2008 financial crisis
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Spencer Rascoff · across every show →
Everything said about 2008 financial crisis, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Rascoff: Early-stage VCs were more helpful than Fortune 500 CEOs in 2008
“I'm thinking back to 2008 when, you know, the world came to an end. The directors that were most helpful to us working through that were the VCs that had a lot of early stage experience and had seen a lot of other companies die. It wasn't the marquee, you know…”
Apr 30, 2024 neutral
Goldman Sachs didn't predict the 2008 crisis, they just hedged their risk
“We didn't know that the financial crisis was coming. Of course, you know, we got in the press and elsewhere accused of all kinds of crazy things. Like they were the only ones who hedged so they must have known it was coming. We were just predictors of the pres…”
May 5, 2026 neutral
Private market correction will not trigger a 2008-style systemic crisis
“I, you know, so I think there'll be some correction in private markets, but it's not going to be 2008 where you were destabilizing the system because it's not owned by banks at 30 to one leverage or these days the leverage is lower, but plenty were 20 to 30 to…”