The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

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?

Math 130

Math Management Insurance Assets 130

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. To What If Analysis, what if I pay… So I’m doing my cash flow planning in my retirement plan, and I say, You know, I don’t wanna have to pay for in as a retirement. There is an admin charge of about $49k.

Insurance 59

Insurance Clients Financial Advisor Math 59

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. The one you’re referring to was about value timing.

Valuation 164

Valuation Investing Investments Numbers 164

The Big Picture

DECEMBER 6, 2022

It has to be such a different set, the retirement planning is different, the safety net is different. People in Spain when I was growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, they expect to just retire and have the government give them like a paycheck every month. So a phenomenal learning experience with both Jefferies and Morgan Stanley.

Clients 154

Clients Investing Investments Management 154

The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

Let me say what your compliance wouldn’t allow you to say. He made a statement in that letter really referring to Berkshire having underperformed for the first period of time, that even in periods as long as 10 years, your results can be heavily influenced by the starting point or the ending point. RITHOLTZ: You were crushing it.

Management 130

Management Investing Investments Government 130

Sara Grillo

MAY 8, 2023

Policy lapse results in phantom income tax on the entire amount of the capital gain in the policy, plus there is the disappointment of having an asset you counted on (maybe to retire) go to zero. The issues lie in how IUL policies are shown to clients, in the illustrations. SARA GRILLO: Is the long… Typically, fixed or variable.

Insurance 59

Insurance Clients Financial Advisor Accounting 59