Healthy Investing in the Age of Crypto, Meme Stocks, and Financial Crises
Three separate but parallel stories are told in this scathingly funny and Oscar-winning explanation of the U.S. mortgage housing crisis of 2007. Q&A to follow.
Michael Burry (Christian Bale), an eccentric ex-physician turned Scion Capital hedge fund manager, believes that the US housing market is built on a bubble that will burst within the next few years. Burry proceeds to bet against the housing market with the banks, who believe that he is a crackpot and therefore they will win the deal. Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) with Deutsche Bank gets wind of what Burry is doing and, as an investor, believes he too can cash in. An errant telephone call to FrontPoint Partners gets this information into the hands of Mark Baum (Steve Carell), an idealist who is fed up with the corruption in the financial industry and decides to join forces with Vennett, despite not totally trusting him. Additionally, Charlie Geller and Jamie Shipley (John Magaro and Finn Wittrock), minor players in a start-up garage company, get a hold of Vennett's prospectus on the matter. Wanting in on the action but not having the official clout to play, they decide to call an old "friend," retired investment banker Ben Rickert (Brad Pitt), to help out. [130 min; comedy, drama; English]
Q&A to follow with Phil Schuman (Executive Director, Office of Financial Wellness & Education), Sara Ray (Associate Director, Office of Financial Wellness & Education), Doug McCoy (Al and Shary Oak Director, IU Center for Real Estate Studies; Teaching Professor in Finance, Kelley School of Business), and Wayne Schuman (owner and founder of Wayne R. Schuman & Associates).
"Headlined by a star-studded cast, this legitimate must-see film tip-toes audaciously between biting satire and topical cautionary tale. You won't know whether to be pissed or be entertained and that's a powerful quality to pull off." — Don Shanahan, Every Movie Has a Lesson
"The Big Short is as informative, insightful, and innovative as it is drop-dead entertaining." — Film Companion
"Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt lead an ensemble cast firing on all cylinders." — Brian D. Johnson, Maclean's Magazine
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