Aleph

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The title of the talk was “The Value of Ethics –The Value of a CFA Charter.” ” The main point of my talk was that the uniqueness of the CFA Charter did not stem from the “Body of Knowledge” imparted in the exams, but rather from the emphasis on ethics. So what made me decide to write this tonight?

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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.

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Sara Grillo

JUNE 12, 2023

Quick math: If you have $1.828 million in the bank. And , you have to do the math by hand. Now, quick math, if you have 128 million in the bank in your Christmas or Hannukah Club, and the bank is going to credit you 5% on your money 0:18:18.4 So ethically, I think it applies everywhere. Here’s another example.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And before that, Morgan Stanley, doing technology and operations planning for the wealth and asset management group. What percentage of the assets are in ETFs relative to mutual funds? So fast forward to where we are today, we have over $40 billion in assets under management. BERRUGA: You know, great question. RITHOLTZ: Wow.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 16, 2022

Long duration assets are losing favour given higher rates act like gravity on the price of securities whose intrinsic value is based on cash flows generated further into the future. Maths has a long half-life and a DCF correctly done accounts for inflation. Depreciation rises over time too.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 6, 2023

I’ll tell you something funny and people you know, we never quite had that accusation, but for the better part of 15 years before I started accepting capital, it was, “Hey, everybody’s telling you how to manage your assets the wrong way. Have I managed my asset allocation and my investment fees? You could do it.

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The Big Picture

JULY 19, 2022

You mentioned in the beginning of the book lower asset yields and richer asset prices have pulled forward future returns. So, starting yields of all major assets were coming down in the last decade and last decade — actually, several decades. RITHOLTZ: Really quite interesting. Explain that. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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