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Subtitle for The Big Short

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    Ki***********

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    2018-09-14

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    English

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  • 내용

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    (BIRDS CHIRPING)

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    (TELEPHONE RINGING)

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    MAN: Hiya, Frank.
    How are the wife and kids?

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    You know, for you,
    I'm considering treasury bonds

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    and utility stocks. Smoke?

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    JARED: <i>In the late '70s,
    banking wasn't a job</i>

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    <i>you went into
    to make large sums of money.</i>

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    <i>It was a fucking snooze.</i>

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    (CHUCKLES) How about those Mets?

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    JARED: <i>Filled with losers.
    Like selling insurance or</i>

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    accounting.

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    And if banking was boring,

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    then the bond department at the
    bank was straight-up comatose.

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    <i>We all know about bonds.</i>

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    <i>You give them to your
    snot-nosed kid when he turns 15.</i>

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    Maybe when he's 30
    he makes a hundred bucks.

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    Boring.

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    That is, until Lewis Ranieri
    came on the scene

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    at Salomon Brothers.

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    You might not know who he is,
    but he changed your life

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    <i>more than Michael Jordan,
    the iPod and YouTube put together.</i>

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    - (CHUCKLING)
    - (MAN LAUGHING)

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    All right, gentlemen!
    Let's get some money in here!

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    Let's make some money!
    What do you say?

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    (ALL CHEERING)

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    JARED: <i>You see,
    Lewis didn't know it yet,</i>

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    <i>but he had already
    changed banking forever</i>

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    <i>with one simple idea.</i>

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    The mortgage-backed security.
    Or private-label MBS.

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    LEWIS: You've got your
    average person's mortgage.

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    Fixed rate, 30 years.

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    Boring, safe, small payoff, right? But,

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    when you have thousands
    of them all bundled together,

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    suddenly the yield goes up
    but the risk is still small because,

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    well, they're mortgages!

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    And who the hell
    doesn't pay their mortgage?

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    What exactly is the credit
    rating on this bond?

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    This bond, gentlemen, is AAA-rated.

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    This is exactly what the Michigan state
    pension fund has been looking for.

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    I'll buy $20 million.

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    Oh, come on, live a little.

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    - $25 million.
    - (ALL LAUGHING)

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    JARED: <i>The money came raining down,</i>

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    <i>and for the first time,</i>

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    <i>the banker went from the country club
    to the strip club.</i>

    46
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    <i>Pretty soon, stocks and savings
    were almost inconsequential.</i>

    47
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    <i>- They were doing $50, $100, $200 billion</i>
    - Whoo!

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    <i>In mortgage bonds and dozens of other
    securities a year.</i>

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    (MEN CHEERING)

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    <i>And America barely noticed
    as its number one industry</i>

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    <i>became boring old banking.</i>

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    <i>And then one day,
    almost 30 years later, in 2008,</i>

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    <i>it all came crashing down.</i>

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    FEMALE REPORTER: <i>March.
    Bear Stearns was in a death spiral</i>

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    <i>and the Fed brokered its sale.</i>

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    BRIAN WILLIAMS: <i>It's been called the
    worst financial crisis in modern times.</i>

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    <i>Certainly the largest financial disaster
    in decades in this country,</i>

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    <i>and perhaps the end of an era
    in American business.</i>

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    JARED: <i>In the end, Lewis Ranieri's
    mortgage-backed security</i>

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    <i>mutated into a monstrosity that</i>

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    <i>collapsed the whole world economy.</i>

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    <i>And none of the experts
    or leaders or talking heads</i>

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    <i>had a clue it was coming.</i>

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    <i>I'm guessing most of you
    still don't really know what happened.</i>

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    <i>Yeah, you got a soundbite you repeat
    so you don't sound dumb, but come on.</i>

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    Our financial institutions are strong.

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    <i>But there were some who saw it coming.</i>

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    <i>While the whole world
    was having a big old party,</i>

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    <i>a few outsiders and weirdos
    saw what no one else could.</i>

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    <i>Not me. I'm not a weirdo.
    I'm pretty fucking cool.</i>

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    <i>But we'll meet again later.</i>

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    <i>These outsiders saw the giant lie
    at the heart of the economy.</i>

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    <i>And they saw it by doing something</i>

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    <i>the rest of the suckers
    never thought to do.</i>

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    <i>They looked.</i>

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    (TAPPING)

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    MIKE: <i>During the 1930s,</i>

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    the housing market collapsed nationwide

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    by roughly 80%.

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    I mean, half of all mortgage debt
    was in default.

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    And, I mean, there were very

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    specific identifiers,
    extremely recognizable.

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    I mean, for instance,

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    (STAMMERING) one of
    the hallmarks of mania

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    is the rapid rise

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    in complexity and the rates of fraud.

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    And did you know that they're going up?

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    (CHEERLEADERS CHEERING)

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    MAN: Whoo!

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    (INAUDIBLE)

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    MIKE: <i>I've always been</i>

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    <i>more comfortable alone.</i>

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    (GIRLS TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

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    (GIRLS LAUGHING)

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    <i>I believe maybe
    it's because of my glass eye.</i>

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    <i>I lost the eye in a childhood illness.</i>

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    <i>It separates me from people.</i>

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    <i>And did you know that they are going</i>

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    up?

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    The highest fraud rates since the 1930s.

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    MIKE'S MOM:
    Hey, hey, it's okay. It's okay.

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    No, I didn't know that.

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    (MIKE STUTTERING)

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    (MIKE CHUCKLING)

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    In 1933, the fourth year
    of the Great Depression.

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    Let's wash it off and put it back in.

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    MIKE'S DAD: You were
    playing so great, son.

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    I even heard the coach say it.

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    Can we just go home?

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    MIKE: <i>Most social interactions
    are awkward for me and for the person.</i>

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    <i>Even when I try to compliment someone,</i>

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    <i>it comes out wrong.</i>

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    You have a very nice haircut.
    Did you do it yourself?

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    (CHUCKLES) What?

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    (STAMMERING) No. No, I...

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    (SPLASHING)

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    (TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE)

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    I'm sorry. I'm just...

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    (SIGHS)

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    I'm going on and on.

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    My wife told me I need to share more.

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    Mmm.

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    - That seems healthy.
    - Yeah.

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    Mmm-hmm.

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    (CHUCKLES)

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    Uh...

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    So do I get the job?

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    I really think I could help your fund.

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    Yeah.

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    Yeah, sure. Go on.

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    (BOTH CHUCKLING)

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    - You're...
    - David. Great.

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    I guess I'll go find a desk.

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    Is there anything you want me
    to work on for start...

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    Uh...

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    Yeah.

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    DAVID: You could let me know later.
    I could come back.

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    (STUTTERING)

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    Did you think it was strange when, um,

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    the tech bubble burst in 2001

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    and the housing market in San Jose,

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    the tech capital of the world,

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    went up?

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    Wasn't that strange?

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    DAVID: No.

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    No, it's housing.
    Housing is always stable.

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    Low risk. It's solid.

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    That's the idea, yeah.

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    I want you to get me

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    the top 20 selling mortgage bonds.

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    So you want to know what
    the top 20 selling mortgage bonds are?

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    No, no, no, I want to know
    what mortgages are in each one.

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    (CHUCKLING) Okay, aren't those
    mortgages made up of...

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    (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

    155
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    Wait, aren't those bonds made up

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    of thousands and thousands
    of mortgages?

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    Yeah.

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    DAVID: Right away, Dr. Burry.

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    I am a nice guy all day long.

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    Ask anyone, I'm a pleasure to work with.

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    But the second my son screws up, I am...

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    ...yelling at him
    just like my dad did to me.

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    I hear the words that are
    coming out of my mouth and...

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    (DOOR OPENS)

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    - MARK: Sorry I'm late! No cabs.
    - (DOOR CLOSES)

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    Oh...

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    So, get this.

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    I met with this retail banker yesterday.

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    I'm supposed to be getting him
    to invest in a fund,

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    but instead

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    I start grilling him about
    overdraft penalties

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    and how his bank will let
    a customer write 10-12 checks

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    before they tell them they're overdrawn.

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    And this creep is making billions
    off screwing over people this way.

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    And I'm getting madder and madder.

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    And I ask him,
    I look him in the face and I say,

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    "How can you sleep at night

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    "knowing that you are
    ripping off working people?"

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    And you know what he did? He left.

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    He just walks out of the lunch,
    doesn't say a word.

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    What the fuck is that?

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    Who's fucked up in that scenario? Am I?

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    Or is this douchebag,
    who leaves me hanging?

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    Is he the fucked up one?

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    We have talked about this
    numerous times.

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    You can't come in late
    and hijack the entire session.

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    MARK: What do you mean?
    I didn't hijack the meeting.

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    Did I hijack the session?

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    Yeah.

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    What do you do?

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    MAN: I'm in commodities.

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    Good luck with that.

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    THERAPIST: Mark, I know
    you suffered a terrible loss.

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    Maybe you want to talk about that.

    195
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    - I don't talk about that.
    - (CELL PHONE CHIMING)

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    Hold on.

    197
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    Hold on...

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    Shit, I have to take this. Sorry. Sorry.

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    No... (SIGHS) I don't care, Porter.

    200
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    This guy's whole business
    is built on ripping people off.

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    How long can that last?

    202
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    Bye, everybody!

    203
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    MIKE: (SOFTLY) 95...

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    That's 30 days late... Sixty days late...

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    They pay on time...

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    (TYPING ON KEYBOARD)

    207
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    These FICO scores...

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    (SIGHS)

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    (TELEPHONE RINGING)

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    <i>Late. And they caught up
    on their payments...</i>

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    <i>Another 30 days late...</i>

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    <i>LTV, 95... LTV, 90...
    They caught up on their payments...</i>

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    <i>Sixty days late? Jesus!</i>

    214
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    <i>LTV, 110? I've never heard of that!</i>

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    <i>Thirty days late, rate adjusts...</i>

    216
    00:11:50,127 --> 00:11:51,379
    <i>In '07 rate adjusts...</i>

    217
    00:11:51,462 --> 00:11:52,630
    <i>In '06 rate adjusts...</i>

    218
    00:11:52,755 --> 00:11:55,049
    <i>95... 90... Jesus!</i>

    219
    00:11:55,132 --> 00:11:56,467
    (WHIRRING)

    220
    00:11:56,759 --> 00:11:58,386
    (WHISPERING) He hasn't moved all day.

    221
    00:11:58,469 --> 00:12:00,805
    He does this every few days.

    222
    00:12:00,888 --> 00:12:02,556
    He hasn't spoken to me
    since he hired me.

    223
    00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:04,058
    MIKE: <i>Maybe the LTV's at... High-risk,</i>

    224
    00:12:04,141 --> 00:12:06,394
    <i>interest-only... I never heard
    of that mortgage history,</i>

    225
    00:12:06,477 --> 00:12:09,230
    <i>I never heard of that... How?</i>

    226
    00:12:09,313 --> 00:12:10,606
    Michael, how are you, guy?

    227
    00:12:10,689 --> 00:12:13,734
    MIKE: <i>Lawrence, I found
    something really interesting.</i>

    228
    00:12:13,818 --> 00:12:15,736
    Great, Michael. Whenever you
    find something interesting,

    229
    00:12:15,820 --> 00:12:17,029
    <i>we all tend to make money.</i>

    230
    00:12:17,113 --> 00:12:18,489
    <i>What stock are you valuing?</i>

    231
    00:12:18,614 --> 00:12:19,949
    No, no, no, no. No stocks.

    232
    00:12:20,032 --> 00:12:22,076
    I want to short the housing market.

    233
    00:12:22,410 --> 00:12:23,411
    (BRUSHING)

    234
    00:12:23,494 --> 00:12:26,163
    Really? But the housing market
    is rock solid.

    235
    00:12:26,664 --> 00:12:28,082
    <i>Greenspan just said</i>

    236
    00:12:28,165 --> 00:12:30,709
    <i>bubbles are regional, defaults are rare.</i>

    237
    00:12:30,835 --> 00:12:32,962
    Tell them I'll be there in a minute.

    238
    00:12:33,045 --> 00:12:34,839
    - Say again?
    <i>- Look, look...</i>

    239
    00:12:34,922 --> 00:12:36,757
    (MUFFLED) Greenspan's wrong.

    240
    00:12:36,841 --> 00:12:40,261
    <i>I don't think you mean to do this,
    but sometimes you sound very</i>

    241
    00:12:40,344 --> 00:12:42,638
    dismissive and superior.

    242
    00:12:42,721 --> 00:12:43,889
    It's a fact. Greenspan's wrong.

    243
    00:12:43,973 --> 00:12:46,308
    (MUFFLED) I don't know
    how else you want me to say...

    244
    00:12:46,392 --> 00:12:47,768
    Look, Michael.

    245
    00:12:47,852 --> 00:12:49,478
    Metro Capital backed you four years ago

    246
    00:12:49,562 --> 00:12:51,355
    <i>when you were a doctor with a</i>

    247
    00:12:51,439 --> 00:12:53,774
    dinky webpage
    and some inheritance money.

    248
    00:12:53,858 --> 00:12:54,859
    <i>We've all done very well.</i>

    249
    00:12:54,942 --> 00:12:56,068
    Why don't you just stick with stocks?

    250
    00:12:56,152 --> 00:12:58,279
    <i>Look. You know me. I, I, I...</i>

    251
    00:12:58,362 --> 00:13:02,116
    I look for value wherever it can be found.

    252
    00:13:02,199 --> 00:13:03,284
    And the fact is

    253
    00:13:03,367 --> 00:13:06,579
    that these mortgage-backed
    securities are filled

    254
    00:13:06,704 --> 00:13:10,124
    <i>with extremely risky
    subprime adjustable-rate loans.</i>

    255
    00:13:10,207 --> 00:13:12,710
    <i>And when the majority
    of the adjustable rates</i>

    256
    00:13:12,793 --> 00:13:15,045
    <i>kick in, in '07,</i>

    257
    00:13:15,212 --> 00:13:16,380
    they will begin to fail.

    258
    00:13:16,464 --> 00:13:19,800
    And if they fail above 15%,
    the whole bond is worthless.

    259
    00:13:19,884 --> 00:13:22,052
    <i>Michael, just take a beat.</i>

    260
    00:13:22,136 --> 00:13:23,345
    <i>We'll talk about this later, okay?</i>

    261
    00:13:23,429 --> 00:13:26,474
    Lawrence, please,
    don't patronize me. Listen...

    262
    00:13:26,557 --> 00:13:28,017
    JARED: <i>Mortgage-backed securities.</i>

    263
    00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:29,393
    It, it, it...

    264
    00:13:29,518 --> 00:13:31,312
    <i>- Subprime loans. Tranches.</i>
    - (QUACKING)

    265
    00:13:31,395 --> 00:13:33,063
    <i>It's pretty confusing, right?</i>

    266
    00:13:33,147 --> 00:13:35,774
    <i>Does it make you feel bored?
    Or stupid?</i>

    267
    00:13:35,858 --> 00:13:38,152
    <i>Well, it's supposed to.</i>

    268
    00:13:38,235 --> 00:13:39,835
    <i>Wall Street loves to use confusing terms</i>

    269
    00:13:39,904 --> 00:13:42,573
    <i>to make you think only they
    can do what they do.</i>

    270
    00:13:42,907 --> 00:13:44,116
    <i>Or, even better,</i>

    271
    00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,577
    <i>for you to just leave them the fuck alone.</i>

    272
    00:13:46,660 --> 00:13:48,621
    <i>So here's Margot Robbie
    in a bubble bath to explain.</i>

    273
    00:13:48,704 --> 00:13:49,788
    (POPS)

    274
    00:13:49,872 --> 00:13:52,875
    Basically, Lewis Ranieri's
    mortgage bonds

    275
    00:13:52,958 --> 00:13:55,252
    were amazingly profitable
    for the big banks.

    276
    00:13:55,336 --> 00:13:59,298
    They made billions and billions
    on their 2% fee

    277
    00:13:59,381 --> 00:14:01,592
    they got for selling each of these bonds.

    278
    00:14:01,675 --> 00:14:03,475
    But then they started
    running out of mortgages

    279
    00:14:03,552 --> 00:14:05,095
    to put in them.

    280
    00:14:05,179 --> 00:14:07,848
    After all, there are only so many homes

    281
    00:14:07,932 --> 00:14:11,685
    and so many people with
    good enough jobs to buy them, right?

    282
    00:14:11,769 --> 00:14:13,854
    So the banks started filling these bonds

    283
    00:14:13,938 --> 00:14:16,106
    with riskier and riskier mortgages.

    284
    00:14:16,190 --> 00:14:17,358
    Thank you, Benter.

    285
    00:14:17,441 --> 00:14:21,987
    That way they can keep
    that profit machine churning, right?

    286
    00:14:22,071 --> 00:14:26,450
    By the way, these risky mortgages
    are called subprime.

    287
    00:14:26,534 --> 00:14:28,911
    So whenever you hear "subprime", think

    288
    00:14:28,994 --> 00:14:30,454
    "shit".

    289
    00:14:30,538 --> 00:14:34,083
    Our friend Michael Burry found out
    that these mortgage bonds

    290
    00:14:34,166 --> 00:14:37,378
    that were supposedly 65% AAA

    291
    00:14:37,461 --> 00:14:40,214
    were actually just mostly full of shit.

    292
    00:14:40,798 --> 00:14:43,551
    So now he's going to "short" the bonds.

    293
    00:14:43,634 --> 00:14:45,636
    Which means to "bet against".

    294
    00:14:46,470 --> 00:14:47,513
    Got it?

    295
    00:14:48,222 --> 00:14:49,473
    Good.

    296
    00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:53,852
    Now fuck off.

    297
    00:14:53,936 --> 00:14:56,272
    It's only a matter of time before
    someone else sees this investment.

    298
    00:14:56,355 --> 00:14:58,065
    - We have to act now!
    - (BANGING TABLE)

    299
    00:14:58,148 --> 00:15:00,401
    How do you know
    the bonds are worthless?

    300
    00:15:00,484 --> 00:15:02,695
    Aren't they filled with fucking thousands

    301
    00:15:02,778 --> 00:15:03,904
    <i>of pages of mortgages?</i>

    302
    00:15:03,988 --> 00:15:06,240
    I read them.

    303
    00:15:06,323 --> 00:15:08,242
    <i>- You read them?</i>
    - I read... Yes.

    304
    00:15:08,325 --> 00:15:11,537
    No one reads them. Only the lawyers
    who put them together read them.

    305
    00:15:11,620 --> 00:15:16,333
    Look, I don't think that they
    even know what they've made.

    306
    00:15:16,458 --> 00:15:19,712
    The housing market
    is propped up on these

    307
    00:15:20,004 --> 00:15:22,673
    bad loans, and I'm... (SIGHS)

    308
    00:15:22,756 --> 00:15:24,800
    It's a time bomb, and I want to short it.

    309
    00:15:24,883 --> 00:15:27,177
    Through what instrument, Michael?

    310
    00:15:27,261 --> 00:15:30,264
    There are no insurance contracts
    or options for mortgage bonds.

    311
    00:15:30,347 --> 00:15:31,599
    The bonds are too stable.

    312
    00:15:31,724 --> 00:15:33,017
    Lawrence...

    313
    00:15:34,143 --> 00:15:36,020
    (STUTTERS)

    314
    00:15:36,353 --> 00:15:40,190
    This is what I'm gonna do.
    I am gonna get a bank

    315
    00:15:40,524 --> 00:15:42,568
    to make me one.

    316
    00:15:43,193 --> 00:15:44,862
    And then

    317
    00:15:45,696 --> 00:15:47,406
    I'm gonna buy it.

