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Do you remember the movie Margin Call?
It's from 2011 and it's all about the beginning of the financial crisis.
And there's this one scene that's been on my colleague Josh Franklin's mind recently.
There's a really memorable scene in the movie where you see the trading floor of this unnamed investment bank,
where the executives have made the decision that the bank is going to try to unload these toxic mortgage backed securities that the bank is holding.
And you see the role of traders trying to unload this stuff across the street.
Now, as you listen.
Pay close attention to how these traders are talking on the phone.
They're calling up people that they know at other firms and selling this stuff at cut price deals.
You can hear kind of the conversational tone and the personal relationships.
that matter in the industry.
It's a little bit of like kind of brinksmanship to try to get a trade over the line.
Alexis, I'm only sharing this with you right now.