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Transcript: Dominique Mielle

Barry Ritholtz

I wanted to see the world, and whether it was investment banking, or basket weaving really had absolutely no bearing on my decision. RITHOLTZ: You describe what we now call junk bonds, we used to call high yield, what we now call distressed investing, we used to call vulture investing. But it was very tiny. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Transcript: Gretchen Morgenson

Barry Ritholtz

We looked at everything from retail to nursing homes to hospitals to insurance companies to manufacturers. It’s only later, or at least in the book you described it that way, it’s only later that it’s household brands and retailers and names we know. This wasn’t a mom-and-pop investment. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Transcript: Gary Cohn

Barry Ritholtz

How fundamental was that to your learning about investing, trading risk management, starting with futures? You’re doing a lot of math in your head on the Fly. I’m doing, I’m doing an awful lot of math in my head on the fly. You sell a naked call, you [ Barry Ritholtz ] Right. Made sense. Yeah, exactly.

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