Christopher J. Ailman

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229 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 3 Feb

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You know, I remember my generation growing up on the West Coast.

Nobody read The Wall Street Journal.

No, you couldn't even see the markets on TV.

It was on a little bit of a show in public broadcasting.

But now it's out in front of them and they've got Robin Hood and they've got the opportunity to look at this.

And I think we're going to find some very talented people in different places.

And I would tell you that picking investments was frankly a lot easier than picking people.

What you're trying to find is somebody who's self-reflective.

Because investing is hard.

As I said, it's really about trying to anticipate the future.

And you got to be humble and realize you can't.

It's taking all kinds of data.

And you want some people who think literally, A, B, C, D, 1, 2, 3, 4.

You want other people who think tactically in patterns.

So you need different types of... I always said I want somebody who thinks like Excel.

Everything's relative and down and up.

But then I need somebody who thinks like an access database who can take all these random facts.

And I found that was true almost in every asset class.

You didn't need just one discipline for one type of one asset class.

You needed people who...

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