The Big Short (2015) Poster

(2015)

John Magaro: Charlie Geller

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  • Charlie Geller : People hate to think about bad things happening so they always underestimate their likelihood.

  • Casey : What am I supposed to do? Write a piece called "We're all fucked"?

    Charlie Geller : Yes! That's a perfect title!

  • 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?

  • Charlie Geller : Our investment-strategy was simple. People hate to think about bad things happening so they always underestimate their likelihood.

  • Casey : Thanks for coming guys, totally fucking awesome to see you.

    Charlie Geller : Yeah. Casey, I've always hated you because you were a prick in college and you are a prick today!

    Casey : Thanks Charlie! Still living with your mom?

  • Charlie Geller : Did you get a chance to take a look at what we sent you, Ben?

    Ben Rickert : Alright, Charlie, I did. Hang on.

    [Long pause] 

    Charlie Geller : Ben, are you still there?

    Ben Rickert : Yeah. I'll be honest, gentlemen; it scared the shit out of me.

    Charlie Geller : That's a good thing, right? That means that Vennett guy is not wrong?

    Ben Rickert : No, he's not.

  • Charlie Geller : Look, either we're right or we're wrong in a giant, giant way. And if we're wrong, then we gotta find someone to help us get out of this trade.

    Jamie Shipley : I'm not feeling remotely confident that we're right. and if we're wrong, who's gonna tell us? who understands this stuff? It makes no sense!

  • Charlie Geller : This isn't how I pictured it.

    Jamie Shipley : What did you think you'd find?

    Charlie Geller : I don't know. Grown-ups.

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