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The Mt. Gox Bitcoin Math That Doesn’t Add Up

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trillion, the trustee hired to find the missing loot has concluded two things: that the $500 million valuation of the missing bitcoin is accurate, and that he’s been able to find only $91 million of it. A rather implausible amount, since, at the moment, experts believe that there are only $7 billion bitcoins in circulation.

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Transcript: Christine Phillpotts, Ariel Investments

Barry Ritholtz

And I did a lot of options math, which I thought was interesting. That is not being reflected in valuations from a top down standpoint. One is, if you think about EM, equity valuations versus the s and p, the EM index is trading at, you know, 10 to 11 times forward pe. You can get growth at extremely compelling valuations.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Walmart Pays Pays Off, Marketplace Lending Falls Off

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Now if we only knew the denominator and could do the math to see what those numbers really look like. Zenefits’ Valuation Cut. By having a reset in valuation, it could be argued that the firm is offering payment of sorts for its own past behavior. It is also, perhaps, setting the bar lower for valuation to climb again.

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Transcript: Graeme Forster, Orbis Investments

Barry Ritholtz

So I, I did a math degree at Oxford, which is more pure math. You know, pure math can be very theoretical and detached from the real world, and it’s getting worse. It’s just math stick to it over long periods of time. Then the volatility and, and the valuation makes an enormous difference.

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Transcript: Rick Rieder

Barry Ritholtz

Now, we’re shifting to more international places like China, Europe, et cetera, that are really growing, and that valuations are cheaper. and what cross currency basis, et cetera, takes a while to assimilate at all. The dollar is the reserve currency in the world. How are we doing in literacy versus math versus science?

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Transcript: Savita Subramanian

Barry Ritholtz

I’m kind of in intrigued by the idea of philosophy and math. So I found myself getting kind of bored with my math problem sets, and then I could shift to philosophy and then go back and forth. 00:29:32 [Speaker Changed] Certainly for commodities and for currencies. What was the career plan?

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Transcript: Lisa Shalett, CIO Morgan Stanley

Barry Ritholtz

00:31:40 [Speaker Changed] So there’s the emotions and then there’s the math, right? And so when we, you know, kind of came into January of 2025, we were starting to talk to folks about, look at where the dollar is versus virtually every other currency super strong. But we think that that valuations are there.