    318
    00:15:47,740 --> 00:15:48,741
    (CAR HONKING)

    319
    00:15:48,824 --> 00:15:50,576
    MARK: I don't want that kind of business.

    320
    00:15:50,659 --> 00:15:53,329
    Money is not money.
    That's bad money.

    321
    00:15:53,996 --> 00:15:56,206
    Hey! Excuse me!

    322
    00:15:57,583 --> 00:16:00,502
    Let me ask you this.
    What company treats its customers

    323
    00:16:00,586 --> 00:16:03,172
    that shittily and succeeds?

    324
    00:16:04,048 --> 00:16:05,883
    - Fine. Okay, Goldman. You're right.
    - (HORN HONKING)

    325
    00:16:05,966 --> 00:16:07,301
    JARED: <i>Mark Baum had built his career</i>

    326
    00:16:07,384 --> 00:16:09,428
    <i>on never assuming anyone
    or any company</i>

    327
    00:16:09,511 --> 00:16:11,180
    <i>was legit without proving it.</i>

    328
    00:16:11,263 --> 00:16:12,765
    <i>When he was a kid
    he excelled at studying</i>

    329
    00:16:12,848 --> 00:16:14,892
    <i>the Talmud in Yeshiva. Whatever.</i>

    330
    00:16:14,975 --> 00:16:16,852
    <i>But one day his rabbi told his mom why.</i>

    331
    00:16:16,935 --> 00:16:17,936
    (HORN HONKING)

    332
    00:16:18,062 --> 00:16:21,065
    Paul is a fine boy,
    and Mark is an excellent student

    333
    00:16:21,190 --> 00:16:23,776
    of the Torah and the Talmud.

    334
    00:16:23,859 --> 00:16:25,819
    Then what's the problem, rabbi?

    335
    00:16:25,903 --> 00:16:29,073
    It's the reason Mark is studying so hard.

    336
    00:16:29,907 --> 00:16:33,077
    He's looking for inconsistencies
    in the word of God!

    337
    00:16:35,829 --> 00:16:37,998
    - So has he found any?
    - (SCOFFS)

    338
    00:16:39,083 --> 00:16:42,336
    JARED: <i>Later, Baum started
    his own fund on Wall Street.</i>

    339
    00:16:42,419 --> 00:16:43,859
    <i>He had an amazing nose for bullshit.</i>

    340
    00:16:43,921 --> 00:16:45,923
    <i>And he wasn't afraid to let
    anyone know when and where</i>

    341
    00:16:46,006 --> 00:16:48,634
    <i>the bull had gone number two.</i>

    342
    00:16:48,717 --> 00:16:50,344
    <i>But then a tragedy happened to Mark,</i>

    343
    00:16:50,427 --> 00:16:51,887
    <i>and it turned his world view dark</i>

    344
    00:16:51,970 --> 00:16:54,306
    <i>and ready to believe
    the whole system was a lie.</i>

    345
    00:16:54,390 --> 00:16:55,933
    - (PHONE CHIMES)
    - Hold on.

    346
    00:16:56,016 --> 00:16:58,852
    It's Cynthia.
    I'll be in the office in 20 minutes.

    347
    00:16:59,770 --> 00:17:00,938
    Hi, honey.

    348
    00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:02,356
    (SIRENS WAILING)

    349
    00:17:02,439 --> 00:17:06,110
    The therapist called. You did it again.

    350
    00:17:06,527 --> 00:17:09,279
    There were no cabs.
    What was I supposed to do?

    351
    00:17:09,363 --> 00:17:11,031
    I worry about you, Mark.

    352
    00:17:11,115 --> 00:17:12,449
    <i>At least I went.</i>

    353
    00:17:13,742 --> 00:17:15,703
    You're running around
    like you have to right

    354
    00:17:15,786 --> 00:17:17,621
    - every wrong in the world.
    - Okay.

    355
    00:17:17,746 --> 00:17:18,914
    <i>You're so angry.</i>

    356
    00:17:18,997 --> 00:17:20,416
    Fine. You know what?

    357
    00:17:20,499 --> 00:17:23,419
    <i>I'm a mean guy and I'm pissed off.</i>

    358
    00:17:23,502 --> 00:17:25,421
    But it is a shit storm out here, sweetie.

    359
    00:17:25,504 --> 00:17:28,799
    You have no idea
    the kind of crap people are pulling.

    360
    00:17:28,882 --> 00:17:31,552
    And everyone's walking around like
    they're in a goddamn Enya video.

    361
    00:17:31,635 --> 00:17:33,178
    (BIRDS CHIRPING)

    362
    00:17:33,262 --> 00:17:34,722
    They're all getting screwed, you know.

    363
    00:17:34,805 --> 00:17:37,391
    You know what they care about?
    They care about the ballgame.

    364
    00:17:37,474 --> 00:17:40,352
    Or they care about
    what actress just went into rehab.

    365
    00:17:40,436 --> 00:17:42,479
    I think you should try medication.

    366
    00:17:42,563 --> 00:17:45,733
    No, no. We agreed.
    If it interfered with work.

    367
    00:17:45,816 --> 00:17:47,651
    You hate Wall Street.
    Maybe it's time to quit.

    368
    00:17:48,152 --> 00:17:50,112
    - I love my job.
    - You hate your job.

    369
    00:17:50,195 --> 00:17:51,196
    I love my job.

    370
    00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:52,280
    You're miserable.

    371
    00:17:52,322 --> 00:17:54,324
    I love my job. I love my job, honey.

    372
    00:17:55,284 --> 00:17:56,577
    Mark...

    373
    00:17:57,786 --> 00:18:00,873
    I am sad every day
    about what happened.

    374
    00:18:00,956 --> 00:18:04,293
    <i>I know you must feel the same,
    but you never show it.</i>

    375
    00:18:10,549 --> 00:18:13,051
    I know how close you
    were to your brother.

    376
    00:18:16,430 --> 00:18:17,514
    MARK: <i>Paul.</i>

    377
    00:18:18,557 --> 00:18:20,184
    <i>Where'd you go, Paul?</i>

    378
    00:18:25,439 --> 00:18:26,690
    <i>Paul!</i>

    379
    00:18:32,362 --> 00:18:35,115
    Every day I think you're
    gonna talk about it, but you never do.

    380
    00:18:35,407 --> 00:18:37,659
    - (TV PLAYING)
    - (TYPING ON LAPTOP)

    381
    00:18:37,743 --> 00:18:38,744
    (BEEPING)

    382
    00:18:38,994 --> 00:18:42,748
    Will you at least think about the idea
    of making a change?

    383
    00:18:42,831 --> 00:18:45,667
    <i>Fine. Fine. Honey, you know what?
    I will consider it.</i>

    384
    00:18:45,751 --> 00:18:49,129
    But, honestly, Cynthia.
    I'm okay. I really am.

    385
    00:18:49,213 --> 00:18:51,173
    Hey, hey, hey! No, no.

    386
    00:18:51,256 --> 00:18:54,635
    My cab. That's my cab.
    That's my cab. That is my cab.

    387
    00:18:54,718 --> 00:18:56,303
    MARK: <i>Schmuck. Fuck you.</i>
    MAN: <i>Fuck you.</i>

    388
    00:18:56,386 --> 00:18:57,888
    MARK: <i>Fuck you.</i>
    MAN: <i>Fuck you.</i>

    389
    00:18:57,971 --> 00:18:58,972
    (PHONE BEEPS)

    390
    00:18:59,056 --> 00:19:00,557
    I'll call you later.

    391
    00:19:03,268 --> 00:19:04,353
    (HORN HONKING)

    392
    00:19:07,940 --> 00:19:12,027
    I want to buy swaps on mortgage bonds.

    393
    00:19:12,110 --> 00:19:14,446
    A credit default swap that will pay off

    394
    00:19:15,489 --> 00:19:17,991
    if the underlying bond fails.

    395
    00:19:18,826 --> 00:19:20,327
    You want to bet against
    the housing market?

    396
    00:19:20,410 --> 00:19:22,371
    - Yes.
    - Why?

    397
    00:19:22,454 --> 00:19:23,622
    Those bonds only fail

    398
    00:19:23,705 --> 00:19:26,166
    if millions of Americans
    don't pay their mortgages.

    399
    00:19:26,250 --> 00:19:28,669
    That's never happened in history.

    400
    00:19:28,752 --> 00:19:31,672
    If you'll excuse me, Dr. Burry,
    it seems like a foolish investment.

    401
    00:19:31,755 --> 00:19:34,508
    Well, based on prevailing sentiment

    402
    00:19:34,591 --> 00:19:36,635
    of the market and banks
    in popular culture,

    403
    00:19:36,718 --> 00:19:39,012
    yes, it's a foolish investment.

    404
    00:19:39,096 --> 00:19:41,598
    But, uh... Everyone's wrong.

    405
    00:19:41,723 --> 00:19:43,100
    (BOTH LAUGHING)

    406
    00:19:43,183 --> 00:19:44,685
    That's a good one.

    407
    00:19:45,519 --> 00:19:46,520
    (LAUGHS)

    408
    00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:48,689
    This is Wall Street, Dr. Burry.

    409
    00:19:48,772 --> 00:19:50,732
    If you offer us free money,
    we are going to take it.

    410
    00:19:50,816 --> 00:19:55,445
    My one concern is that
    when the bonds fail,

    411
    00:19:56,572 --> 00:20:00,117
    uh, I want to be certain, um, of payment

    412
    00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,953
    um, in case of solvency issues
    with your bank.

    413
    00:20:03,954 --> 00:20:06,331
    I'm sorry, are you for real?

    414
    00:20:06,415 --> 00:20:08,041
    You wanna bet against
    the housing market

    415
    00:20:08,125 --> 00:20:09,459
    and you're worried we won't pay you?

    416
    00:20:09,543 --> 00:20:11,128
    Yes, that's correct.

    417
    00:20:11,837 --> 00:20:12,963
    (LUCY CLEARS THROAT)

    418
    00:20:15,507 --> 00:20:16,884
    (WHISPERING)

    419
    00:20:22,472 --> 00:20:24,352
    LUCY: (WHISPERING)
    ...unless the market crashes.

    420
    00:20:24,474 --> 00:20:26,685
    DEEB: (WHISPERS) The market
    on housing's never gonna crash

    421
    00:20:26,768 --> 00:20:29,563
    because it's so solid right now.

    422
    00:20:29,646 --> 00:20:32,399
    I mean, who doesn't
    pay their mortgages?

    423
    00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:37,321
    Mmm-hmm.

    424
    00:20:39,615 --> 00:20:40,657
    (CLEARS THROAT) Dr. Burry,

    425
    00:20:40,741 --> 00:20:43,076
    we could work out
    a pay-as-we-go structure

    426
    00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,162
    that would pay out if the bonds fail.

    427
    00:20:45,245 --> 00:20:46,747
    But it would also apply to your payments

    428
    00:20:46,830 --> 00:20:48,790
    if the value of the mortgage bond
    goes up.

    429
    00:20:48,874 --> 00:20:51,585
    You'd have to pay us monthly premiums.

    430
    00:20:51,668 --> 00:20:54,379
    LUCY: Is that acceptable, Dr. Burry?

    431
    00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:58,175
    Yes. Yes.

    432
    00:20:59,051 --> 00:21:01,595
    Um, I have prospectuses on six

    433
    00:21:01,678 --> 00:21:04,556
    mortgage-backed securities
    I want to short.

    434
    00:21:06,975 --> 00:21:08,268
    (DEEB READING SOFTLY)

    435
    00:21:09,019 --> 00:21:10,859
    LUCY: (WHISPERING)
    Majority of the mortgages...

    436
    00:21:11,438 --> 00:21:12,731
    (CHUCKLES)

    437
    00:21:12,856 --> 00:21:14,191
    (LUCY AND DEEB WHISPERING)

    438
    00:21:15,275 --> 00:21:16,276
    (PAGES FLIPPING)

    439
    00:21:22,074 --> 00:21:24,618
    DEEB: (WHISPERING) I don't see us
    losing any money on these at all.

    440
    00:21:24,701 --> 00:21:25,869
    (PRINTER WHIRRING)

    441
    00:21:35,295 --> 00:21:36,296
    (INHALES)

    442
    00:21:38,090 --> 00:21:40,759
    Dr. Burry, these should be fine.

    443
    00:21:40,842 --> 00:21:42,761
    Yeah. We're prepared
    to sell you $5 million

    444
    00:21:42,844 --> 00:21:44,724
    in credit default swaps
    on these mortgage bonds.

    445
    00:21:45,931 --> 00:21:47,349
    Can we make it $100 million?

    446
    00:21:50,227 --> 00:21:52,604
    Uh, absolutely,
    we can make it $100 million.

    447
    00:21:54,189 --> 00:21:57,401
    LUCY: We'll be in touch,
    send some paperwork over.

    448
    00:21:58,235 --> 00:21:59,236
    DEEB: Um...

    449
    00:22:00,362 --> 00:22:01,738
    (SIGHING) I like these cups.

    450
    00:22:01,822 --> 00:22:03,490
    (STUTTERING)
    Can I take one for my son?

    451
    00:22:03,573 --> 00:22:05,325
    LUCY: Have... Yes. Yes.

    452
    00:22:05,409 --> 00:22:06,910
    Thank you.

    453
    00:22:06,994 --> 00:22:08,370
    LUCY: Have two.

    454
    00:22:13,792 --> 00:22:16,545
    (INAUDIBLE)

    455
    00:22:16,962 --> 00:22:18,547
    (HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYING)

    456
    00:22:28,348 --> 00:22:31,351
    Is there any way to do $200 million?

    457
    00:22:32,811 --> 00:22:35,439
    I mean, we can. But are you sure?

    458
    00:22:36,356 --> 00:22:39,526
    Absolutely. Absolutely, we can do that.

    459
    00:22:53,248 --> 00:22:56,626
    We do different projects.
    We do gardening.

    460
    00:22:56,710 --> 00:22:59,963
    The bonds I'd like to bet against.

    461
    00:23:00,172 --> 00:23:01,673
    It's not bad seeing yourself
    on the big screen.

    462
    00:23:01,757 --> 00:23:02,758
    It's very cool.

    463
    00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,471
    <i>I ordered the 24-ounce T-bone,
    which was choice.</i>

    464
    00:23:07,554 --> 00:23:09,014
    <i>- I went for volume...</i>
    - WOMAN: <i>Yeah.</i>

    465
    00:23:09,097 --> 00:23:10,724
    <i>...rather than prime.</i>

    466
    00:23:10,807 --> 00:23:13,477
    I went for subprime, and the gist was...

    467
    00:23:18,940 --> 00:23:19,941
    (HORN HONKING)

    468
    00:23:20,817 --> 00:23:23,320
    MAN: Can I have like, lettuce,
    tomato, no onions?

    469
    00:23:23,945 --> 00:23:27,240
    WOMAN: So, no onions.
    Lettuce, tomato, Thousand Island okay?

    470
    00:23:27,324 --> 00:23:28,325
    MAN: Yeah.

    471
    00:23:32,162 --> 00:23:33,705
    (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

    472
    00:23:35,373 --> 00:23:37,084
    Hey, Randall! What's with the Dom?

    473
    00:23:37,167 --> 00:23:39,044
    Bonuses aren't for three months.

    474
    00:23:39,127 --> 00:23:43,090
    We just sold $200 million
    in credit swaps for mortgage bonds.

    475
    00:23:43,173 --> 00:23:45,342
    Some fund manager from California.

    476
    00:23:45,467 --> 00:23:46,802
    It's fucking crazy, right?

    477
    00:23:46,885 --> 00:23:47,969
    A whole new way to make money, Doug.

    478
    00:23:48,053 --> 00:23:50,305
    Wait, wait. I didn't know
    there were swaps on mortgages.

    479
    00:23:50,388 --> 00:23:52,974
    (LAUGHS) There are now.
    We made it for him.

    480
    00:23:53,058 --> 00:23:54,726
    He must have gone off
    his Zoloft or something.

    481
    00:23:54,810 --> 00:23:56,144
    I don't know. (CHUCKLES)

    482
    00:23:56,228 --> 00:23:57,979
    - Want to join? No?
    - Just a second.

    483
    00:23:58,063 --> 00:23:59,064
    Oh...

    484
    00:23:59,231 --> 00:24:00,649
    DOUG: Hey, Jared.

    485
    00:24:00,732 --> 00:24:02,192
    Did you hear about the deal
    that Randall just did

    486
    00:24:02,275 --> 00:24:03,485
    with some fund manager?

    487
    00:24:03,568 --> 00:24:05,362
    JARED: Randall? Bullshit.

    488
    00:24:05,821 --> 00:24:07,661
    He's a foot soldier.
    I'm sure it's a shit deal.

    489
    00:24:07,739 --> 00:24:08,990
    No, it's for real.

    490
    00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,618
    I told you we'd meet later.

    491
    00:24:11,701 --> 00:24:14,121
    Unfortunately, it's in a place like this
    which I would never be.

    492
    00:24:14,204 --> 00:24:16,873
    I never hung out with
    these idiots after work, ever.

    493
    00:24:16,957 --> 00:24:18,750
    I had fashion friends.

    494
    00:24:19,167 --> 00:24:22,504
    Apparently, this guy wanted $200 mil
    in credit default swaps.

    495
    00:24:22,587 --> 00:24:24,339
    Randall made the sale.
    Can you believe it?

    496
    00:24:24,422 --> 00:24:26,633
    Somebody shorted $200 mil
    on mortgage bonds?

    497
    00:24:26,716 --> 00:24:30,137
    That was just with Deutsche.
    Word is he hit half the town.

    498
    00:24:31,012 --> 00:24:32,139
    How much in total?

    499
    00:24:32,222 --> 00:24:33,932
    $1.3 billion.

    500
    00:24:34,015 --> 00:24:37,853
    LAWRENCE: <i>What? That's pretty much
    all of Scion's liquidity.</i>

    501
    00:24:37,936 --> 00:24:40,021
    Michael, this is highly distressing.

    502
    00:24:40,105 --> 00:24:41,523
    <i>Lawrence, that is not</i>

    503
    00:24:41,606 --> 00:24:44,151
    all of our liquidity.

    504
    00:24:44,234 --> 00:24:45,443
    And I'm not certain

    505
    00:24:45,527 --> 00:24:47,737
    <i>that you really understand this trade.</i>

    506
    00:24:47,863 --> 00:24:48,905
    This is a certainty.

    507
    00:24:48,989 --> 00:24:52,075
    <i>Mike, I consider myself a mentor to you.</i>

    508
    00:24:52,159 --> 00:24:55,996
    <i>But our company is not comfortable
    with this investment. Am I being clear?</i>

    509
    00:24:56,079 --> 00:24:58,331
    Lawrence, I have full autonomy

    510
    00:24:58,415 --> 00:25:01,334
    when it comes to investment strategy.

    511
    00:25:01,418 --> 00:25:02,544
    (SIGHS) You can read our agreement.

    512
    00:25:02,627 --> 00:25:05,964
    <i>Do not throw our inception agreement
    in my face, Michael.</i>

    513
    00:25:06,047 --> 00:25:08,425
    <i>- We had an underlying understanding</i>
    - (COMPUTER BEEPS)

    514
    00:25:08,592 --> 00:25:09,801
    <i>you wouldn't act like
    a goddamn crazy man.</i>

    515
    00:25:09,885 --> 00:25:11,469
    This is not crazy.

    516
    00:25:11,553 --> 00:25:13,013
    It's all very logical.

    517
    00:25:13,096 --> 00:25:15,307
    <i>So, now we pay up premiums
    on these swaps</i>

    518
    00:25:15,891 --> 00:25:18,643
    against the housing market
    until the mortgages fail?

