June 23, 2017· 25 min

This Is What a Real-Life Wendy Rhoades Actually Does

Orality
Model
71%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,448 words)
M:29%
HostJoe Weisenthal(558 words)
M:28%
GuestBrett Steenbarger(1,602 words)
M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic23%
literally, completely, very
Engagement65%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
like (37x), it's (32x), trading (31x)
Parallelism73%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., But you like it...., And all that stuff....
Sound Patterns54%
22 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases10%
you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging12%
might, probably, fairly
Passive Voice5%
are women, been employed, is often
Abstract Nouns27%
investment, recommendation, business
Subordination10%
because, while, though
Sentence Length33%
Avg: 13.2 words/sentence
Word Complexity50%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style35%
266 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style68%
literally, completely, really

Description

On the TV show "Billions," one of the most important characters is Wendy Rhoades, the psychologist at Axe Capital who helps traders get out of their slumps. What viewers may not realize is that the job exists in real life. On this week's Odd Lots, we speak with Brett Steenbarger, a professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University and author of several books on trading psychology. Steenbarger, who has worked with several funds, explains to us what he actually with traders and how is work is similar to and different from the fictional TV character. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.