What are the highlights of "Big Short"?

Lois 2022-03-25 09:01:05

First, Lewis of Salomon Brothers introduced the prospects of mortgage-backed securities before the PPT, emphasizing that after packaged securities, profits have risen but risks have fallen, and they are still rated 3A. All fund managers agree that the real estate market is stable and healthy, and everyone will repay their mortgages and will not break the contract.

It's really ironic!

Second, Dr. Barry, the one-eyed fund manager, sold CDS contracts at Goldman Sachs, betting on a real estate market crash. The mentality of both parties is vividly expressed.

When Dr. Barry left the meeting room, the three Goldman Sachs elites laughed together. Once again mocking those elites from famous schools, under the clever appearance is a greedy heart.

Third, at the annual meeting of the Securities Forum in Las Vegas, no experts could foresee the risks of subprime loans and still promised the public the soundness of the financial system. This picture seems to appear on various occasions and in various countries. Didn't they find out? Or is it blinded by greed?

Fourth, when the real estate market collapsed, all the banks went wrong. Forget credibility and responsibility! The face of capitalism is unobstructed.

Fifth, when Pete was selling 200 million securities in a country bar, the reaction of people around me made me laugh for a long time! Trading Wizards are just that powerful.

At the end of the film, no one took responsibility for the crisis, and everything was business as usual. It is the poorest people at the bottom that suffer the most.

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The Big Short quotes

  • JP Morgan Employee: Ted had asked me to do some meeting prep but I couldn't find any marketing material on you guys.

    Charlie Geller: Oh, we just moved here from Boulder.

    JP Morgan Employee: Yeah. Well, can we see your offering documents

    Charlie Geller: Well, Brownfield is its own money.

    Jamie Shipley: It's our money.

    JP Morgan Employee: Well, can you tell us how much you manage?

    Charlie Geller: Of course. We're doing 30 million right now, uh, but we started four years ago with 110 thousand. So, as you can see, that's pretty phenomenal returns.

    Jamie Shipley: We want to get an ISDA agreement so we can deal in long-term options.

    [subtitled: ISDA Agreement: An agreement that lets an investor sit at the 'big boy table' and make high level trades not available to stupid amateurs.Trying to be a high stakes trader without an ISDA is like trying to win the Indy 500 riding a llama]

    JP Morgan Employee: [in a slightly condescending tone] That's really cool. That is SO cool.

    Charlie Geller: Thank you.

    JP Morgan Employee: But, uh... you guys are under the capital requirements for an ISDA.

    JP Morgan Employee: By how much?

    JP Morgan Employee: [thinking] Uh... how much? One billion, four hundred seventy million. So... a lot.

    Charlie Geller: This makes us look bad, doesn't it? That we didn't know what the capital requirements were?

    JP Morgan Employee: Uh... it's not great. But keep up those returns and give us a call way down the line, you know. Okay?

  • Mortgage Broker: So, is Morgan Stanley recruiting us? Is that...

    Porter Collins: Oh, no. No. The bank owns our hedge fund but we're not really a part of it. We invest in financial service companies and we're trying to understand the residential mortgage business.

    Mark Baum: How many loans do you write each month?

    Mortgage Broker: Pffft! About sixty.

    Mark Baum: What was it four years ago?

    Mortgage Broker: Ten... maybe fifteen.

    Mortgage Broker: Yeah, I was a bartender. Now I own a boat.

    Danny Moses: You own a boat? So how many of these are, uh, adjustable rate mortgages?

    Mortgage Broker: Well, most. Yeah, I'd say about ninety percent. The bonuses on those skyrocketed a few years ago. Adjustables are our bread and honey.

    Danny Moses: So do applicants ever get rejected?

    Mortgage Broker: [laughs] Seriously? Look, if they get rejected, I suck at my job.

    Danny Moses: Even if they have no money?

    Mortgage Broker: Well, my firm offers NINJA loans - no income, no job. I just leave the income section blank if I want. Corporate doesn't care. These people just want homes, you know, and they just go with the flow.

    Danny Moses: Good for you.

    Mark Baum: Your companies don't verify?

    Mortgage Broker: If I write a loan on Friday afternoon, big bank will buy it by Monday lunch.