    519
    00:25:18,727 --> 00:25:20,395
    In other words, we lose millions

    520
    00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,190
    <i>until something that's
    never happened before happens?</i>

    521
    00:25:27,068 --> 00:25:28,069
    That's correct.

    522
    00:25:32,365 --> 00:25:34,075
    (TELEPHONES RINGING)

    523
    00:26:01,603 --> 00:26:02,854
    KATHY: Hello, Mark Baum.

    524
    00:26:02,938 --> 00:26:05,023
    Oh, hey, Kathy, you busted me.

    525
    00:26:05,106 --> 00:26:06,066
    I had a personal thing this afternoon.

    526
    00:26:06,149 --> 00:26:07,150
    I'm not your babysitter.

    527
    00:26:07,234 --> 00:26:09,861
    If FrontPoint makes money
    for Morgan Stanley, I'm happy.

    528
    00:26:09,945 --> 00:26:12,239
    Okay. Hey, did I hear you're expecting?

    529
    00:26:12,322 --> 00:26:13,698
    We're expecting to be expecting.

    530
    00:26:13,782 --> 00:26:15,450
    IVF's are cleaning us out
    but we're staying positive...

    531
    00:26:15,533 --> 00:26:17,035
    That's exciting!

    532
    00:26:18,328 --> 00:26:19,329
    (CHUCKLES)

    533
    00:26:21,164 --> 00:26:24,167
    ...lump on my ball.
    And I go in for a scan.

    534
    00:26:24,292 --> 00:26:25,293
    Mmm-hmm.

    535
    00:26:25,377 --> 00:26:29,089
    Turns out that I have a very large thing
    called an epididymis.

    536
    00:26:29,172 --> 00:26:31,716
    Which is a thing
    that goes around the ball

    537
    00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,510
    and is like a sac underneath.

    538
    00:26:33,593 --> 00:26:34,636
    I have an extremely

    539
    00:26:34,719 --> 00:26:36,554
    - pronounced epididymis.
    - PORTER: I'm riveted...

    540
    00:26:36,638 --> 00:26:38,682
    I'm riveted by this.
    Do you have any pictures?

    541
    00:26:38,765 --> 00:26:42,310
    DANNY: It's almost as large
    as another testicle unto itself.

    542
    00:26:42,394 --> 00:26:44,479
    So get this. Cynthia...

    543
    00:26:44,562 --> 00:26:47,607
    Guys. Cynthia wants me to quit
    and open a B&B in Vermont.

    544
    00:26:47,691 --> 00:26:48,817
    (VINNIE LAUGHING)

    545
    00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:52,279
    That sounds great. I'd love to see
    Mark Baum run a bed and breakfast.

    546
    00:26:52,362 --> 00:26:54,322
    Like, "Here's your
    steel-cut oatmeal, asshole."

    547
    00:26:54,406 --> 00:26:56,992
    JARED: <i>Mark refused to kiss the ring
    of the people with the checkbooks,</i>

    548
    00:26:57,075 --> 00:27:00,120
    <i>so he had to set up his fund
    under Morgan Stanley's umbrella.</i>

    549
    00:27:00,203 --> 00:27:01,288
    (LAUGHING)

    550
    00:27:01,371 --> 00:27:03,915
    <i>His small team reflected
    his distrust of the system.</i>

    551
    00:27:03,999 --> 00:27:05,417
    You guys are sick. You're sick.

    552
    00:27:05,542 --> 00:27:07,669
    She says this job is making me unhappy.

    553
    00:27:07,752 --> 00:27:08,795
    VINNIE: But you're happy
    when you're unhappy.

    554
    00:27:08,878 --> 00:27:10,380
    I am happy when I'm unhappy.

    555
    00:27:10,463 --> 00:27:11,464
    JARED: <i>Vinnie Daniel.</i>

    556
    00:27:11,548 --> 00:27:12,674
    You know how to make a muffin?

    557
    00:27:12,757 --> 00:27:14,477
    <i>- Mark's numbers guy.</i>
    - Do you even know how

    558
    00:27:14,551 --> 00:27:16,011
    - to do laundry? Make a bed?
    - MARK: Okay...

    559
    00:27:16,094 --> 00:27:18,722
    <i>Vinnie lost his father to a violent crime
    when he was young.</i>

    560
    00:27:18,805 --> 00:27:20,640
    <i>Just like Mark, he didn't talk about it.</i>

    561
    00:27:20,724 --> 00:27:21,975
    I don't talk about that.

    562
    00:27:22,058 --> 00:27:24,394
    Cynthia's no joke. She could
    actually make him move to Vermont.

    563
    00:27:24,477 --> 00:27:26,146
    I mean, she made me
    start wearing a seatbelt.

    564
    00:27:26,229 --> 00:27:27,939
    - Hey, you want me to...
    - JARED: <i>Porter Collins.</i>

    565
    00:27:28,064 --> 00:27:30,233
    <i>Former Olympic rower
    who went to Brown.</i>

    566
    00:27:30,317 --> 00:27:31,985
    <i>He worked with Baum at a previous firm</i>

    567
    00:27:32,068 --> 00:27:33,987
    <i>and couldn't figure out
    why no one listened to Baum.</i>

    568
    00:27:34,070 --> 00:27:36,156
    <i>The guy with all the good ideas.</i>

    569
    00:27:36,239 --> 00:27:38,033
    Sorry. I think you have
    the wrong FrontPoint.

    570
    00:27:38,158 --> 00:27:40,958
    'Cause there is another FrontPoint
    in this same building that is bonds.

    571
    00:27:40,994 --> 00:27:43,747
    <i>And Danny Moses.
    The optimist of the bunch.</i>

    572
    00:27:44,664 --> 00:27:45,874
    <i>And a hell of a trader.</i>

    573
    00:27:45,957 --> 00:27:49,085
    <i>Which is the only reason they put up
    with his bullshit optimism.</i>

    574
    00:27:49,169 --> 00:27:50,420
    DANNY: That was a weird call.

    575
    00:27:50,503 --> 00:27:53,798
    You take longer with a wrong number
    than anybody else.

    576
    00:27:53,882 --> 00:27:56,509
    It was this guy from Deutsche

    577
    00:27:56,593 --> 00:27:59,179
    who was talking about
    shorting housing bonds.

    578
    00:28:00,555 --> 00:28:01,723
    And then in the middle of the call

    579
    00:28:01,848 --> 00:28:03,016
    I realized he had the wrong FrontPoint.

    580
    00:28:03,099 --> 00:28:05,435
    And then... 'Cause he wanted
    the one on the 8th floor.

    581
    00:28:06,102 --> 00:28:08,021
    He wanted to short housing bonds?

    582
    00:28:08,104 --> 00:28:09,147
    Uh-huh. That happens
    like five times a day

    583
    00:28:09,230 --> 00:28:10,690
    that somebody gets
    the wrong FrontPoint.

    584
    00:28:10,774 --> 00:28:12,942
    - We should change our name.
    - VINNIE: Wait. Wait.

    585
    00:28:13,026 --> 00:28:14,986
    He wanted to short housing bonds?

    586
    00:28:15,278 --> 00:28:17,238
    - Who bets against housing?
    - (TYPING ON COMPUTER)

    587
    00:28:18,031 --> 00:28:19,240
    VINNIE: What's the ABX at?

    588
    00:28:19,366 --> 00:28:20,533
    What's ABX?

    589
    00:28:20,617 --> 00:28:23,453
    It tracks subprime mortgage bond value.
    Go back to sleep.

    590
    00:28:23,870 --> 00:28:26,164
    - The ABX is at, uh...
    - (BEEPING)

    591
    00:28:26,289 --> 00:28:29,542
    Wow, it's down! It's down
    three points since last year.

    592
    00:28:29,626 --> 00:28:31,878
    That's weird. I haven't
    heard a peep about that.

    593
    00:28:31,961 --> 00:28:33,004
    What was this guy's name?

    594
    00:28:33,088 --> 00:28:35,215
    Jared Vennett. Vennett.

    595
    00:28:35,298 --> 00:28:37,550
    JARED: <i>That's right.
    These lucky sons of bitches</i>

    596
    00:28:37,634 --> 00:28:40,387
    <i>caught wind of one of the best trades
    in Wall Street history</i>

    597
    00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:42,055
    <i>from a wrong number.</i>

    598
    00:28:42,138 --> 00:28:44,391
    <i>They should have paid 10%
    to my fuckstick assistant.</i>

    599
    00:28:44,474 --> 00:28:46,810
    DANNY: His name was
    Jared Vennett. Vennett.

    600
    00:28:46,893 --> 00:28:48,728
    Jared Vennett from Deutsche.
    Sounded very sketchy.

    601
    00:28:48,812 --> 00:28:50,092
    VINNIE: Sounds like a douchebag.

    602
    00:28:50,647 --> 00:28:52,440
    (WHISPERING) Do you smell that?

    603
    00:28:52,524 --> 00:28:53,858
    Do you smell that?

    604
    00:28:53,983 --> 00:28:55,235
    I smell money.

    605
    00:28:56,027 --> 00:28:57,445
    This is your basic mortgage...

    606
    00:29:01,241 --> 00:29:03,410
    Okay, hi. How are you?

    607
    00:29:03,952 --> 00:29:05,161
    Have a seat.

    608
    00:29:05,245 --> 00:29:07,997
    MARK: Okay, Mr. Vennett
    from Deutsche Bank. What do we have?

    609
    00:29:12,544 --> 00:29:14,129
    There you go.

    610
    00:29:17,590 --> 00:29:20,135
    MARK: So, how many people
    have you talked to about this trade?

    611
    00:29:20,218 --> 00:29:22,971
    A few. There's definitely some interest.

    612
    00:29:23,054 --> 00:29:24,472
    - No!
    - My boss would have my ass...

    613
    00:29:24,556 --> 00:29:25,974
    - N.O.!
    - You crazy, Jared?

    614
    00:29:26,057 --> 00:29:27,600
    - Get lost.
    - Fuck you.

    615
    00:29:28,351 --> 00:29:31,146
    Which is why you're here talking to us,
    a wrong number.

    616
    00:29:31,229 --> 00:29:32,647
    Sounds like there's a lot of interest.

    617
    00:29:32,730 --> 00:29:35,066
    All right. A few people have invited us in

    618
    00:29:35,150 --> 00:29:37,527
    just to laugh at me on this deal.
    Is that you?

    619
    00:29:37,610 --> 00:29:38,611
    Is that what this is?

    620
    00:29:38,695 --> 00:29:39,737
    VINNIE: That's not what this is.

    621
    00:29:39,821 --> 00:29:41,614
    That's just how Mark is.

    622
    00:29:41,698 --> 00:29:42,991
    - Let's see what you got.
    - I'm sorry.

    623
    00:29:43,074 --> 00:29:44,742
    You smell that? What is that?

    624
    00:29:44,868 --> 00:29:46,286
    - MARK: What?
    - What's that smell?

    625
    00:29:46,703 --> 00:29:47,704
    Your cologne?

    626
    00:29:47,787 --> 00:29:48,830
    JARED: No.

    627
    00:29:51,082 --> 00:29:52,375
    Opportunity.

    628
    00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:53,793
    No. Money.

    629
    00:29:53,877 --> 00:29:55,170
    - Oh...
    - MARK: Okay.

    630
    00:29:55,253 --> 00:29:56,796
    - I smell money.
    - Okay.

    631
    00:29:57,297 --> 00:29:59,966
    - Chris, God damn it.
    - Sorry.

    632
    00:30:03,178 --> 00:30:05,597
    JARED: This is your
    basic mortgage bond.

    633
    00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,932
    All right? The originals were simple.

    634
    00:30:08,016 --> 00:30:11,686
    They were just thousands
    of AAA mortgages bundled together,

    635
    00:30:11,769 --> 00:30:13,521
    guaranteed by the U.S. government.

    636
    00:30:13,605 --> 00:30:15,440
    The modern ones are different.

    637
    00:30:15,523 --> 00:30:18,443
    They're private. And they're
    made up of layers of tranches.

    638
    00:30:23,698 --> 00:30:26,117
    The highest level, AAA,
    is getting paid first.

    639
    00:30:26,201 --> 00:30:29,370
    The lowest rated, B, is getting paid last,
    taking on defaults first.

    640
    00:30:29,454 --> 00:30:32,123
    Now, obviously, if you're buying B's,
    you could make more money.

    641
    00:30:32,207 --> 00:30:33,374
    But they're a little risky.

    642
    00:30:33,458 --> 00:30:35,627
    Sometimes they fail.

    643
    00:30:36,878 --> 00:30:38,213
    Chris?

    644
    00:30:42,050 --> 00:30:44,302
    Somewhere along the line,
    these B's and BB's

    645
    00:30:44,385 --> 00:30:45,845
    went from a little risky

    646
    00:30:45,929 --> 00:30:48,348
    to dog shit. Where's the trash?

    647
    00:30:48,431 --> 00:30:49,631
    PORTER: It's right behind you.

    648
    00:30:49,807 --> 00:30:52,685
    I'm talking rock-bottom FICO scores.

    649
    00:30:52,769 --> 00:30:53,770
    (THUNKING)

    650
    00:30:53,895 --> 00:30:55,396
    No income verification.

    651
    00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:56,523
    (THUNKING)

    652
    00:30:56,606 --> 00:30:59,442
    Adjustable rates. Dog shit!

    653
    00:31:00,902 --> 00:31:03,738
    The default rates are already up
    from 1% to 4%, fellas.

    654
    00:31:03,821 --> 00:31:06,032
    And if they rise to 8%, and they will,

    655
    00:31:06,824 --> 00:31:09,077
    a lot of these BBB's
    are going to zero, too.

    656
    00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:10,578
    And that... You're too close.

    657
    00:31:12,330 --> 00:31:13,331
    ...is an opportunity.

    658
    00:31:13,414 --> 00:31:14,414
    - (EXHALES)
    - MARK: Okay.

    659
    00:31:14,457 --> 00:31:18,086
    You're saying that at 8% the bonds fail
    and we are already at 4%?

    660
    00:31:18,169 --> 00:31:19,170
    That's right.

    661
    00:31:19,254 --> 00:31:21,047
    If they go to 8%, it's Armageddon?

    662
    00:31:21,130 --> 00:31:22,131
    Yeah. That's right.

    663
    00:31:22,257 --> 00:31:23,967
    How come nobody's talking about this?

    664
    00:31:24,092 --> 00:31:26,219
    You're completely sure of the math?

    665
    00:31:26,302 --> 00:31:28,888
    Look at him. That's my quant.

    666
    00:31:28,972 --> 00:31:30,014
    MARK: Your what?

    667
    00:31:30,098 --> 00:31:31,891
    My quantitative!

    668
    00:31:31,975 --> 00:31:34,644
    My math specialist. Look at him.

    669
    00:31:34,769 --> 00:31:37,105
    You notice anything different about him?
    Look at his face.

    670
    00:31:37,188 --> 00:31:38,268
    MARK: That's pretty racist.

    671
    00:31:38,314 --> 00:31:40,817
    JARED: Look at his eyes!
    I'll give you a hint.

    672
    00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:42,443
    His name's Yang!

    673
    00:31:43,611 --> 00:31:46,906
    He won a national
    math competition in China!

    674
    00:31:46,990 --> 00:31:49,492
    He doesn't even speak English!

    675
    00:31:49,576 --> 00:31:51,244
    Yeah, I'm sure of the math.

    676
    00:31:52,954 --> 00:31:56,749
    Actually, my name's Jiang
    and I do speak English.

    677
    00:31:56,833 --> 00:31:58,293
    Jared likes to say I don't
    because he thinks

    678
    00:31:58,376 --> 00:32:00,211
    it makes me seem more authentic.

    679
    00:32:00,295 --> 00:32:02,839
    And I got second in that
    national math competition.

    680
    00:32:03,423 --> 00:32:08,303
    So you're offering us a chance
    to short this pile of blocks? How?

    681
    00:32:08,386 --> 00:32:10,847
    With something called
    a credit default swap.

    682
    00:32:10,930 --> 00:32:12,056
    (CLAPS HANDS)

    683
    00:32:12,140 --> 00:32:14,642
    It's like insurance on the bond,
    and if it goes bust

    684
    00:32:14,726 --> 00:32:17,895
    you can make 10-to-1,
    even 20-to-1 return.

    685
    00:32:17,979 --> 00:32:20,106
    And it's already slowly going bust!

    686
    00:32:20,356 --> 00:32:22,442
    10-to-1? 20-to-1? No way.

    687
    00:32:22,525 --> 00:32:24,485
    JARED: And no one's paying attention.

    688
    00:32:24,986 --> 00:32:27,405
    No one is paying attention!

    689
    00:32:27,488 --> 00:32:30,950
    Because the banks are too busy
    getting paid obscene fees

    690
    00:32:31,034 --> 00:32:32,327
    to sell these bonds.

    691
    00:32:32,410 --> 00:32:35,163
    But wait. You are the bank.
    You work for the bank.

    692
    00:32:35,246 --> 00:32:37,290
    I bet your margins are pretty nice and fat.

    693
    00:32:37,373 --> 00:32:39,667
    Let's not talk about
    my margins, by the way.

    694
    00:32:39,751 --> 00:32:41,794
    Being nice and fat, that's a nice shirt.
    Do they make it for men?

    695
    00:32:41,878 --> 00:32:43,087
    (DANNY AND PORTER SNICKERING)

    696
    00:32:43,171 --> 00:32:44,130
    VINNIE: Aren't you the bank?

    697
    00:32:44,213 --> 00:32:47,133
    I work for the bank.
    I don't think like a bank.

    698
    00:32:47,216 --> 00:32:51,095
    Big bank, small bank,
    I like to make money. All right?

    699
    00:32:51,179 --> 00:32:53,890
    Let me put it this way.
    I'm standing in front of a burning house...

    700
    00:32:54,015 --> 00:32:56,768
    And I'm offering you fire insurance on it.

    701
    00:32:56,851 --> 00:32:59,354
    How can these underlying bonds
    be as bad as you say?

    702
    00:32:59,479 --> 00:33:00,688
    It wouldn't be legal.
    (CLEARS THROAT)

    703
    00:33:00,772 --> 00:33:02,732
    Nobody knows what's in them.

    704
    00:33:02,815 --> 00:33:04,317
    Nobody knows what's in the bonds.

    705
    00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,487
    I've seen some that are 65% AAA-rated

    706
    00:33:07,570 --> 00:33:10,531
    that I know for a fact are filled with 95%

    707
    00:33:10,615 --> 00:33:13,409
    subprime shit with FICOs below 550!

    708
    00:33:13,868 --> 00:33:14,994
    Get the fuck out of here.

    709
    00:33:15,078 --> 00:33:16,454
    You want me to really blow your mind?

    710
    00:33:16,537 --> 00:33:18,081
    When the market deems
    a bond too risky to buy,

    711
    00:33:18,164 --> 00:33:20,375
    what do you think we do with it?

    712
    00:33:20,458 --> 00:33:21,584
    Take a guess.

    713
    00:33:21,668 --> 00:33:23,086
    I don't know. You tell me.

    714
    00:33:23,169 --> 00:33:27,090
    All right. You think we just
    warehouse it on the books? No.

    715
    00:33:27,173 --> 00:33:29,092
    We just repackage it
    with a bunch of other shit

    716
    00:33:29,175 --> 00:33:31,260
    that didn't sell and put it into a CDO.

    717
    00:33:32,095 --> 00:33:34,138
    MARK: A CDO?
    JARED: Yes. A CDO.

