Bill Ackman: Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour

Excellent video from BigThinks for all you n00b chimps and for all you more experienced monkeys that need something to explain what you do to all your chimp friends. Enjoy.

(Also, be thankful that it's not Einhorn's creepy little girl voice giving the 45 minute lecture.)

William Ackman: Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour

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Good stuff. Me too I was wondering about the 10yr @ 3% lol.

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