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Bessent: Mortgage book author's fund lost 100% during the subprime crisis
“We had a very distinguished mortgage manager come into the office. I think he'd actually written the Wiley book on mortgages and tell us what a great buy mortgages were halfway through the crisis, and I think his fund went down a hundred percent.”
Scott Bessent Nov 4, 2024 ▶ 8:44 Scott Bessent - Macro Maven (EP.415)
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