    718
    00:33:34,931 --> 00:33:36,683
    - What is that?
    - This is where we take a bunch of B's,

    719
    00:33:36,766 --> 00:33:38,935
    BB's and BBB's that haven't sold,

    720
    00:33:39,018 --> 00:33:40,698
    - and we put them in a pile.
    - (CLATTERING)

    721
    00:33:42,230 --> 00:33:44,190
    JARED: And when the pile
    gets large enough,

    722
    00:33:44,315 --> 00:33:46,859
    the whole thing is suddenly
    considered diversified

    723
    00:33:46,943 --> 00:33:51,656
    and the whores at the rating agency
    give it a 92%-93% AAA rating,

    724
    00:33:51,739 --> 00:33:53,741
    no questions asked.

    725
    00:33:54,158 --> 00:33:55,159
    (EXHALES)

    726
    00:33:55,410 --> 00:33:57,912
    Hold it. What? Say that again.

    727
    00:33:58,204 --> 00:34:00,456
    A collateralized debt obligation.

    728
    00:34:00,540 --> 00:34:02,041
    It's important to understand
    because it's what allowed

    729
    00:34:02,125 --> 00:34:06,254
    a housing crisis to become
    a nationwide economic disaster.

    730
    00:34:06,337 --> 00:34:09,549
    Here's world-famous chef
    Anthony Bourdain to explain.

    731
    00:34:09,674 --> 00:34:11,050
    (LAUGHS)

    732
    00:34:14,137 --> 00:34:15,805
    ANTHONY: Okay, I'm a chef
    on a Sunday afternoon

    733
    00:34:15,972 --> 00:34:17,640
    setting the menu at a big restaurant.

    734
    00:34:17,807 --> 00:34:19,225
    I ordered my fish on Friday,

    735
    00:34:19,308 --> 00:34:22,019
    which is the mortgage bond
    that Michael Burry shorted.

    736
    00:34:22,228 --> 00:34:24,230
    But some of the fresh fish doesn't sell.

    737
    00:34:24,313 --> 00:34:25,940
    I don't know why.
    Maybe it just came out

    738
    00:34:26,065 --> 00:34:27,745
    halibut has the intelligence of a dolphin.

    739
    00:34:27,775 --> 00:34:29,485
    So, what am I going to do?

    740
    00:34:29,569 --> 00:34:33,072
    Throw all this unsold fish,
    which is the BBB level of the bond,

    741
    00:34:33,156 --> 00:34:35,616
    in the garbage and take the loss?

    742
    00:34:36,576 --> 00:34:37,577
    No way.

    743
    00:34:37,660 --> 00:34:40,079
    Being the crafty
    and morally onerous chef that I am,

    744
    00:34:40,163 --> 00:34:42,832
    whatever crappy levels
    of the bond I don't sell,

    745
    00:34:42,957 --> 00:34:44,917
    I throw into a seafood stew.

    746
    00:34:45,001 --> 00:34:48,421
    See, it's not old fish.
    It's a whole new thing!

    747
    00:34:48,504 --> 00:34:52,216
    And the best part is
    they're eating 3-day-old halibut.

    748
    00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:53,968
    That is a CDO.

    749
    00:34:54,093 --> 00:34:56,929
    PORTER: I just need to know,
    how could these possibly be collated?

    750
    00:34:57,013 --> 00:34:59,432
    Somehow you're like Dora the Explorer

    751
    00:34:59,515 --> 00:35:00,767
    and you're the first person

    752
    00:35:00,850 --> 00:35:02,185
    - who found this thing.
    - Hold on. Hold on.

    753
    00:35:02,268 --> 00:35:04,145
    So mortgage bonds are dog shit,

    754
    00:35:04,228 --> 00:35:06,439
    CDOs are dog shit wrapped in cat shit.

    755
    00:35:06,522 --> 00:35:07,523
    (BUZZING)

    756
    00:35:07,982 --> 00:35:09,817
    Yeah, that's right.

    757
    00:35:09,901 --> 00:35:13,404
    Institutions treat these CDOs
    like they're as solid as treasury bonds,

    758
    00:35:13,488 --> 00:35:14,739
    and they're going to zero.

    759
    00:35:14,822 --> 00:35:15,865
    (CLATTERING)

    760
    00:35:15,948 --> 00:35:18,159
    DANNY: No. That can't be right.
    There were $500 billion

    761
    00:35:18,242 --> 00:35:20,578
    in housing bonds sold last year alone.

    762
    00:35:20,870 --> 00:35:23,498
    The rating agencies, the banks,
    the fucking government,

    763
    00:35:23,581 --> 00:35:25,583
    you're saying they're
    all asleep at the wheel?

    764
    00:35:25,666 --> 00:35:29,128
    Yeah. My whole department's
    long on this stuff.

    765
    00:35:30,004 --> 00:35:33,883
    They call me Chicken Little.
    They call me Bubble Boy.

    766
    00:35:36,552 --> 00:35:39,972
    - A's, zero. B's, zero.
    - (CLATTERING)

    767
    00:35:40,264 --> 00:35:43,518
    BB's, zero. BBB's, zero.

    768
    00:35:45,937 --> 00:35:47,313
    And then that happens.

    769
    00:35:47,396 --> 00:35:49,065
    What is that?

    770
    00:35:50,942 --> 00:35:52,652
    That's America's housing market.

    771
    00:35:55,613 --> 00:35:56,656
    Thank you.

    772
    00:35:56,739 --> 00:35:57,740
    Fuckin' A, Jared.

    773
    00:35:57,824 --> 00:35:59,826
    Shut your fucking mouth.

    774
    00:35:59,909 --> 00:36:02,078
    - ...hang out with you.
    - MARK: Good. Okay.

    775
    00:36:02,203 --> 00:36:04,330
    JARED: Sack up, do the deal.
    Let's be friends.

    776
    00:36:04,413 --> 00:36:05,623
    MARK: We will see. Thank you.

    777
    00:36:05,706 --> 00:36:06,749
    JARED: Don't bullshit me.
    MARK: All right.

    778
    00:36:06,833 --> 00:36:07,917
    JARED: You're gonna say no, aren't you?

    779
    00:36:08,042 --> 00:36:10,503
    MIKE: No. No, I'm just
    evaluating right now.

    780
    00:36:10,586 --> 00:36:12,626
    - Thank you. Thank you for coming in.
    - (DOOR OPENS)

    781
    00:36:13,381 --> 00:36:14,715
    Bye, Jared.

    782
    00:36:20,763 --> 00:36:22,181
    VINNIE: I don't like it.

    783
    00:36:23,140 --> 00:36:24,809
    He's playing us.

    784
    00:36:25,935 --> 00:36:27,770
    He's playing us.
    He's got too much skin in the game

    785
    00:36:27,854 --> 00:36:29,522
    and he's dumping his position.

    786
    00:36:30,481 --> 00:36:31,983
    What if he's right?

    787
    00:36:32,066 --> 00:36:33,150
    You want him to be right.

    788
    00:36:33,234 --> 00:36:34,777
    MARK: Yes, I do.

    789
    00:36:35,361 --> 00:36:38,447
    The banks have given us
    25% interest rates on credit cards.

    790
    00:36:38,531 --> 00:36:40,241
    They have screwed us on student loans

    791
    00:36:40,324 --> 00:36:42,076
    that we can never get out from under.

    792
    00:36:42,159 --> 00:36:45,371
    Then this guy walks into
    my office and says

    793
    00:36:45,454 --> 00:36:48,416
    those same banks got greedy,
    they lost track of the market,

    794
    00:36:48,499 --> 00:36:50,543
    and I can profit off of their stupidity?

    795
    00:36:50,626 --> 00:36:52,879
    Fuck, yeah, I want him to be right!

    796
    00:36:52,962 --> 00:36:54,213
    VINNIE: How come you
    don't hate this guy?

    797
    00:36:54,297 --> 00:36:55,977
    He's everything
    you taught us not to trust.

    798
    00:36:56,048 --> 00:36:57,758
    I can't hate him.
    He is so transparent

    799
    00:36:57,842 --> 00:37:00,219
    in his self-interest
    that I kind of respect him.

    800
    00:37:00,303 --> 00:37:03,389
    - Would I buy a car from him? No.
    - (PORTER CHUCKLES)

    801
    00:37:03,639 --> 00:37:04,891
    Is he right about the mortgage market?

    802
    00:37:04,974 --> 00:37:07,184
    - No.
    - Let's find out. Let's find out.

    803
    00:37:08,769 --> 00:37:10,605
    Look. It's two very simple questions.

    804
    00:37:10,688 --> 00:37:12,189
    Is there a housing bubble?

    805
    00:37:12,273 --> 00:37:14,859
    And if there is,
    how exposed are the banks?

    806
    00:37:14,942 --> 00:37:15,985
    PORTER: Yeah. Okay.

    807
    00:37:16,068 --> 00:37:17,486
    Let's get on this quickly too.

    808
    00:37:17,570 --> 00:37:18,946
    Because if he's right,

    809
    00:37:19,030 --> 00:37:22,491
    every loser with a couple million bucks
    and a fund is gonna be jumping on this.

    810
    00:37:23,034 --> 00:37:24,035
    Let's go.

    811
    00:37:25,036 --> 00:37:26,037
    (ELEVATOR DINGS)

    812
    00:37:26,329 --> 00:37:27,830
    WOMAN: Just that morning...

    813
    00:37:29,332 --> 00:37:31,125
    (BREATHING DEEPLY)

    814
    00:37:32,001 --> 00:37:35,338
    JPMorgan Chase. JPMorgan Chase.

    815
    00:37:37,173 --> 00:37:39,467
    JAMIE: Okay. Stop saying
    "JPMorgan Chase".

    816
    00:37:39,550 --> 00:37:40,968
    I got a good feeling about this.

    817
    00:37:41,052 --> 00:37:42,532
    It's just a meeting though, you know?

    818
    00:37:43,262 --> 00:37:44,764
    It's just a meeting. It's something like...

    819
    00:37:44,847 --> 00:37:46,974
    People have meetings
    all the time. You know?

    820
    00:37:47,058 --> 00:37:48,684
    People drink their coffee,
    they have a meeting.

    821
    00:37:48,768 --> 00:37:50,128
    CHRIS: Brownfield Fund?
    JAMIE: Yes!

    822
    00:37:50,186 --> 00:37:52,063
    - Hey. Hello.
    - CHARLIE: Ted.

    823
    00:37:52,146 --> 00:37:53,481
    Chris. I'm on Ted's desk.

    824
    00:37:53,606 --> 00:37:54,941
    Chris. Okay.

    825
    00:37:55,024 --> 00:37:56,192
    - I'm Charlie, Charlie Geller.
    - Charlie.

    826
    00:37:56,275 --> 00:37:57,902
    - Jamie Shipley. Hi.
    - Jamie.

    827
    00:37:57,985 --> 00:38:00,947
    We're so excited to get set up
    on your trading platform.

    828
    00:38:01,030 --> 00:38:02,156
    Cool.

    829
    00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,033
    Here, have a seat a second.

    830
    00:38:04,784 --> 00:38:05,785
    All right.

    831
    00:38:06,869 --> 00:38:09,789
    So, I... Ted had asked me
    to do some meeting prep.

    832
    00:38:09,872 --> 00:38:13,250
    But I couldn't find
    any marketing material on you guys.

    833
    00:38:13,334 --> 00:38:15,169
    We just moved here from Boulder.

    834
    00:38:15,252 --> 00:38:16,754
    - Yeah.
    - Got it.

    835
    00:38:16,837 --> 00:38:19,215
    Could we see some
    of your offering documents?

    836
    00:38:19,298 --> 00:38:21,801
    Well, Brownfield is its own money.

    837
    00:38:22,385 --> 00:38:24,095
    - It's our money.
    - Yeah.

    838
    00:38:24,178 --> 00:38:25,972
    Can you tell us how much you manage?

    839
    00:38:26,055 --> 00:38:29,517
    Of course. We're doing
    $30 million right now.

    840
    00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:30,810
    Um, but we started

    841
    00:38:30,893 --> 00:38:33,646
    - four years ago with $110,000.
    - CHRIS: Wow.

    842
    00:38:33,729 --> 00:38:38,359
    So, as you can see,
    that's pretty phenomenal returns.

    843
    00:38:38,442 --> 00:38:41,654
    We want to get an ISDA agreement
    with JPMorgan so we can

    844
    00:38:41,779 --> 00:38:44,281
    deal in long-term options.

    845
    00:38:44,365 --> 00:38:45,700
    - That's really cool.
    - Yeah.

    846
    00:38:58,587 --> 00:39:00,381
    That is so cool.

    847
    00:39:00,464 --> 00:39:01,549
    Thank you.

    848
    00:39:01,632 --> 00:39:05,803
    But you guys are under
    the capital requirements for an ISDA.

    849
    00:39:05,928 --> 00:39:06,929
    By how much?

    850
    00:39:07,596 --> 00:39:08,597
    Uh...

    851
    00:39:08,806 --> 00:39:12,184
    One billion four hundred
    seventy million, so...

    852
    00:39:13,185 --> 00:39:14,729
    ...a lot.

    853
    00:39:15,980 --> 00:39:17,440
    This makes us look bad, doesn't it,

    854
    00:39:17,523 --> 00:39:20,693
    that we didn't know
    what the capital requirements were?

    855
    00:39:20,776 --> 00:39:21,777
    Uh...

    856
    00:39:22,361 --> 00:39:23,779
    It's not great.

    857
    00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:25,573
    But, uh,

    858
    00:39:25,656 --> 00:39:28,117
    keep up those returns and give us a call

    859
    00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:29,994
    way down the line. You know.

    860
    00:39:30,077 --> 00:39:31,078
    Okay?

    861
    00:39:31,162 --> 00:39:32,455
    - Okay.
    - Thanks, Chris.

    862
    00:39:32,580 --> 00:39:33,580
    Have a good one, guys.

    863
    00:39:33,622 --> 00:39:34,665
    CHARLIE: Thank you, Chris.

    864
    00:39:37,168 --> 00:39:38,169
    (SIGHS)

    865
    00:39:38,961 --> 00:39:39,962
    Shit!

    866
    00:39:41,130 --> 00:39:42,410
    Who the fuck schedules a meeting

    867
    00:39:42,465 --> 00:39:44,592
    - at 4:50 in the afternoon?
    - Oh, my, God.

    868
    00:39:44,675 --> 00:39:46,427
    That was so painful.

    869
    00:39:46,510 --> 00:39:50,139
    Dude, B of A and Bear
    didn't even return our calls.

    870
    00:39:50,222 --> 00:39:52,391
    And even fucking Wachovia

    871
    00:39:52,475 --> 00:39:54,143
    - blew us off, man!
    - I know.

    872
    00:39:54,310 --> 00:39:56,562
    Here's the prospectuses
    of all the other losers

    873
    00:39:56,645 --> 00:39:58,355
    who didn't make it past the lobby.

    874
    00:39:58,439 --> 00:40:00,316
    JAMIE: I don't think I can
    do this anymore. You know.

    875
    00:40:00,399 --> 00:40:03,235
    I'm young, yet.
    I can still do something with my life.

    876
    00:40:03,319 --> 00:40:05,404
    I miss Colorado anyway.
    The weed's better.

    877
    00:40:06,363 --> 00:40:08,365
    Gentlemen, I need you to leave.

    878
    00:40:08,491 --> 00:40:09,867
    Yep, yep, we're going. Let's go.

    879
    00:40:09,992 --> 00:40:11,118
    Look at this. Look at this.

    880
    00:40:11,202 --> 00:40:12,536
    This guy

    881
    00:40:12,620 --> 00:40:15,539
    says that the housing market's
    a giant bubble.

    882
    00:40:16,832 --> 00:40:17,833
    (INHALES)

    883
    00:40:17,917 --> 00:40:20,086
    Okay, so this part
    isn't totally accurate, you know.

    884
    00:40:20,169 --> 00:40:22,254
    We didn't find Jared Vennett's
    housing bubble pitch

    885
    00:40:22,338 --> 00:40:24,256
    in the lobby of a bank that rejected us.

    886
    00:40:24,340 --> 00:40:25,800
    The truth is, um,

    887
    00:40:25,883 --> 00:40:28,761
    a friend had told Charlie about it,
    and I read about it

    888
    00:40:28,844 --> 00:40:30,262
    in <i>Grant's Interest Rate Observer.</i>

    889
    00:40:30,346 --> 00:40:31,680
    This is crazy.

    890
    00:40:31,764 --> 00:40:34,266
    This is crazy stuff.

    891
    00:40:34,350 --> 00:40:37,019
    Shit, he's saying
    that there's 10-to-1 returns

    892
    00:40:37,103 --> 00:40:40,731
    on credit default swaps
    for mortgage-backed securities?

    893
    00:40:40,856 --> 00:40:43,484
    And the whole housing market
    is about to collapse?

    894
    00:40:44,193 --> 00:40:45,945
    JARED: <i>For Jamie and Charlie,
    the housing market</i>

    895
    00:40:46,028 --> 00:40:48,447
    <i>doomsday prediction
    was music to their ears.</i>

    896
    00:40:48,531 --> 00:40:50,241
    (SINGING)

    897
    00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,040
    <i>They had started working
    out of Jamie's garage</i>

    898
    00:40:58,124 --> 00:41:00,042
    <i>with $110,000 Jamie had saved</i>

    899
    00:41:00,126 --> 00:41:02,211
    <i>taking sailboats up and down
    the East Coast.</i>

    900
    00:41:04,130 --> 00:41:05,923
    Our investment strategy was simple.

    901
    00:41:06,006 --> 00:41:08,050
    People hate to think about
    bad things happening,

    902
    00:41:08,134 --> 00:41:10,469
    so they always underestimate
    their likelihood.

    903
    00:41:10,553 --> 00:41:13,055
    JARED: <i>Their strategy
    was simple and brilliant.</i>

    904
    00:41:13,597 --> 00:41:14,682
    What he said.

    905
    00:41:14,765 --> 00:41:17,476
    <i>Jamie and Charlie found markets
    will sell options very cheaply</i>

    906
    00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:19,770
    <i>on things they think will never happen.</i>

    907
    00:41:19,854 --> 00:41:21,438
    <i>So when they were wrong,
    they were wrong small,</i>

    908
    00:41:21,522 --> 00:41:23,482
    <i>but when they were right,
    they were right big.</i>

    909
    00:41:23,566 --> 00:41:24,900
    (IMITATING EXPLOSION)

    910
    00:41:30,322 --> 00:41:34,076
    <i>Within a few years they had
    turned $110,000 into $30 million.</i>

    911
    00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:35,880
    <i>But then it was time
    to go to New York City.</i>

    912
    00:41:35,911 --> 00:41:38,539
    <i>And so far, it wasn't going very well.</i>

    913
    00:41:38,622 --> 00:41:40,374
    So what if it does seem interesting. No...

    914
    00:41:40,457 --> 00:41:43,961
    No bank will give us our ISDA.
    We're dead in the water.

    915
    00:41:45,462 --> 00:41:47,882
    These kind of trades
    are totally out of the question.

    916
    00:41:47,965 --> 00:41:49,592
    We got to call Ben.

    917
    00:41:50,718 --> 00:41:51,719
    (EXHALES)

    918
    00:41:51,802 --> 00:41:53,304
    Let's call Ben!

    919
    00:41:54,180 --> 00:41:56,265
    JARED: <i>Ben Rickert was
    a former trader in Singapore</i>

    920
    00:41:56,348 --> 00:41:59,101
    <i>for Chase who quit
    the whole game in disgust.</i>

    921
    00:41:59,185 --> 00:42:01,520
    <i>He happened to be Jamie's neighbor
    when they were in Colorado</i>

    922
    00:42:01,604 --> 00:42:03,772
    <i>and they met walking dogs.</i>

    923
    00:42:03,856 --> 00:42:05,316
    <i>But Ben was dark.</i>

    924
    00:42:05,441 --> 00:42:07,484
    <i>He didn't just think
    the whole system would fail.</i>

    925
    00:42:07,568 --> 00:42:09,778
    <i>He thought the whole world
    was going down.</i>

    926
    00:42:11,822 --> 00:42:13,942
    Every one of these vegetables
    is fresh from my garden.

