I try to maintain tremendous humility. And there are many thoughtful ways of looking at the world. Some people will say, i like private equity. When you buy a public stock, you get the ten kas in the ten cubes. Buts just a lot of stuff that helps or can't help. It doesn't mean you can't do bad deals or pay bad prices. You certainly can.
Steven Begleiter is a Managing Director of Flexpoint Ford. Prior to joining Flexpoint Ford in 2008, Steve was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns & Co. He is also a professional Poker player who claimed the 6th place in World Series of Poker 2009, winning $1.59M Show Notes:
- Culture at Bear Stearns
- The liquidity crisis that ended Bear Stearns
- Evolution of Financial Services
- Importance of having a ‘thesis’ for your investments
- The Rise of Private Equity
- Where is PE headed to?
- Investing lessons from a Poker career
- Role of luck in life and Poker
- Psychology at the poker table
- How micro-expressions can give your game away
- Historical perspective to the Russia-Ukraine crisis
- Importance of reading military history