Orality
Model
91%
Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(1,218 words)
M:94%
HostJoe Weisenthal(665 words)
M:28%
GuestEmanuel Derman(3,745 words)
M:28%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic29%
basically, very, absolutely
Engagement71%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, so, okay
Repetition100%
they (58x), people (48x), like (38x)
Parallelism100%
So have you heard the story ab..., And I'm Tracy Alloway, executi..., So Tracy, you know what's some...
Sound Patterns48%
28 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases7%
you know what, i mean
Literate Indicators
Hedging11%
arguably, might, rather
Passive Voice4%
are embedded, be exposed, was reflected
Abstract Nouns21%
investment, prescription, medication
Subordination14%
because, until, while
Sentence Length40%
Avg: 15.0 words/sentence
Word Complexity46%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style29%
419 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style100%
automatically, family, really
Description
Emanuel Derman was one of the pioneers of quantitative finance, having gone from studying physics to working on Wall Street in 1985. His memoir, My Life as a Quant, is a must-read book that tracks the evolution of finance in recent decades as it's become more and more driven by mathematics. In the latest episode of Odd Lots, Derman discusses his career, the difference between finance models and physics models, and where Wall Street is going next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.