    927
    00:42:14,950 --> 00:42:16,076
    (CHOPPING)

    928
    00:42:16,410 --> 00:42:17,703
    BEN: You guys should
    start your own garden.

    929
    00:42:17,786 --> 00:42:20,122
    What you got to do is get
    your soil off the petrochemicals.

    930
    00:42:20,206 --> 00:42:21,248
    JAMIE: Hmm.

    931
    00:42:21,332 --> 00:42:23,542
    I used wood ash and urine
    to help restore the soil.

    932
    00:42:23,626 --> 00:42:25,211
    It creates ammonium nitrate.

    933
    00:42:25,294 --> 00:42:27,046
    Seeds are gonna be the new currency.

    934
    00:42:27,171 --> 00:42:29,173
    And not those Franken-seeds
    from Monsanto.

    935
    00:42:29,256 --> 00:42:31,842
    I'm talking about good,
    healthy, organic seeds.

    936
    00:42:31,926 --> 00:42:33,052
    Make yourself a garden.

    937
    00:42:33,135 --> 00:42:34,595
    - Learn to live off the land.
    - You're a fucking lunatic.

    938
    00:42:34,678 --> 00:42:36,889
    JARED: <i>Ben had real
    experience in a big bank.</i>

    939
    00:42:36,972 --> 00:42:40,643
    <i>Jamie and Charlie had never even
    been in a Manhattan bank bathroom.</i>

    940
    00:42:40,768 --> 00:42:42,436
    <i>But Ben was done
    with the banking world.</i>

    941
    00:42:42,519 --> 00:42:43,854
    <i>He was very clear.</i>

    942
    00:42:43,938 --> 00:42:45,522
    JAMIE: <i>All right,
    let's crunch some numbers</i>

    943
    00:42:45,606 --> 00:42:47,983
    <i>and then maybe
    we'll talk about calling Ben.</i>

    944
    00:42:48,067 --> 00:42:49,109
    We're always crunching numbers.

    945
    00:42:49,193 --> 00:42:50,236
    When haven't we
    crunched the numbers?

    946
    00:42:50,319 --> 00:42:51,362
    We're gonna crunch
    the numbers like harder...

    947
    00:42:51,487 --> 00:42:52,446
    GUARD: I need you out of here.

    948
    00:42:52,529 --> 00:42:53,572
    Of course. One second.

    949
    00:42:53,656 --> 00:42:54,656
    Yes, ma'am. We're going.

    950
    00:42:57,534 --> 00:42:59,894
    PORTER: Oh, God. I hate this.
    This is a total waste of time.

    951
    00:43:00,037 --> 00:43:02,373
    Oh, come on. Would you relax?

    952
    00:43:03,123 --> 00:43:06,252
    There's a housing development
    45 minutes outside town.

    953
    00:43:06,335 --> 00:43:08,212
    Mark wants us to check that out first.

    954
    00:43:08,295 --> 00:43:10,297
    Well, I hope there are some
    Cuban restaurants on the way there.

    955
    00:43:10,381 --> 00:43:13,008
    Because I heard the Cuban food
    is amazing in Miami.

    956
    00:43:13,092 --> 00:43:15,803
    Please don't be chipper
    in the face of me being miserable.

    957
    00:43:15,886 --> 00:43:17,554
    It really makes me hate you.

    958
    00:43:17,638 --> 00:43:20,182
    How is wanting to eat good food
    being chipper?

    959
    00:43:21,892 --> 00:43:23,060
    Hello?

    960
    00:43:24,478 --> 00:43:25,729
    Hello?

    961
    00:43:26,522 --> 00:43:27,856
    PORTER: What do these go for?

    962
    00:43:29,525 --> 00:43:31,235
    DANNY: $425,000 each?

    963
    00:43:31,819 --> 00:43:33,445
    (DOG BARKING)

    964
    00:43:44,999 --> 00:43:46,250
    (KNOCKING ON DOOR)

    965
    00:43:53,090 --> 00:43:54,675
    What's up, man?
    What do you want?

    966
    00:43:54,758 --> 00:43:58,095
    Hello. I'm surveying mortgage owners
    who are over 90 days delinquent.

    967
    00:43:58,178 --> 00:44:00,723
    I'm looking for a Harvey Humpsey.

    968
    00:44:00,806 --> 00:44:01,974
    You want my landlord's dog?

    969
    00:44:04,143 --> 00:44:05,602
    Your landlord filled out
    his mortgage application

    970
    00:44:05,686 --> 00:44:08,147
    using his dog's name?

    971
    00:44:08,230 --> 00:44:09,690
    I guess so.

    972
    00:44:09,773 --> 00:44:12,276
    Wait, has that asshole
    not been paying his mortgage?

    973
    00:44:12,359 --> 00:44:13,694
    'Cause I've been paying my rent.

    974
    00:44:13,777 --> 00:44:15,696
    Well, yeah, he is over
    90 days delinquent.

    975
    00:44:16,071 --> 00:44:17,656
    Seriously, man,

    976
    00:44:17,740 --> 00:44:19,533
    am I gonna have to leave?

    977
    00:44:19,616 --> 00:44:21,160
    (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

    978
    00:44:22,077 --> 00:44:24,455
    'Cause my kid just got
    settled in school, man.

    979
    00:44:24,538 --> 00:44:26,707
    Hey. How are ya?

    980
    00:44:27,374 --> 00:44:28,542
    My name's Ken.

    981
    00:44:28,667 --> 00:44:29,877
    You're Ken?

    982
    00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:31,754
    Um, you should talk
    to your landlord about that.

    983
    00:44:31,837 --> 00:44:33,339
    I'm sorry, I don't have
    any more information.

    984
    00:44:33,422 --> 00:44:34,798
    But you, um...

    985
    00:44:35,466 --> 00:44:37,051
    You have a great day.
    See ya, Ken.

    986
    00:44:37,134 --> 00:44:38,552
    KEN: There's books everywhere!

    987
    00:44:38,635 --> 00:44:40,888
    Books everywhere?

    988
    00:44:40,971 --> 00:44:44,224
    Seriously, man,
    is everything gonna be okay?

    989
    00:44:44,308 --> 00:44:47,394
    You should...
    You should call him.

    990
    00:44:47,478 --> 00:44:48,558
    You should give him a call.

    991
    00:44:48,604 --> 00:44:50,324
    It's not my fault, dude.
    I've been paying...

    992
    00:44:50,356 --> 00:44:51,899
    (DOOR CREAKING)

    993
    00:44:54,151 --> 00:44:55,235
    Hello!

    994
    00:44:59,156 --> 00:45:01,283
    Looks like the <i>Mary Celeste.</i>

    995
    00:45:01,367 --> 00:45:04,119
    Look. All they took was the TV.

    996
    00:45:04,912 --> 00:45:06,872
    DANNY: It's weird.

    997
    00:45:06,955 --> 00:45:09,291
    PORTER: They didn't even
    clean out the cat litter.

    998
    00:45:17,841 --> 00:45:18,884
    PORTER: Oh, God.

    999
    00:45:30,521 --> 00:45:32,439
    It's like Chernobyl.

    1000
    00:45:32,523 --> 00:45:35,943
    There's like a hundred houses.
    There can't be four people living here.

    1001
    00:45:37,986 --> 00:45:40,155
    - Oh, fuck that!
    - Shit!

    1002
    00:45:46,495 --> 00:45:48,664
    (HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYING)

    1003
    00:45:55,045 --> 00:45:56,171
    MAN: He's been in there for seven hours.

    1004
    00:45:56,296 --> 00:45:57,881
    Where does he go to the bathroom?

    1005
    00:45:58,507 --> 00:45:59,591
    I heard he had a breakdown.

    1006
    00:45:59,675 --> 00:46:01,675
    - He's letting the fund tank.
    - (TELEPHONE RINGING)

    1007
    00:46:01,718 --> 00:46:03,178
    My buddy in Manhattan said...

    1008
    00:46:03,303 --> 00:46:04,847
    Dr. Burry's office.

    1009
    00:46:05,180 --> 00:46:06,860
    No, he actually prefers
    that you email him.

    1010
    00:46:06,890 --> 00:46:08,183
    Excuse me.

    1011
    00:46:08,517 --> 00:46:09,518
    Mr. Fields, Mr...

    1012
    00:46:13,647 --> 00:46:15,399
    - Hi, Lawrence.
    - (WHISPERING) Holy shit!

    1013
    00:46:17,025 --> 00:46:20,571
    We have no confidence
    in your ability to identify

    1014
    00:46:20,654 --> 00:46:22,239
    macroeconomic trends.

    1015
    00:46:22,364 --> 00:46:23,949
    (MUSIC STOPPING)

    1016
    00:46:24,575 --> 00:46:27,119
    MIKE: You flew here
    to tell me that? Why?

    1017
    00:46:27,202 --> 00:46:30,622
    Anyone can see
    that there is a real estate bubble.

    1018
    00:46:30,706 --> 00:46:32,541
    Actually, no one can see a bubble.

    1019
    00:46:32,624 --> 00:46:33,834
    That's what makes it a bubble.

    1020
    00:46:33,917 --> 00:46:36,211
    That's dumb, Lawrence.

    1021
    00:46:36,295 --> 00:46:37,880
    There's always markers.

    1022
    00:46:38,630 --> 00:46:41,091
    Mortgage fraud has

    1023
    00:46:41,175 --> 00:46:42,926
    quintupled since 2000

    1024
    00:46:43,051 --> 00:46:45,888
    and the average take-home pay is flat,

    1025
    00:46:45,971 --> 00:46:47,431
    but home prices are soaring.

    1026
    00:46:47,514 --> 00:46:49,600
    That means the homes
    are debt, not assets.

    1027
    00:46:49,683 --> 00:46:51,894
    So Mike Burry of San Jose, a guy who

    1028
    00:46:52,895 --> 00:46:56,273
    gets his hair cut at Supercuts
    and doesn't wear shoes,

    1029
    00:46:56,398 --> 00:46:59,234
    knows more than Alan Greenspan
    and Hank Paulson.

    1030
    00:46:59,401 --> 00:47:00,402
    Well...

    1031
    00:47:01,111 --> 00:47:03,739
    Dr. Mike Burry,
    yes, he does. (CHUCKLES)

    1032
    00:47:04,948 --> 00:47:06,742
    That's cute. That's cute.

    1033
    00:47:06,825 --> 00:47:09,161
    Are you being sarcastic with us, Mike?

    1034
    00:47:11,205 --> 00:47:12,206
    (SIGHS)

    1035
    00:47:12,289 --> 00:47:13,707
    Lawrence,

    1036
    00:47:13,790 --> 00:47:16,293
    I don't know how to be sarcastic.

    1037
    00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,755
    I don't know how to be funny.
    I don't know how to

    1038
    00:47:20,422 --> 00:47:21,882
    work people.

    1039
    00:47:21,965 --> 00:47:23,133
    I...

    1040
    00:47:23,217 --> 00:47:25,552
    I just know how to read numbers.

    1041
    00:47:25,636 --> 00:47:28,138
    How big is your short position right now?

    1042
    00:47:28,514 --> 00:47:29,556
    Um...

    1043
    00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:31,225
    Just $1.3 billion.

    1044
    00:47:31,808 --> 00:47:33,185
    And the premiums?

    1045
    00:47:33,310 --> 00:47:34,645
    Well, we pay, uh,

    1046
    00:47:35,103 --> 00:47:38,440
    - roughly $80 to 90 million
    - (MARTIN LAUGHING)

    1047
    00:47:38,565 --> 00:47:40,025
    each year, which is high,

    1048
    00:47:40,108 --> 00:47:42,194
    but I was the first to do this trade.

    1049
    00:47:42,277 --> 00:47:45,739
    Watch. It will pay. I may have
    been early, but I'm not wrong.

    1050
    00:47:45,822 --> 00:47:48,158
    It's the same thing.
    It's the same thing, Mike!

    1051
    00:47:48,992 --> 00:47:53,121
    You're managing a fund of,
    what, $555 million?

    1052
    00:47:53,664 --> 00:47:57,167
    In six years, it'll all be gone.

    1053
    00:47:57,960 --> 00:47:59,378
    On one bet.

    1054
    00:47:59,461 --> 00:48:02,631
    No, the second quarter of '07 is
    when the adjustable rates kick in.

    1055
    00:48:02,756 --> 00:48:04,258
    The defaults will skyrocket.

    1056
    00:48:04,341 --> 00:48:06,051
    Yeah. Says you.

    1057
    00:48:06,134 --> 00:48:08,595
    LAWRENCE: How much is eligible
    for withdrawal before they do?

    1058
    00:48:08,679 --> 00:48:10,597
    Say, in the next two quarters.

    1059
    00:48:11,306 --> 00:48:13,308
    If your investors panic.

    1060
    00:48:16,853 --> 00:48:17,896
    $302 million?

    1061
    00:48:17,980 --> 00:48:18,981
    I...

    1062
    00:48:19,856 --> 00:48:21,483
    My God, Mike.

    1063
    00:48:22,568 --> 00:48:23,944
    (MIKE CHUCKLES)

    1064
    00:48:26,321 --> 00:48:28,240
    No one will pull out.
    That would be suicide.

    1065
    00:48:28,323 --> 00:48:30,742
    I mean, I'm down 17% for the year.

    1066
    00:48:30,867 --> 00:48:33,161
    But if they trust me,
    and they trust me, because...

    1067
    00:48:33,245 --> 00:48:35,872
    No one trusts you! No one!

    1068
    00:48:35,956 --> 00:48:38,375
    I sent several emails to my investors

    1069
    00:48:38,500 --> 00:48:40,544
    letting them know that the...

    1070
    00:48:41,044 --> 00:48:42,087
    (EXHALES)

    1071
    00:48:42,170 --> 00:48:44,590
    ...the second quarter of '07 is when our

    1072
    00:48:44,715 --> 00:48:47,175
    housing positions show returns and...

    1073
    00:48:48,552 --> 00:48:49,803
    I've been very clear.

    1074
    00:48:50,596 --> 00:48:53,432
    People will withdraw their money.

    1075
    00:48:54,016 --> 00:48:57,477
    Lawrence, that would be so stupid.
    I mean, the...

    1076
    00:48:57,561 --> 00:49:01,064
    (STUTTERS) If the fund's capitals
    drop too much,

    1077
    00:49:01,523 --> 00:49:04,610
    then the swaps contracts are voided.

    1078
    00:49:04,693 --> 00:49:07,946
    And then the banks get to
    keep all of the collateral.

    1079
    00:49:08,030 --> 00:49:10,240
    - MARTIN: Wait a minute. Wait.
    - All of it.

    1080
    00:49:10,365 --> 00:49:12,492
    The contracts are voided?

    1081
    00:49:12,576 --> 00:49:14,369
    The contracts are voided?

    1082
    00:49:15,078 --> 00:49:16,747
    Holy shit!

    1083
    00:49:17,205 --> 00:49:18,206
    Oh, motherfucker!

    1084
    00:49:18,874 --> 00:49:20,375
    - Michael?
    - (TAPPING)

    1085
    00:49:20,751 --> 00:49:22,419
    Give me my money back.

    1086
    00:49:25,839 --> 00:49:29,217
    Michael, do you hear me?
    I want my money back.

    1087
    00:49:31,720 --> 00:49:34,056
    Give me my fucking money back...

    1088
    00:49:35,098 --> 00:49:36,516
    (LAUGHS)...you motherfucker.

    1089
    00:49:37,434 --> 00:49:40,562
    The market's in an itsy-bitsy
    little gully right now.

    1090
    00:49:40,687 --> 00:49:42,939
    It's like everybody said,
    "Okay, that was crazy.

    1091
    00:49:43,023 --> 00:49:44,900
    "Let's just all calm down."

    1092
    00:49:46,735 --> 00:49:49,946
    I sold that house for $350,000
    the year it was built.

    1093
    00:49:50,614 --> 00:49:52,783
    Two years later, $480,000.

    1094
    00:49:52,908 --> 00:49:56,078
    Then $585,000 maybe 18 months ago.

    1095
    00:49:56,203 --> 00:49:58,747
    This couple bought it
    for $650,000 last year.

    1096
    00:49:59,247 --> 00:50:01,083
    He'd let it go for that.

    1097
    00:50:01,166 --> 00:50:02,834
    Hi, John.

    1098
    00:50:02,918 --> 00:50:03,960
    (MOUTHING) No, no, no.

    1099
    00:50:04,586 --> 00:50:05,962
    It will break his heart,
    but he'll let it go.

    1100
    00:50:06,088 --> 00:50:07,839
    Why is he selling?

    1101
    00:50:07,923 --> 00:50:09,758
    MARLENE: Neither one's
    working right now.

    1102
    00:50:10,759 --> 00:50:13,387
    Marlene, you'd say
    they're motivated, right?

    1103
    00:50:13,470 --> 00:50:16,473
    As motivated as one can be
    in this neighborhood.

    1104
    00:50:16,556 --> 00:50:19,101
    This house on the left,
    I would say they're probably motivated.

    1105
    00:50:19,184 --> 00:50:21,144
    Wow, a lot of people
    seem very motivated.

    1106
    00:50:21,228 --> 00:50:22,548
    MARLENE: Oh, it's just the gully.

    1107
    00:50:22,604 --> 00:50:24,356
    That's all. Just...

    1108
    00:50:24,439 --> 00:50:25,857
    Just nerves.

    1109
    00:50:25,941 --> 00:50:27,651
    So where do we stand?

    1110
    00:50:28,819 --> 00:50:31,321
    I need to talk to my wife. Um...

    1111
    00:50:31,405 --> 00:50:32,698
    MAN: This market won't last.

    1112
    00:50:32,781 --> 00:50:34,574
    MARK: Actually, could I talk
    to a mortgage broker?

    1113
    00:50:34,658 --> 00:50:36,493
    Anybody you recommend?
    Anybody you like.

    1114
    00:50:36,576 --> 00:50:38,578
    MARLENE: Yes, yes, I have
    someone. Absolutely.

    1115
    00:50:38,662 --> 00:50:39,913
    Yeah, bitch better like me.

    1116
    00:50:39,996 --> 00:50:41,248
    Sent her ass to Cabo.

    1117
    00:50:41,456 --> 00:50:42,791
    (ALL LAUGHING)

    1118
    00:50:42,874 --> 00:50:45,460
    So is Morgan Stanley
    recruiting us? Is that it?

    1119
    00:50:45,752 --> 00:50:48,714
    Oh, no. No.
    The bank owns our hedge fund,

    1120
    00:50:48,797 --> 00:50:49,840
    but we're not really part of it.

    1121
    00:50:49,965 --> 00:50:52,426
    We invest in financial service companies

    1122
    00:50:52,509 --> 00:50:55,470
    and we're trying to understand
    the residential mortgage business.

    1123
    00:50:55,554 --> 00:50:58,473
    How many loans
    do you write each month?

    1124
    00:50:58,598 --> 00:51:00,142
    - (BLOWS AIR) About 60.
    - Yeah.

    1125
    00:51:00,225 --> 00:51:01,685
    What was it four years ago?

    1126
    00:51:02,644 --> 00:51:03,979
    - Ten...
    - (PORTER WHISTLES)

    1127
    00:51:04,062 --> 00:51:05,313
    Maybe 15.

