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Transcript: John Hope Bryant

The Big Picture

I had an a-ha about how the world really works. What I didn’t realize was he was ashamed to admit that he could not afford to float the expenses of his immediate family and ours. What I didn’t realize was he was ashamed to admit that he could not afford to float the expenses of his immediate family and ours.

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Investment Perspectives | Unicorns: Beyond the Myth

Brown Advisory

Research firm CB Insights calculates that there are 145 unicorn companies with an aggregate value over $500 billion as of this writing. Uber, arguably the best known, first became a unicorn in mid-2013, about the time Ms. According to legend, the unicorn is a large, horselike beast with a spiraling horn protruding from its forehead.

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11 Best Online Brokerage Accounts: For Beginners To Experienced Investors

Good Financial Cents

The table below summarizes all 11 brokers, including what each is best for and its primary features. The table below summarizes all 11 brokers, including what each is best for and its primary features. Choosing the right stockbroker for the job is an essential part of that decision. Ads by Money. 0 to open, $5 to invest. $0 Fees $1/mo.

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The Better Letter: Carolina Crazy

The Better Letter

Simon & Garfunkel sang about it before Tversky and Kahneman: “Still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.” ” If you like The Better Letter, please subscribe, share it, and forward it widely. Subscribe now Share The Better Letter Thanks for reading.

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Transcript: Gretchen Morgenson

The Big Picture

Her last book was a bestseller, “Reckless Endangerment” is all about the mortgage crisis. Yes, there’s a legitimate need and use for private equities, especially in mid-markets where, to be blunt, Wall Street has just abandoned that space and gone upmarket, creating a vacuum. That’s a shocking number. I was a secretary.

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Transcript: Aswath Damodaran

The Big Picture

What can I say about his breadth and depth of expertise? Start with valuation, what is a company worth and why, move towards what are the things that drive valuations, and then expand out to what happens to valuations over the lifecycle of a company, and why those life cycles are getting increasingly shorter over the past few decades.

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Transcript: Cass Sunstein

The Big Picture

BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast, what can I say? I don’t even know where else to go. What a fascinating career and really incredibly interesting person. I don’t know how we could have written it. I don’t know why we decided to write it.” How much fun is that?

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