tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post2565903781559583565..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Harvard senior thesis on CDOsSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-78932482284909340192010-05-01T09:15:45.080-04:002010-05-01T09:15:45.080-04:00Steve,
Clearly, she's a cute, smart girl.
B...Steve,<br /><br />Clearly, she's a cute, smart girl. <br /><br />But this [repackaging debt and reselling it as some kind of investment option] is common knowledge. I remember watching videos directly after the crisis claiming the same thing exactly. <br /><br />Bird & Fortune (funny)<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJmTCYmo9g<br /><br />Crisis of Credit<br />http://www.youtube.com/Wiplalanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-79307472423005569122010-04-27T21:52:56.672-04:002010-04-27T21:52:56.672-04:00"After writing my thesis, it became clear to ..."After writing my thesis, it became clear to me that the culture at these investment banks needed to change and that incentives needed to be realigned to reward more than just short-term profit seeking". Oh please, Steve. How about the cynicism of youth?JBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-35196557701361030202010-04-27T19:06:16.612-04:002010-04-27T19:06:16.612-04:00She's pretty smokin' hot.She's pretty smokin' hot.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-50446835021430012942010-04-27T17:39:32.500-04:002010-04-27T17:39:32.500-04:00It has already been reported in the news that she ...It has already been reported in the news that she is working for Goldman Sachs, so her desire for confidentiality is understandable. The larger question in my mind is whether her idealism will corrode due to ideological capture from inside the banking system and the anesthetic effects of large salaries. I would take even odds the answer is yes. Also I wonder what Goldman's motivations here JPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-44223930209605928262010-04-27T17:20:46.309-04:002010-04-27T17:20:46.309-04:00Ah, the innocence of youth.
She did not go to wor...<i>Ah, the innocence of youth.</i><br /><br />She did not go to work for a nonprofit or the SEC. I perceive her as tough-minded but prudently aware of her inexperience.<br /><br />It wouldn't surprise me, health permitting, to hear of her again.gsnoreply@blogger.com