    1128
    00:51:05,397 --> 00:51:07,691
    Yeah, I was a bartender.
    Now I own a boat.

    1129
    00:51:07,774 --> 00:51:08,774
    (LAUGHING) You own a...

    1130
    00:51:08,817 --> 00:51:12,070
    So how many of these are
    adjustable-rate mortgages?

    1131
    00:51:12,154 --> 00:51:13,822
    - MAN IN BLACK: Well, most.
    - Oh, yeah.

    1132
    00:51:13,905 --> 00:51:15,866
    Yeah, I'd say about 90%.

    1133
    00:51:15,949 --> 00:51:19,077
    The bonuses on those
    skyrocketed a few years ago.

    1134
    00:51:19,161 --> 00:51:20,481
    Adjustable's our bread and honey.

    1135
    00:51:20,537 --> 00:51:23,081
    So do applicants ever get rejected?

    1136
    00:51:23,165 --> 00:51:24,583
    (BOTH LAUGHING)

    1137
    00:51:27,419 --> 00:51:28,628
    Seriously?

    1138
    00:51:29,504 --> 00:51:31,590
    Look, if they get rejected,
    I suck at my job.

    1139
    00:51:31,673 --> 00:51:33,175
    DANNY: Even if they have no money?

    1140
    00:51:33,258 --> 00:51:36,136
    Well, my firm offers NINJA loans.

    1141
    00:51:36,219 --> 00:51:38,680
    - PORTER: Okay.
    - "No Income, No Job."

    1142
    00:51:39,014 --> 00:51:41,224
    I just leave the income section
    blank if I want.

    1143
    00:51:41,308 --> 00:51:42,559
    Corporate doesn't care.

    1144
    00:51:42,642 --> 00:51:45,937
    These people just want homes.
    And they go with the flow.

    1145
    00:51:46,021 --> 00:51:47,022
    PORTER: Good for you.

    1146
    00:51:47,105 --> 00:51:48,225
    Your companies don't verify?

    1147
    00:51:51,860 --> 00:51:53,862
    If I write a loan on Friday afternoon,

    1148
    00:51:54,738 --> 00:51:56,740
    a big bank will buy it by Monday lunch.

    1149
    00:51:57,282 --> 00:51:58,617
    Yeah. Same here.

    1150
    00:52:00,410 --> 00:52:01,787
    Could you hold on a second?

    1151
    00:52:01,912 --> 00:52:03,288
    Yeah.

    1152
    00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:11,630
    I don't get it.
    Why are they confessing?

    1153
    00:52:11,713 --> 00:52:13,673
    They're not confessing.

    1154
    00:52:13,799 --> 00:52:15,467
    They're bragging.

    1155
    00:52:22,891 --> 00:52:24,142
    (MARK CLEARS THROAT)

    1156
    00:52:24,226 --> 00:52:28,230
    Do people have any idea
    what they are buying?

    1157
    00:52:29,189 --> 00:52:31,441
    (CHUCKLES) I focus on
    the immigrants, you know.

    1158
    00:52:31,525 --> 00:52:32,943
    Once they find out
    they're getting a home,

    1159
    00:52:33,026 --> 00:52:34,611
    they sign where you tell them to sign.

    1160
    00:52:34,694 --> 00:52:36,822
    Don't ask questions.
    Don't understand the rates.

    1161
    00:52:36,905 --> 00:52:38,365
    - Fucking idiots.
    - Yeah.

    1162
    00:52:38,448 --> 00:52:39,866
    And you target immigrants, too?

    1163
    00:52:39,950 --> 00:52:42,786
    Well, their credit actually
    isn't bad enough for him.

    1164
    00:52:42,911 --> 00:52:43,912
    (CHUCKLES)

    1165
    00:52:44,704 --> 00:52:46,373
    Look, I'm a yield guy.

    1166
    00:52:46,873 --> 00:52:47,916
    Okay...

    1167
    00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:52,420
    I make $2,000
    on a fixed-rate prime loan, right?

    1168
    00:52:52,504 --> 00:52:56,132
    But I can make $10,000
    on a subprime adjustable.

    1169
    00:52:56,216 --> 00:52:59,177
    Trust me, I'm not driving a 7 Series
    without strippers.

    1170
    00:52:59,261 --> 00:53:02,556
    No one on the pole has good credit
    and they're all cash rich.

    1171
    00:53:02,639 --> 00:53:04,975
    I think I read Warren Buffett
    say something like that.

    1172
    00:53:05,475 --> 00:53:07,727
    What? Who's Warren Buffett?

    1173
    00:53:08,270 --> 00:53:10,981
    Okay, so strippers.
    Like exotic dancers?

    1174
    00:53:11,064 --> 00:53:12,274
    Yeah, yeah, yeah.

    1175
    00:53:12,357 --> 00:53:14,317
    Nude, you know, topless.

    1176
    00:53:14,401 --> 00:53:16,236
    - Strippers.
    - Yeah.

    1177
    00:53:19,823 --> 00:53:21,032
    Can you introduce us?

    1178
    00:53:21,116 --> 00:53:23,535
    Yes! Yes.

    1179
    00:53:23,618 --> 00:53:24,870
    (AUDIENCE CHEERING)

    1180
    00:53:25,620 --> 00:53:28,540
    I always get option-pay adjustables.
    I'm a private contractor.

    1181
    00:53:28,623 --> 00:53:30,292
    MARK: What? I can't hear you. I'm sorry.

    1182
    00:53:30,375 --> 00:53:32,210
    I always get option-pay adjustables.

    1183
    00:53:32,294 --> 00:53:34,546
    I'm a private contractor.
    I need flexibility.

    1184
    00:53:34,629 --> 00:53:37,215
    And you tell the mortgage company
    what you do?

    1185
    00:53:37,299 --> 00:53:39,301
    I write "therapist".

    1186
    00:53:39,384 --> 00:53:40,844
    - You can touch me.
    - Always?

    1187
    00:53:41,469 --> 00:53:42,512
    Only in V.I.P.

    1188
    00:53:42,596 --> 00:53:45,223
    No, no, no, you say
    you always do adjustables.

    1189
    00:53:45,307 --> 00:53:47,107
    And you have more than
    one loan on a property?

    1190
    00:53:47,183 --> 00:53:49,394
    Everybody does.
    At least down here.

    1191
    00:53:49,477 --> 00:53:50,478
    MARK: I'm sorry, what?

    1192
    00:53:50,562 --> 00:53:53,148
    Everybody does.
    At least down here.

    1193
    00:53:53,231 --> 00:53:55,400
    That way you only put down, like, 5%.

    1194
    00:53:55,483 --> 00:53:57,277
    Prices have leveled off, though, right?

    1195
    00:53:57,360 --> 00:53:59,195
    Yeah. There's a gully.

    1196
    00:53:59,279 --> 00:54:02,991
    Would you mind not moving anymore?
    I'll still pay you.

    1197
    00:54:06,786 --> 00:54:09,497
    Sorry. We're not alone.

    1198
    00:54:09,581 --> 00:54:12,208
    Okay, look. If home prices don't go up,

    1199
    00:54:12,292 --> 00:54:14,586
    you are not going to be able to refinance.

    1200
    00:54:14,669 --> 00:54:17,797
    And you'll be stuck paying
    whatever your monthly payment is

    1201
    00:54:17,881 --> 00:54:20,592
    once it jumps up
    after your teaser rate expires.

    1202
    00:54:21,009 --> 00:54:23,053
    Your monthlies could go up 200%-300%.

    1203
    00:54:23,470 --> 00:54:25,513
    James says I can always refinance.

    1204
    00:54:25,597 --> 00:54:27,390
    Well, he's a liar.

    1205
    00:54:27,474 --> 00:54:30,602
    Actually, in this particular case,
    James probably is wrong.

    1206
    00:54:30,685 --> 00:54:33,980
    200 percent? On all my loans?

    1207
    00:54:34,064 --> 00:54:35,440
    What do you mean "all" your loans?

    1208
    00:54:35,523 --> 00:54:37,943
    We're talking about two loans
    on one house, right?

    1209
    00:54:38,777 --> 00:54:40,737
    I have five houses.

    1210
    00:54:40,862 --> 00:54:42,822
    And a condo.

    1211
    00:54:44,699 --> 00:54:46,201
    Hey, there's a bubble.

    1212
    00:54:46,284 --> 00:54:47,285
    VINNIE: <i>How do you know?</i>

    1213
    00:54:47,369 --> 00:54:50,789
    Trust me. Call Vennett,
    buy $50 million in swaps on the MBS.

    1214
    00:54:50,872 --> 00:54:53,792
    What do we got? Garibaldi IV, BBB.

    1215
    00:54:53,875 --> 00:54:55,377
    Mark, are you sure?

    1216
    00:54:55,460 --> 00:54:57,295
    Yeah. Yeah, it's time to call bullshit.

    1217
    00:54:57,379 --> 00:55:00,048
    - Bullshit on what?
    - Every fucking thing.

    1218
    00:55:06,179 --> 00:55:07,555
    (TYPING)

    1219
    00:55:09,057 --> 00:55:10,392
    (COMPUTER CHIMES)

    1220
    00:55:24,239 --> 00:55:25,907
    FrontPoint! FrontPoint!

    1221
    00:55:27,742 --> 00:55:29,536
    Is this America's angriest hedge fund?

    1222
    00:55:29,619 --> 00:55:31,939
    VINNIE: <i>All right, listen.
    I got one last question for you.</i>

    1223
    00:55:32,914 --> 00:55:34,749
    How are you fucking us?

    1224
    00:55:36,584 --> 00:55:38,184
    There's a nicer way to say that, Vinnie.

    1225
    00:55:38,211 --> 00:55:39,754
    I'm serious.

    1226
    00:55:39,838 --> 00:55:42,924
    We'll buy your swaps,
    but only if you say how you're fucking us.

    1227
    00:55:43,008 --> 00:55:45,510
    <i>I'm not fucking you, Vinnie.
    I'm kissing you.</i>

    1228
    00:55:45,593 --> 00:55:48,346
    I'm looking deep into your eyes
    as I make love to you, Vinnie.

    1229
    00:55:48,430 --> 00:55:51,766
    I'm handing you the deal of the century
    on a fucking platter.

    1230
    00:55:51,850 --> 00:55:54,227
    <i>What do I get out of it? Easy.</i>

    1231
    00:55:54,310 --> 00:55:56,730
    I got a $20-million-a-month
    negative carry.

    1232
    00:55:56,813 --> 00:55:58,189
    I got bosses trying to pull the plug

    1233
    00:55:58,273 --> 00:56:00,692
    because they think
    I'm out of my fucking mind.

    1234
    00:56:00,775 --> 00:56:01,776
    All right?

    1235
    00:56:01,860 --> 00:56:02,944
    We make this trade,

    1236
    00:56:03,028 --> 00:56:05,363
    those problems aren't so big anymore.

    1237
    00:56:05,447 --> 00:56:09,200
    And sure, swaps are a dark market,
    so I set the price.

    1238
    00:56:09,284 --> 00:56:10,785
    Whatever price I want.

    1239
    00:56:10,869 --> 00:56:12,287
    And when you come for the payday,

    1240
    00:56:12,412 --> 00:56:14,622
    I'm gonna rip your eyes out,
    I'm gonna make a fortune.

    1241
    00:56:15,749 --> 00:56:17,250
    <i>But the good news is, Vinnie,
    you're not gonna care</i>

    1242
    00:56:17,333 --> 00:56:19,544
    <i>because you're gonna make
    so much fucking money.</i>

    1243
    00:56:19,627 --> 00:56:20,920
    <i>That's what I get out of it.</i>

    1244
    00:56:21,004 --> 00:56:22,297
    <i>Want to know what you get out of it?</i>

    1245
    00:56:22,380 --> 00:56:25,884
    You get the ice cream, the hot fudge,
    the banana, and the nuts.

    1246
    00:56:25,967 --> 00:56:27,719
    Right now, I get the sprinkles, and, yeah,

    1247
    00:56:27,802 --> 00:56:30,430
    if this goes through, I get the cherry.

    1248
    00:56:30,513 --> 00:56:32,724
    But you get the sundae, Vinnie.

    1249
    00:56:32,807 --> 00:56:34,476
    <i>You get the sundae.</i>

    1250
    00:56:36,936 --> 00:56:39,731
    All right, I buy that. Thank you.

    1251
    00:56:39,814 --> 00:56:41,983
    <i>So what do you say?</i>

    1252
    00:56:42,067 --> 00:56:43,943
    <i>- You want me to make you a market?</i>
    - Yeah.

    1253
    00:56:44,027 --> 00:56:47,530
    We'll take $50 million, Garibaldi IV, BBB.

    1254
    00:56:48,990 --> 00:56:51,034
    Sharpen your pencils.
    I'll get the paperwork ready.

    1255
    00:56:52,535 --> 00:56:53,661
    (SIGHS)

    1256
    00:56:53,745 --> 00:56:55,246
    Fuck you, too.

    1257
    00:56:57,207 --> 00:56:58,708
    Yes!

    1258
    00:57:00,668 --> 00:57:01,669
    That's right.

    1259
    00:57:03,797 --> 00:57:05,715
    - Oh, man.
    - (EXHALES DEEPLY)

    1260
    00:57:05,799 --> 00:57:10,011
    He has so many numbers,
    and I always forget

    1261
    00:57:10,136 --> 00:57:11,763
    which one he prefers,
    because he's very specific.

    1262
    00:57:11,846 --> 00:57:13,056
    Start with the first one.

    1263
    00:57:13,139 --> 00:57:14,349
    I don't know if it's the first one.

    1264
    00:57:14,474 --> 00:57:15,767
    Just try it.

    1265
    00:57:15,850 --> 00:57:17,393
    Okay. I... Okay.

    1266
    00:57:18,186 --> 00:57:19,771
    (COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING)

    1267
    00:57:19,854 --> 00:57:21,272
    (LINE RINGING)

    1268
    00:57:21,356 --> 00:57:23,024
    (BIRD SCREECHING)

    1269
    00:57:26,152 --> 00:57:27,153
    (PHONE RINGING)

    1270
    00:57:35,036 --> 00:57:37,789
    - Ben Rickert.
    <i>- Hey, Ben. It's Jamie.</i>

    1271
    00:57:39,332 --> 00:57:41,412
    Jamie, you know you're
    not supposed to use this line.

    1272
    00:57:41,626 --> 00:57:42,919
    (DIAL TONE)

    1273
    00:57:43,670 --> 00:57:44,921
    Told you.

    1274
    00:57:46,297 --> 00:57:48,967
    Okay, let's try number two out of 14.

    1275
    00:57:52,220 --> 00:57:54,264
    (LINE RINGING)

    1276
    00:57:54,722 --> 00:57:55,723
    (PHONE RINGING)

    1277
    00:57:59,435 --> 00:58:00,478
    (DIAL TONE)

    1278
    00:58:00,562 --> 00:58:01,563
    Ben Rickert.

    1279
    00:58:01,646 --> 00:58:03,648
    Ben, why do you do that, man? I mean...

    1280
    00:58:03,731 --> 00:58:06,151
    You're a retired trader, okay?
    No one is listening to your calls.

    1281
    00:58:06,234 --> 00:58:07,944
    <i>The NSA has a $52 billion budget
    and the ability</i>

    1282
    00:58:08,027 --> 00:58:09,404
    to monitor tens of millions
    of calls a second.

    1283
    00:58:09,487 --> 00:58:11,823
    You think they're not using it?

    1284
    00:58:11,906 --> 00:58:14,742
    Hey, I promise I will refrain from saying

    1285
    00:58:14,826 --> 00:58:16,995
    "Ben Rickert" and "dirty bomb"
    in the same sent...

    1286
    00:58:17,579 --> 00:58:18,580
    (BEEPS)

    1287
    00:58:18,872 --> 00:58:20,540
    - Jesus fucking Christ.
    - I'm sorry, dude.

    1288
    00:58:20,623 --> 00:58:22,083
    - (PHONE RINGING)
    - (BEEPS)

    1289
    00:58:22,167 --> 00:58:23,251
    Ben Rickert.

    1290
    00:58:23,376 --> 00:58:25,753
    Did you get a chance to look
    at what we sent you, Ben?

    1291
    00:58:25,837 --> 00:58:28,006
    It's Charlie. I'm here, too.

    1292
    00:58:28,756 --> 00:58:31,092
    <i>Hi, Charlie. Yeah, I did. Hold on.</i>

    1293
    00:58:37,098 --> 00:58:38,183
    Ben, you still there?

    1294
    00:58:38,308 --> 00:58:39,434
    <i>Yeah.</i>

    1295
    00:58:40,185 --> 00:58:42,228
    I'll be honest, gentlemen.

    1296
    00:58:42,312 --> 00:58:44,230
    It scared the shit out of me.

    1297
    00:58:44,355 --> 00:58:45,732
    But that's a good thing, right?

    1298
    00:58:45,815 --> 00:58:48,610
    That means this Vennett guy's
    not wrong.

    1299
    00:58:49,319 --> 00:58:50,403
    No, he's not.

    1300
    00:58:53,114 --> 00:58:54,115
    Cool.

    1301
    00:58:54,199 --> 00:58:55,783
    Tell me more about these CDOs.

    1302
    00:58:55,867 --> 00:58:59,621
    JAMIE: <i>Yeah, yeah. Okay, so, you know,
    Vennett mentions the CDOs,</i>

    1303
    00:58:59,746 --> 00:59:01,289
    but actually, we took a look

    1304
    00:59:01,372 --> 00:59:03,092
    and they're way worse
    than even he realizes.

    1305
    00:59:03,124 --> 00:59:04,542
    These things don't make any sense!

    1306
    00:59:04,626 --> 00:59:05,906
    JAMIE: <i>We can't even model them.</i>

    1307
    00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:08,671
    These are 100 times bigger
    than the MBS.

    1308
    00:59:08,755 --> 00:59:10,340
    And 90% AAA-rated.

    1309
    00:59:10,423 --> 00:59:12,175
    - Yes! Exactly!
    - Over 90%.

    1310
    00:59:12,300 --> 00:59:13,384
    <i>It's incredible.</i>

    1311
    00:59:13,468 --> 00:59:16,638
    I took a good hard look
    at the CDOs you want to short.

    1312
    00:59:17,388 --> 00:59:19,807
    They're brilliant. Worthless. Total crap.

    1313
    00:59:20,475 --> 00:59:22,644
    - Jamie. Very good.
    - (LAUGHS)

    1314
    00:59:22,727 --> 00:59:26,231
    What can I say?
    I'm good at finding shit.

    1315
    00:59:26,314 --> 00:59:29,067
    CHARLIE: <i>So, Ben, we shorted
    the BB's and the BBB's,</i>

    1316
    00:59:29,150 --> 00:59:31,236
    <i>and the risk is relatively low.</i>

    1317
    00:59:31,319 --> 00:59:33,988
    <i>- Payoff is, like, 25-to-1.
    - Yeah.</i>

    1318
    00:59:36,324 --> 00:59:38,409
    Okay, so, why are you calling me?
    I don't do this anymore.

    1319
    00:59:38,493 --> 00:59:39,661
    Look, Ben?

    1320
    00:59:40,995 --> 00:59:44,749
    We need you to help us get the ISDA.

    1321
    00:59:44,832 --> 00:59:47,919
    If we get a hunting license,
    we can short this crap.

    1322
    00:59:48,002 --> 00:59:49,170
    <i>And we know you hate Wall Street.</i>

    1323
    00:59:49,295 --> 00:59:50,463
    <i>We're not asking you to do the trading.</i>

    1324
    00:59:50,546 --> 00:59:54,509
    <i>We're simply asking you
    to help us get a seat</i>

    1325
    00:59:54,592 --> 00:59:57,762
    <i>at the fucking table.</i>

    1326
    00:59:57,845 --> 00:59:59,764
    It's a pretty ugly table, guys.

