Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 24, 2023

But as a private equity owner, again, first of all, you do invest heavily of your own money in the transactions, plus you have additional ownership through, you know, the carried interest, the profits interests. September 13, 1981, I think the 10-year Treasury was 15.84 You got 60 percent of losses ahead of you. RITHOLTZ: Yeah.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 103

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Leverage Numbers 103

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

He developed the Ginnie Mae contract, which at one time was a big thing in treasury bond contract. They announced a $640 million loss and ouch. And the division that I was in was below plan. But if, if it has a history of not being profitable, you you really want to exclude that. So big loss. That was real money.

Benchmarking 103

Benchmarking Concentration Investments Profit and Loss 103

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Profiteering fraud. It just, the, the, the profiteering really was utterly insane. That the focus on profits, on pleasing shareholders and on profits that can be sustainable means that, that, that the response in a pandemic isn’t going to be what you think. So his plan to distribute masks went nowhere.

Manufacturing 57

Manufacturing Healthcare Leadership Profit and Loss 57