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

So for a taxable investor, hedge funds generally aren’t tax efficient. And when you look at the assets that are invested, the three trillion in hedge funds, I would guess that north of 90% of that are in institutions that don’t pay taxes. Let me say what your compliance wouldn’t allow you to say.

Management 130

Management Investing Investments Government 130

The Big Picture

MARCH 21, 2023

ASNESS: Well, I was striving for uncorrelated, but then the compliance officer in my head is saying sometimes it doesn’t come out to zero all the time. And it’s really not a compliance reason, I hope it’s more of an intellectual honesty reason. My mom was a math teacher so — RITHOLTZ: Okay. ASNESS: Yes.

Valuation 161

Valuation Investing Investments Numbers 161

The Big Picture

MAY 16, 2023

Um, case anybody that says anything, non-compliant, compliance tracks that also the watch list is just sort of fun. Whereas eTrade they were spending billions on advertising. RITHOLTZ: So great advertising, but expensive advertising. So this is the math that I applied. So think about this, do the math.

Media 278

Media Investing Investments Valuation 278