    1327
    00:59:59,847 --> 01:00:04,852
    Look, Ben, the system fucked up
    in a big, big way here, okay?

    1328
    01:00:04,936 --> 01:00:07,021
    And somehow, uh,

    1329
    01:00:07,355 --> 01:00:10,024
    we know before anyone else.

    1330
    01:00:10,358 --> 01:00:13,278
    You know?
    This is a once-in-a-lifetime deal.

    1331
    01:00:15,863 --> 01:00:16,864
    I'm thinking.

    1332
    01:00:21,953 --> 01:00:23,871
    Okay. I'll call Deutsche Bank.

    1333
    01:00:23,955 --> 01:00:26,207
    Thank you, Ben. Thank you.

    1334
    01:00:26,291 --> 01:00:29,877
    And Bear. What about Bear?
    They have some reprehensible product.

    1335
    01:00:30,211 --> 01:00:32,547
    <i>Okay. Bear will trade with anybody.</i>

    1336
    01:01:20,678 --> 01:01:23,431
    All right.
    I'll see if I can push it through.

    1337
    01:01:23,514 --> 01:01:25,350
    Thank you, Noah.
    And thank Jared for us.

    1338
    01:01:27,310 --> 01:01:28,519
    Couldn't we go inside?

    1339
    01:01:28,644 --> 01:01:29,854
    Yeah, me, too.

    1340
    01:02:13,981 --> 01:02:16,317
    Hi. It's Mark. I need to
    talk to Vinnie right now.

    1341
    01:02:16,401 --> 01:02:19,821
    We're just asking you to explain to us

    1342
    01:02:19,987 --> 01:02:22,448
    just how it is that you are fucking us,

    1343
    01:02:22,532 --> 01:02:23,783
    because what we are seeing...

    1344
    01:02:26,661 --> 01:02:27,995
    Morgan Stanley building, fast.

    1345
    01:02:28,955 --> 01:02:31,416
    Are we hooked up
    to the same computer screen?

    1346
    01:02:31,499 --> 01:02:33,167
    It doesn't make any sense.

    1347
    01:02:33,376 --> 01:02:35,169
    (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

    1348
    01:02:36,003 --> 01:02:37,463
    MARK: <i>Vinnie, you there?</i>

    1349
    01:02:37,880 --> 01:02:38,881
    Mark, you there?

    1350
    01:02:38,965 --> 01:02:39,965
    Yeah, did you hear?

    1351
    01:02:40,007 --> 01:02:41,767
    Mortgage defaults have
    gone through the roof.

    1352
    01:02:41,843 --> 01:02:43,302
    Is anybody jumping off of buildings yet?

    1353
    01:02:43,386 --> 01:02:45,596
    Why would they?
    Subprime mortgage bond prices are up.

    1354
    01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:46,722
    What?

    1355
    01:02:46,806 --> 01:02:50,101
    Vennett wants $1.9 million more
    in collateral by close.

    1356
    01:02:50,184 --> 01:02:51,477
    Vennett's asking us to post collateral.

    1357
    01:02:51,561 --> 01:02:52,979
    What the hell is going on?

    1358
    01:02:53,062 --> 01:02:55,022
    We don't know, but Deutsche's
    on the phone demanding payment.

    1359
    01:02:55,106 --> 01:02:56,941
    <i>Call Vennett. Call that little shit.</i>

    1360
    01:02:57,024 --> 01:02:58,985
    Call Vennett.
    Tell him to get his ass down here.

    1361
    01:02:59,068 --> 01:03:00,862
    So subprime loans go bad,

    1362
    01:03:00,945 --> 01:03:04,157
    but subprime bonds, which are made up
    of subprime loans, are more valuable?

    1363
    01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:06,701
    I know. They want another
    $1.9 million by market close.

    1364
    01:03:06,826 --> 01:03:08,953
    What about the ratings agencies?
    Moody's, S&P...

    1365
    01:03:09,036 --> 01:03:11,456
    Are they downgrading the CDOs
    and mortgage bonds?

    1366
    01:03:11,539 --> 01:03:12,623
    Where are the ratings agencies at?

    1367
    01:03:12,707 --> 01:03:14,208
    They're the fucking same.

    1368
    01:03:14,333 --> 01:03:15,793
    No, they're all still AAA.

    1369
    01:03:15,877 --> 01:03:18,379
    What the hell?
    Are you fucking kidding me?

    1370
    01:03:18,463 --> 01:03:20,548
    Those fuckers! Those motherfuckers!

    1371
    01:03:20,631 --> 01:03:23,631
    They go public, and all they care about
    is their bottom line and their shit.

    1372
    01:03:23,676 --> 01:03:25,428
    Hey, Mark, that's not all.

    1373
    01:03:25,511 --> 01:03:26,804
    The Morgan Stanley risk guys are here.

    1374
    01:03:26,888 --> 01:03:28,264
    They called in Kathy Tao.

    1375
    01:03:28,347 --> 01:03:30,475
    They're trying to convince her
    to make us sell our swaps.

    1376
    01:03:30,558 --> 01:03:32,810
    Apparently, tying up six years
    of insurance payments

    1377
    01:03:32,894 --> 01:03:34,645
    in hopes of a housing Armageddon

    1378
    01:03:34,729 --> 01:03:35,980
    <i>is not prudent investing.</i>

    1379
    01:03:36,105 --> 01:03:37,356
    What did Kathy say?

    1380
    01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:40,151
    Nothing yet. She keeps asking
    if this is one of your crusades.

    1381
    01:03:40,234 --> 01:03:42,153
    Okay, I want you to walk back in there

    1382
    01:03:42,236 --> 01:03:43,905
    and very calmly, very politely,

    1383
    01:03:43,988 --> 01:03:46,657
    tell the risk assessors to fuck off.

    1384
    01:03:46,782 --> 01:03:48,462
    And then meet me over
    at Standard & Poor's.

    1385
    01:03:48,534 --> 01:03:50,036
    We're gonna talk to Georgia.

    1386
    01:03:50,119 --> 01:03:51,162
    VINNIE: <i>All right. Okay.</i>

    1387
    01:03:51,245 --> 01:03:53,164
    Get that fuck Jared Vennett in this office.

    1388
    01:03:53,247 --> 01:03:55,041
    <i>I'm gonna bash his fucking head in.</i>

    1389
    01:03:56,417 --> 01:03:58,669
    (INAUDIBLE)

    1390
    01:04:00,046 --> 01:04:01,631
    Uh, gentlemen?

    1391
    01:04:01,714 --> 01:04:04,759
    I spoke with Mark Baum.
    He says to fuck off.

    1392
    01:04:18,564 --> 01:04:20,900
    I can't see a damn thing.

    1393
    01:04:22,276 --> 01:04:24,779
    (SIGHS) My eye doctor's always busy.

    1394
    01:04:24,862 --> 01:04:26,656
    I end up taking
    any appointment they'll give me,

    1395
    01:04:26,739 --> 01:04:29,075
    and then the whole morning
    gets shot to hell!

    1396
    01:04:30,243 --> 01:04:31,744
    So...

    1397
    01:04:32,245 --> 01:04:33,746
    All righty,

    1398
    01:04:34,121 --> 01:04:36,624
    FrontPoint Partners,

    1399
    01:04:37,166 --> 01:04:39,544
    how can Standard & Poor's help you?

    1400
    01:04:39,627 --> 01:04:40,878
    VINNIE: Well, we don't understand why

    1401
    01:04:40,962 --> 01:04:43,589
    the ratings agencies haven't
    downgraded subprime bonds

    1402
    01:04:43,673 --> 01:04:46,717
    since the underlying loans
    are clearly deteriorating.

    1403
    01:04:46,801 --> 01:04:49,220
    Well, the delinquency rates
    do have people worried,

    1404
    01:04:49,303 --> 01:04:51,097
    but they're actually within our models.

    1405
    01:04:51,180 --> 01:04:53,140
    - So...
    - VINNIE: Says you.

    1406
    01:04:54,308 --> 01:04:56,727
    ...you're convinced
    the underlying mortgages

    1407
    01:04:56,811 --> 01:04:59,230
    in these bonds are solid loans.

    1408
    01:04:59,355 --> 01:05:01,232
    GEORGIA: That is our opinion, yes.

    1409
    01:05:01,315 --> 01:05:03,401
    Have you looked at the loan-level data?

    1410
    01:05:03,484 --> 01:05:05,236
    I mean, they're giving these loans

    1411
    01:05:05,319 --> 01:05:06,571
    to anybody with a credit score
    and a pulse.

    1412
    01:05:06,654 --> 01:05:09,240
    Excuse me, sir. What do you think
    we do here all day?

    1413
    01:05:09,323 --> 01:05:10,366
    VINNIE: We're not sure.
    That's why we're here.

    1414
    01:05:10,449 --> 01:05:11,576
    Here's what I don't understand...

    1415
    01:05:11,659 --> 01:05:13,369
    We check, recheck, recheck again.

    1416
    01:05:13,494 --> 01:05:14,787
    MARK: If these mortgage bonds
    are so stable...

    1417
    01:05:14,870 --> 01:05:16,581
    Perhaps you could check your friend.

    1418
    01:05:16,664 --> 01:05:18,666
    MARK:...have you ever refused to rate...

    1419
    01:05:18,749 --> 01:05:20,084
    VINNIE: Ma'am, that's delusional.

    1420
    01:05:20,167 --> 01:05:21,294
    GEORGIA: We stand behind them.

    1421
    01:05:21,377 --> 01:05:22,962
    MARK: Georgia,
    have you ever refused to rate

    1422
    01:05:23,045 --> 01:05:26,340
    any of these bonds upper tranches AAA?

    1423
    01:05:26,424 --> 01:05:28,009
    Can we see the paperwork
    on those deals?

    1424
    01:05:28,092 --> 01:05:30,094
    I am under no obligation
    to share that information

    1425
    01:05:30,177 --> 01:05:31,262
    with you, whoever you might be.

    1426
    01:05:31,345 --> 01:05:33,055
    Just answer the question, Georgia.

    1427
    01:05:33,180 --> 01:05:35,141
    Can you name one time in the past year

    1428
    01:05:35,224 --> 01:05:36,559
    where you checked the tape

    1429
    01:05:36,642 --> 01:05:40,855
    and you didn't give the banks
    the AAA percentage they wanted?

    1430
    01:05:43,107 --> 01:05:44,275
    If we don't give them the ratings,

    1431
    01:05:44,358 --> 01:05:46,277
    they'll go to Moody's,
    right down the block.

    1432
    01:05:47,194 --> 01:05:50,531
    If we don't work with them,
    they will go to our competitors.

    1433
    01:05:51,198 --> 01:05:54,368
    Not our fault.
    Simply the way the world works.

    1434
    01:05:58,706 --> 01:06:01,208
    - VINNIE: Holy shit.
    - Yes, now you see.

    1435
    01:06:02,251 --> 01:06:04,295
    And I never said that.

    1436
    01:06:04,378 --> 01:06:06,797
    They're selling ratings for fees.

    1437
    01:06:06,881 --> 01:06:07,881
    A ratings shop.

    1438
    01:06:07,923 --> 01:06:10,760
    You can afford to make less. Make less.

    1439
    01:06:10,843 --> 01:06:12,720
    Nobody said that.

    1440
    01:06:12,803 --> 01:06:14,972
    And it is not my decision.
    I have a boss.

    1441
    01:06:15,056 --> 01:06:16,390
    Are you kidding me?

    1442
    01:06:16,557 --> 01:06:17,850
    No, I am not "kidding you".

    1443
    01:06:17,933 --> 01:06:20,227
    How'd your boss do on the IPO?

    1444
    01:06:20,311 --> 01:06:21,520
    MARK: Is that the angle you're taking?

    1445
    01:06:21,604 --> 01:06:25,149
    So, now, anyone who has a boss
    can't be held responsible

    1446
    01:06:25,232 --> 01:06:26,672
    for doing shitty and illegal things.

    1447
    01:06:26,734 --> 01:06:28,319
    What are you, four?

    1448
    01:06:28,402 --> 01:06:32,698
    No, I am not four, Mr. Baum.
    I am not, no.

    1449
    01:06:32,782 --> 01:06:36,160
    And I wonder what
    your incentives might be.

    1450
    01:06:36,285 --> 01:06:37,828
    Is it maybe in your best interest

    1451
    01:06:37,912 --> 01:06:40,915
    to have the ratings change?
    Is it, perhaps?

    1452
    01:06:42,708 --> 01:06:45,252
    How many credit default swaps
    do you own? Hmm?

    1453
    01:06:47,296 --> 01:06:49,173
    It doesn't make me wrong.

    1454
    01:06:49,256 --> 01:06:50,383
    No.

    1455
    01:06:50,466 --> 01:06:52,593
    It just makes you a hypocrite.

    1456
    01:06:59,600 --> 01:07:01,268
    (HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYING)

    1457
    01:07:33,217 --> 01:07:35,219
    Fuck!

    1458
    01:07:35,302 --> 01:07:36,429
    BEN: <i>Mortgage delinquencies went up</i>

    1459
    01:07:36,512 --> 01:07:38,556
    <i>and the CDOs got more valuable.
    Unbelievable.</i>

    1460
    01:07:38,639 --> 01:07:40,891
    <i>- Unbelievable.</i>
    - We know. It's completely backwards.

    1461
    01:07:40,975 --> 01:07:42,560
    <i>I just called an old friend at Bear.</i>

    1462
    01:07:42,643 --> 01:07:44,311
    <i>He didn't even know what a CDO is.</i>

    1463
    01:07:44,395 --> 01:07:48,733
    JAMIE: Yeah, I just had to wire
    Bear and Deutsche $70,000.

    1464
    01:07:48,816 --> 01:07:51,152
    It's like two plus two equals

    1465
    01:07:51,652 --> 01:07:52,820
    fish.

    1466
    01:07:52,903 --> 01:07:55,573
    CHARLIE: It's rigged.
    We bought into a rigged game.

    1467
    01:07:55,656 --> 01:07:57,450
    We're gonna lose everything.

    1468
    01:07:57,533 --> 01:07:59,994
    I'm gonna have to move
    back in with my mom.

    1469
    01:08:00,536 --> 01:08:01,912
    Can't do that.

    1470
    01:08:01,996 --> 01:08:04,165
    BEN: <i>All right.
    Well, I got a colonic appointment.</i>

    1471
    01:08:04,248 --> 01:08:05,916
    Wait a minute. Hold on, Ben.

    1472
    01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:07,334
    Ben, look.

    1473
    01:08:07,418 --> 01:08:09,795
    Either the banks are clueless

    1474
    01:08:09,879 --> 01:08:12,173
    and they don't know
    how to value these CDOs,

    1475
    01:08:12,256 --> 01:08:17,261
    or they're such crooks
    that the CDOs are worth shit

    1476
    01:08:17,428 --> 01:08:19,013
    and they're hiding it.

    1477
    01:08:21,348 --> 01:08:22,808
    I think we should buy more swaps.

    1478
    01:08:23,350 --> 01:08:24,393
    What?

    1479
    01:08:24,477 --> 01:08:26,479
    Suck it up and pay up, fellas.
    We made a deal.

    1480
    01:08:26,562 --> 01:08:28,606
    No way! No!

    1481
    01:08:28,689 --> 01:08:30,107
    Are you fucking kidding me?

    1482
    01:08:30,191 --> 01:08:32,526
    Are you serious?
    You think this is a game?

    1483
    01:08:32,610 --> 01:08:33,861
    No. No. No. No. No.

    1484
    01:08:34,028 --> 01:08:35,279
    Yeah. Yeah.

    1485
    01:08:35,780 --> 01:08:37,865
    (ALL SHOUTING)

    1486
    01:08:41,827 --> 01:08:43,496
    No! No! No!

    1487
    01:08:43,621 --> 01:08:45,289
    BEN: <i>No, seriously,
    a colonic once a year.</i>

    1488
    01:08:45,372 --> 01:08:46,373
    DANNY: Ass!

    1489
    01:08:46,457 --> 01:08:48,793
    PORTER: And you got a matching
    little butler boy, you buttfuck!

    1490
    01:08:48,876 --> 01:08:49,877
    (SIGHS)

    1491
    01:08:53,130 --> 01:08:54,965
    - Are you done?
    - DANNY: I think so, yeah.

    1492
    01:08:55,049 --> 01:08:57,802
    God! I pulled a muscle
    in my back from yelling.

    1493
    01:08:58,719 --> 01:08:59,720
    Ow!

    1494
    01:09:00,387 --> 01:09:03,724
    VINNIE: Mortgage defaults
    have done nothing but go up.

    1495
    01:09:04,058 --> 01:09:07,228
    Yet you quote us
    a higher price on the bonds.

    1496
    01:09:08,103 --> 01:09:10,231
    Please explain that to me.
    There's no way that makes sense.

    1497
    01:09:10,314 --> 01:09:13,317
    There's no way you're marking
    these swaps appropriately.

    1498
    01:09:13,984 --> 01:09:15,944
    Why shouldn't we back out
    of this trade right now?

    1499
    01:09:18,405 --> 01:09:20,074
    JARED: Didn't I say when
    we made this deal

    1500
    01:09:20,199 --> 01:09:21,826
    that the ratings agencies, the SEC

    1501
    01:09:21,909 --> 01:09:24,411
    and the big banks were clueless?
    Didn't I say that?

    1502
    01:09:24,495 --> 01:09:25,788
    - CHRIS: Yes.
    - Didn't I say it?

    1503
    01:09:25,871 --> 01:09:27,706
    Yes, you did. You did.

    1504
    01:09:27,832 --> 01:09:29,291
    Shut up.

    1505
    01:09:29,375 --> 01:09:30,709
    Now their foot's on fire, they think

    1506
    01:09:30,793 --> 01:09:32,336
    their steak is done,
    and you're surprised?

    1507
    01:09:32,419 --> 01:09:35,214
    That's not stupidity. That's fraud.

    1508
    01:09:35,297 --> 01:09:37,007
    Tell me the difference
    between stupid and illegal,

    1509
    01:09:37,091 --> 01:09:39,093
    and I'll have my wife's brother arrested.

    1510
    01:09:39,176 --> 01:09:40,427
    (SNICKERS)

    1511
    01:09:40,970 --> 01:09:41,971
    That was funny.

    1512
    01:09:42,096 --> 01:09:45,766
    JARED: I guess you just don't realize
    how clueless the system really is.

    1513
    01:09:45,850 --> 01:09:48,185
    Yes, there's some
    shady shit going down,

    1514
    01:09:48,269 --> 01:09:51,605
    but trust me, it's fueled by stupidity!

    1515
    01:09:52,815 --> 01:09:54,149
    Look at yourselves.

    1516
    01:09:54,942 --> 01:09:58,404
    You know,
    you pass yourself off as cynical people

    1517
    01:09:58,487 --> 01:10:00,865
    but you still have some faith
    in the system, don't you?

    1518
    01:10:00,948 --> 01:10:02,241
    I don't.

    1519
    01:10:02,324 --> 01:10:05,202
    Well, except for Vinnie.
    And who gives a shit?

    1520
    01:10:05,286 --> 01:10:07,037
    - JAMIE: No way!
    - Look...

    1521
    01:10:07,121 --> 01:10:10,291
    Either we're right or we're wrong
    in a giant, giant way.

    1522
    01:10:10,374 --> 01:10:12,251
    And if we're wrong,
    then we got to find someone

    1523
    01:10:12,334 --> 01:10:13,961
    to help us get out of this trade.

