Explore key financial decisions and strategies in 'The Big Short Chapter 8' quiz. Delve into Michael Burry's investment tactics, his premium on CDSs, and the impact of market changes on his portfolio. Essential for learners in finance and economics.
Asperger's Syndrome
ADHD
ADD
Bipolar Disorder
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$100 million
$320 million
$1.9 billion
$7.33 billion
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1,000%
15%
50.78%
186%
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Side-Pocketing
Freeze Funding
Stop Transaction
Option 4
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TABX-1-2000
Option One Select Pool
OOMLT 2005-3
HOME-100%
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GS-2005
Global Alpha
Asset-Backed Securities Fund
Goldman High Growth
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Financial statements
Investing in gold
Restoring old cars
Lawn mower catalogues
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Fair value
Market value
What Goldman Sachs/Morgan Stanley said they were worth.
Dependent upon the status of the housing market.
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Gotham Capital
Cornwall Capital
Greenblatt Capital
White Mountains
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If the market were performing poorly.
If the market was temporarily not functioning
If the market was fraudulent
Temporarily not functioning AND was fraudulent.
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1/5
1/2
1/6
1/10
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Referred to a mortgage issued to a FICO score below 700
Referred to a mortgage issued to a FICO score above 680
Referred to a mortgage issued to a FICO score below 680
The worst FICO scores an individual could receive.
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Power outage
Systems failure
Earthquake
Plumbing issues
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Michael Burry was already bankrupt
Joel Greenblatt had family ties with Burry
Gotham Capital had never filed a lawsuit
Joel Greenblatt named Michael Burry his favorite "value investor."
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He installed a security system on his house.
He left his wife
He went into hiding
He moved to South America
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Heavy Metal
Yoga
Classical music
Push ups
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He was surprised that his investments had actually begun to pan out--he'd had little faith.
That he had not yet been sued by his investors for fraudulent activity.
That his wife had not left him for another investment banker.
There have been relatively few reports of investors actually being hurt by subprime mortgage troubles.
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1992
2000
2004
1776
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Kim Jung Il
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Kim Jung Un
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$542,000
$355,900
$736,000
$871,000
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Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley
Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch
Goldman Sachs, Smith Barney, Citigroup
Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Bear Stearns
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June through October
January through May
February through June
December through September
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