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Transcript: Linda Gibson, CEO PGIM Quantitative Solutions

The Big Picture

She has a really fascinating background, very eclectic, a combination of math and law. You, you get a, a BS in Mathematics and a JD from Boston University Math and Law. It is something, math has always come easy to me since a child. I didn’t get an advanced degree in math. Not the usual combination. What happened?

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Braces vs. Invisalign: Did I Really Spend $16,000+ On My Kid’s Teeth?

Good Financial Cents

When you actually do the math, traditional braces or Invisalign can easily cost $24,000 or more for four kids! With proper care and compliance, though, Invisalign can give you a beautiful, straight smile. Keep in mind that many of the orthodontists we spoke to for this story stressed the need for compliance when it comes to Invisalign.

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Transcript: Ted Seides

The Big Picture

Let me say what your compliance wouldn’t allow you to say. And what’s their budget like a fraction of it, right? RITHOLTZ: So hold the duration risk aside with those two, but just for an investor in treasuries, I know you’ve done the math before. We were short subprime mortgages with John Paulson.

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Transcript: Jeffrey Sherman, DoubleLine

The Big Picture

Jeffrey Sherman : Well, what it was was, so I, as I said, with applications, there’s many applications of math, and the usually obvious one is physics. Barry Ritholtz : It seems that some people are math people and some people are not. The, the math came easier. And I really hated physics, really. It’s so true.

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Transcript: Cliff Asness

The Big Picture

Everything was the same except, Chicago had in its budget to give me money for airfare to go visit. 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. My mom was a math teacher so — RITHOLTZ: Okay. RITHOLTZ: Yeah.

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