    1524
    01:10:14,044 --> 01:10:16,797
    I'm not feeling remotely confident
    that we're right.

    1525
    01:10:16,881 --> 01:10:20,301
    And if we're wrong,
    who's gonna tell us?

    1526
    01:10:20,384 --> 01:10:23,804
    Who understands this stuff?
    It makes no sense!

    1527
    01:10:24,221 --> 01:10:25,222
    (STATIC)

    1528
    01:10:26,265 --> 01:10:28,058
    BEN: <i>I think we need to go to Vegas.</i>

    1529
    01:10:28,142 --> 01:10:30,311
    - What's in Vegas?
    - Vegas?

    1530
    01:10:30,394 --> 01:10:32,271
    What the hell's in Las Vegas?

    1531
    01:10:33,355 --> 01:10:36,567
    The American Securitization Forum
    is there next week.

    1532
    01:10:36,650 --> 01:10:39,069
    Every bond and CDO salesman,
    subprime lender

    1533
    01:10:39,153 --> 01:10:41,238
    and swap trader is gonna be there.

    1534
    01:10:41,322 --> 01:10:44,074
    I'm telling you,
    your bet is against dumb money.

    1535
    01:10:44,158 --> 01:10:46,994
    It's about time you find out
    just how dumb that money really is.

    1536
    01:10:47,077 --> 01:10:48,203
    PORTER: God, I hate Vegas.

    1537
    01:10:48,329 --> 01:10:49,747
    I hear the food has gotten
    really good in Vegas.

    1538
    01:10:49,830 --> 01:10:51,332
    They have a Nobu now.

    1539
    01:10:51,415 --> 01:10:52,791
    Would you fucking stop it?

    1540
    01:11:16,023 --> 01:11:17,024
    (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

    1541
    01:11:34,208 --> 01:11:35,626
    (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

    1542
    01:11:39,380 --> 01:11:40,381
    CHARLIE: Any sense?

    1543
    01:11:40,547 --> 01:11:42,049
    BEN: And if a bond is "rich" it is...

    1544
    01:11:42,383 --> 01:11:45,469
    - I don't know, loaded with assets?
    - "Rich" just means overpriced.

    1545
    01:11:45,552 --> 01:11:47,513
    I can't sleep on planes,
    so I did my homework.

    1546
    01:11:47,596 --> 01:11:50,015
    Okay, let's focus. What's our goal?

    1547
    01:11:50,099 --> 01:11:52,434
    To figure out if this
    is a deal of a lifetime

    1548
    01:11:52,518 --> 01:11:54,311
    or if everyone here
    knows something we don't

    1549
    01:11:54,395 --> 01:11:56,230
    and we're gonna get royally screwed.

    1550
    01:11:56,313 --> 01:11:59,066
    Right. Remember that
    when you meet with the guys from Bear.

    1551
    01:11:59,233 --> 01:12:00,985
    I set you up with a face-to-face.

    1552
    01:12:01,068 --> 01:12:02,361
    - Awesome.
    - Where is that?

    1553
    01:12:02,444 --> 01:12:06,782
    Holy shit. Five years ago,
    Securitization was a loser convention.

    1554
    01:12:06,865 --> 01:12:08,951
    100, maybe 200 people would show.

    1555
    01:12:09,076 --> 01:12:11,203
    $500 billion a year later, you get this.

    1556
    01:12:11,286 --> 01:12:12,955
    PORTER: There's a lot of
    smug-looking people in here, huh?

    1557
    01:12:13,038 --> 01:12:16,500
    It's like someone hit a piñata
    filled with white people who suck at golf.

    1558
    01:12:16,583 --> 01:12:18,085
    I mean, who are all these clowns?

    1559
    01:12:18,168 --> 01:12:19,545
    DANNY: Oh, come on.
    I think it looks fun.

    1560
    01:12:19,628 --> 01:12:23,090
    MARK: Certainly. Vennett says these
    are the people we're betting against.

    1561
    01:12:23,173 --> 01:12:25,050
    - Yeah, here we go. Here we go.
    - DANNY: There he is.

    1562
    01:12:25,134 --> 01:12:26,885
    Chris, on my left. Chris, on my left.

    1563
    01:12:27,344 --> 01:12:28,470
    Gentlemen.

    1564
    01:12:28,554 --> 01:12:32,141
    When do we get a chance to face time
    with some of these lovely folks?

    1565
    01:12:32,224 --> 01:12:33,642
    Chris, give him the keycards.

    1566
    01:12:33,767 --> 01:12:34,977
    Do you even know which keycards
    you're giving out?

    1567
    01:12:35,060 --> 01:12:36,061
    - You're just giving them out?
    - Thank you.

    1568
    01:12:36,145 --> 01:12:38,856
    First of all, how was your travel?
    How are you? Uneventful?

    1569
    01:12:38,939 --> 01:12:40,149
    - Uneventful.
    - Okay.

    1570
    01:12:40,232 --> 01:12:41,942
    I've been here for six hours.
    I've already been to the gym,

    1571
    01:12:42,026 --> 01:12:43,360
    I had two poached eggs

    1572
    01:12:43,444 --> 01:12:45,070
    and I played blackjack
    with Harry Dean Stanton.

    1573
    01:12:45,154 --> 01:12:46,613
    MARK: Thank you for your diary.

    1574
    01:12:47,072 --> 01:12:48,699
    Face time. I'd like some face time.

    1575
    01:12:48,782 --> 01:12:50,242
    Just remember.
    We're here to gather information.

    1576
    01:12:50,325 --> 01:12:51,744
    We're gathering information, okay?

    1577
    01:12:51,827 --> 01:12:54,204
    We're not advertising
    our short position. All right?

    1578
    01:12:54,288 --> 01:12:55,914
    We don't want to spook everybody.
    Can you do that?

    1579
    01:12:55,998 --> 01:12:57,541
    I know you got a big mouth,
    you like to run it.

    1580
    01:12:57,624 --> 01:12:59,376
    Can you just keep it shut for a few days?

    1581
    01:12:59,460 --> 01:13:00,586
    Okay. Okay.

    1582
    01:13:00,669 --> 01:13:02,504
    Yeah, don't worry. We'll play nice.

    1583
    01:13:02,629 --> 01:13:03,922
    Ladies and gentlemen.

    1584
    01:13:04,006 --> 01:13:06,216
    Business is good.

    1585
    01:13:06,300 --> 01:13:07,718
    Profits are strong

    1586
    01:13:07,801 --> 01:13:10,721
    and the mortgage continues
    to be the bedrock

    1587
    01:13:10,804 --> 01:13:13,140
    on which this economy is built.

    1588
    01:13:13,432 --> 01:13:14,975
    (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

    1589
    01:13:17,811 --> 01:13:19,396
    And, yes, we had to take some losses

    1590
    01:13:19,480 --> 01:13:22,775
    in our subprime department last year,
    but those losses

    1591
    01:13:22,858 --> 01:13:25,486
    will be contained at only 5%.

    1592
    01:13:25,652 --> 01:13:27,780
    Now, in our residential sector...

    1593
    01:13:27,863 --> 01:13:29,031
    VINNIE: Mark, it's not a Q and A.

    1594
    01:13:29,156 --> 01:13:30,824
    ...our rollout of those
    variable rate packages

    1595
    01:13:30,908 --> 01:13:32,534
    were gobbled up by the consumers!

    1596
    01:13:32,659 --> 01:13:34,703
    MARK: I have a question, please.

    1597
    01:13:36,497 --> 01:13:37,498
    Uh...

    1598
    01:13:37,664 --> 01:13:39,750
    Sir, the Q and A is after my statements.

    1599
    01:13:39,833 --> 01:13:42,252
    But you know what? You seem anxious.
    How can I help you?

    1600
    01:13:42,336 --> 01:13:44,254
    - Thank you. How are you?
    - Fine, thank you.

    1601
    01:13:44,338 --> 01:13:47,466
    Would you say that it is a possibility

    1602
    01:13:47,549 --> 01:13:52,179
    or a probability that
    subprime losses stop at 5%?

    1603
    01:13:52,387 --> 01:13:53,472
    Thank you.

    1604
    01:13:53,555 --> 01:13:58,352
    I would say it is a very
    strong probability, indeed.

    1605
    01:13:58,852 --> 01:14:01,396
    So back to the residential sector.

    1606
    01:14:01,522 --> 01:14:03,607
    When we rolled out the new
    variable rates package...

    1607
    01:14:03,690 --> 01:14:06,193
    - MARK: Excuse me.
    - Um... (CHUCKLES)

    1608
    01:14:07,694 --> 01:14:08,779
    Yes, sir.

    1609
    01:14:08,862 --> 01:14:12,241
    Zero! Zero!

    1610
    01:14:12,366 --> 01:14:15,119
    There is a 0% chance

    1611
    01:14:15,202 --> 01:14:18,997
    that your subprime losses
    will stop at 5%.

    1612
    01:14:19,081 --> 01:14:20,201
    - Zero.
    - (CELL PHONE CHIMES)

    1613
    01:14:20,249 --> 01:14:21,792
    Excuse me.

    1614
    01:14:21,875 --> 01:14:22,918
    I have to take this.

    1615
    01:14:23,001 --> 01:14:24,962
    MAN: He must be from Bank of America.

    1616
    01:14:25,045 --> 01:14:26,046
    (ALL LAUGHING)

    1617
    01:14:26,672 --> 01:14:29,341
    - MAN: Our subprime department is fine.
    - No, I'm not doing anything right now.

    1618
    01:14:29,424 --> 01:14:30,968
    MAN: As I was saying,
    our residential department...

    1619
    01:14:31,051 --> 01:14:32,219
    How are the kids?

    1620
    01:14:32,344 --> 01:14:34,721
    MAN:...consumers
    reacted to our packages...

    1621
    01:14:34,805 --> 01:14:36,473
    Mark Baum really did that.

    1622
    01:14:36,557 --> 01:14:37,808
    When we were in Vegas, he did that.

    1623
    01:14:37,891 --> 01:14:40,060
    He said that, he took the call.

    1624
    01:14:40,519 --> 01:14:42,229
    Now you see what I had to deal with?

    1625
    01:14:42,563 --> 01:14:44,439
    (GUNFIRE)

    1626
    01:14:51,029 --> 01:14:52,573
    (SHOUTING)

    1627
    01:14:53,073 --> 01:14:54,575
    (WHOOPING)

    1628
    01:14:55,909 --> 01:14:58,036
    Yeah, the Beretta... Meh.

    1629
    01:14:58,120 --> 01:15:00,330
    But this Uzi is fucking awesome!

    1630
    01:15:00,414 --> 01:15:03,000
    I need this CDO machine
    to run for another two years.

    1631
    01:15:03,083 --> 01:15:06,336
    And then I'm rich as fuck
    and I got my house in Aspen.

    1632
    01:15:06,420 --> 01:15:09,631
    But do you have any concerns
    about the performance

    1633
    01:15:09,715 --> 01:15:11,300
    of the underlying securitizations?

    1634
    01:15:11,383 --> 01:15:13,177
    It's easy to see that delinquencies

    1635
    01:15:13,260 --> 01:15:16,138
    and default rates
    are on the rise right now.

    1636
    01:15:16,221 --> 01:15:18,390
    Could you please stop
    being such a buzzkill, dude?

    1637
    01:15:18,765 --> 01:15:21,310
    We didn't bring you out here
    to talk about work, bro.

    1638
    01:15:21,393 --> 01:15:22,853
    Why did you bring us out here?

    1639
    01:15:22,936 --> 01:15:26,148
    Because we need to be able
    to expense the ammo to a client.

    1640
    01:15:26,231 --> 01:15:29,234
    I'm gonna go shoot some terrorists.
    Watch how it's done, boys!

    1641
    01:15:29,443 --> 01:15:30,694
    CHARLIE: These guys are morons.

    1642
    01:15:30,819 --> 01:15:32,446
    - Fucking tool.
    - MAN: Whoo!

    1643
    01:15:32,779 --> 01:15:33,822
    These guys are morons.

    1644
    01:15:34,948 --> 01:15:36,116
    Fuck, yes! Boom!

    1645
    01:15:36,283 --> 01:15:37,409
    Yeah, man!

    1646
    01:15:37,492 --> 01:15:39,870
    We need to be buying up every swap
    we can get our hands on here.

    1647
    01:15:39,953 --> 01:15:42,247
    Just hold on, okay? Hold on.

    1648
    01:15:42,331 --> 01:15:44,625
    My brother's ex-girlfriend
    works for the SEC.

    1649
    01:15:44,750 --> 01:15:46,585
    She just told me she's in town, okay?

    1650
    01:15:46,668 --> 01:15:48,795
    So, if we're missing something,
    maybe she can tell me.

    1651
    01:15:48,921 --> 01:15:50,547
    You know, give me some insight.

    1652
    01:15:50,631 --> 01:15:52,382
    In the meantime, you go to the main floor

    1653
    01:15:52,466 --> 01:15:54,176
    <i>and price some swaps.</i>

    1654
    01:15:54,635 --> 01:15:56,053
    JAMIE: (STAMMERS)
    Well, actually, we're

    1655
    01:15:56,136 --> 01:15:58,639
    about to invest in housing bonds, and...

    1656
    01:15:58,722 --> 01:16:01,391
    I was wondering if the SEC
    is worried about them at all.

    1657
    01:16:01,475 --> 01:16:04,228
    I know you're not allowed
    to tell me specifics, but just generally.

    1658
    01:16:04,311 --> 01:16:06,521
    Oh, we don't
    investigate mortgage bonds.

    1659
    01:16:06,605 --> 01:16:09,942
    Truth is, since we got our budget cut,
    we don't investigate much.

    1660
    01:16:11,985 --> 01:16:14,947
    - Then why are you here? I thought...
    - I'm not here for the SEC.

    1661
    01:16:15,030 --> 01:16:16,698
    I'm here on my own dime.

    1662
    01:16:17,658 --> 01:16:20,869
    I'm floating my resume
    to some big banks.

    1663
    01:16:20,953 --> 01:16:22,537
    How's your brother, by the way?

    1664
    01:16:22,621 --> 01:16:24,498
    How are you floating
    your resume to big banks?

    1665
    01:16:24,581 --> 01:16:25,958
    I mean, you're supposed to be the ones,

    1666
    01:16:26,083 --> 01:16:27,417
    you know, policing the big banks.

    1667
    01:16:27,501 --> 01:16:28,919
    Grow up, Jamie.

    1668
    01:16:29,002 --> 01:16:32,756
    There must be some kind of law against
    working for a financial institution

    1669
    01:16:32,839 --> 01:16:36,051
    right after you've been working
    in financial regulation, right?

    1670
    01:16:36,134 --> 01:16:38,220
    No. No.

    1671
    01:16:39,304 --> 01:16:41,848
    (GASPS) Hey! Dougie!

    1672
    01:16:42,683 --> 01:16:45,644
    Hey! Come over here.
    What are you doing at Caesars?

    1673
    01:16:45,727 --> 01:16:47,229
    He's at Goldman.

    1674
    01:16:47,854 --> 01:16:48,897
    See you.

    1675
    01:16:48,981 --> 01:16:54,027
    We can do BBB-level swaps
    at 500 basis points. Maybe.

    1676
    01:16:54,111 --> 01:16:57,906
    You're pricing the swaps
    like the bond is gonna collapse

    1677
    01:16:57,990 --> 01:17:00,367
    even though the bond value's
    going up? Really?

    1678
    01:17:00,909 --> 01:17:01,994
    Sign of the times.

    1679
    01:17:02,077 --> 01:17:03,437
    CHARLIE: What the hell
    is going on?

    1680
    01:18:01,970 --> 01:18:05,766
    Lewis, can you come in
    early tomorrow, please?

    1681
    01:18:05,849 --> 01:18:08,143
    I need to unload the AIG
    and Countrywide

    1682
    01:18:08,226 --> 01:18:09,686
    and Freddie Mac positions

    1683
    01:18:09,770 --> 01:18:12,272
    so that we can afford
    the premiums on the...

    1684
    01:18:12,439 --> 01:18:13,440
    (SIGHS)

    1685
    01:18:13,523 --> 01:18:16,443
    ...core mortgage shorts on the swaps.

    1686
    01:18:16,902 --> 01:18:18,403
    No problem, Dr. Burry.

    1687
    01:18:20,447 --> 01:18:21,615
    - Dr. Burry?
    - Hmm?

    1688
    01:18:23,533 --> 01:18:24,534
    (CLEARS THROAT)

    1689
    01:18:25,202 --> 01:18:26,244
    If the investors withdraw,

    1690
    01:18:26,328 --> 01:18:29,081
    what's going to happen here?
    Are we done?

    1691
    01:18:29,206 --> 01:18:31,124
    Honestly, I don't know.

    1692
    01:18:35,379 --> 01:18:37,089
    (STAMMERS)

    1693
    01:18:38,799 --> 01:18:41,051
    The bonds aren't going down.

    1694
    01:18:42,302 --> 01:18:44,971
    They won't move. It's possible

    1695
    01:18:45,389 --> 01:18:49,976
    that we are in a completely
    fraudulent system.

    1696
    01:18:51,395 --> 01:18:54,064
    Or... (STAMMERS) You're wrong.

    1697
    01:18:58,819 --> 01:18:59,903
    Sure.

    1698
    01:19:00,654 --> 01:19:04,658
    It's possible I'm wrong.
    I just don't know how.

    1699
    01:19:09,371 --> 01:19:13,542
    I guess when someone's wrong,
    they never...

    1700
    01:19:13,917 --> 01:19:16,169
    They never know how.

    1701
    01:19:20,465 --> 01:19:21,508
    LEWIS: See you in the morning.

    1702
    01:19:21,633 --> 01:19:22,676
    Yeah.

    1703
    01:19:24,469 --> 01:19:26,471
    Even Bear upped their prices.

    1704
    01:19:27,055 --> 01:19:29,558
    And they keep calling us Brownhole.

    1705
    01:19:29,641 --> 01:19:31,268
    You just don't have the money
    or the reputation.

    1706
    01:19:31,351 --> 01:19:32,686
    Don't take it personally.

    1707
    01:19:32,811 --> 01:19:34,104
    I don't think I have
    the strip club in me tonight.

    1708
    01:19:34,187 --> 01:19:37,858
    I'm just gonna get some ginger ale
    and watch some pay-per-view.

    1709
    01:19:37,941 --> 01:19:40,318
    I'll book us some flights out
    for the morning.

    1710
    01:19:41,736 --> 01:19:44,364
    CHARLIE: (STAMMERS) A deal.
    We need a deal, right? A deal.

    1711
    01:19:44,448 --> 01:19:46,241
    We need a deal we can afford.

    1712
    01:19:46,366 --> 01:19:48,660
    We need a deal
    that they're not gonna refuse.

    1713
    01:19:48,743 --> 01:19:52,080
    So... What can we do? We can...

    1714
    01:19:53,373 --> 01:19:56,293
    The AA tranches. What if we
    bet against the AA tranches?

    1715
    01:19:56,376 --> 01:19:57,711
    Who's not gonna take that bet?

    1716
    01:19:58,420 --> 01:20:01,339
    We know they say
    they're 95% AAA-rated,

    1717
    01:20:01,423 --> 01:20:03,425
    but in reality they're more like 25%.

    1718
    01:20:03,508 --> 01:20:05,927
    Some of them are 0%!

    1719
    01:20:06,011 --> 01:20:08,638
    We also know that if
    the bottom tranches fail at over 8%,

    1720
    01:20:08,722 --> 01:20:09,890
    the upper tranches are affected.

    1721
    01:20:09,973 --> 01:20:11,183
    They go to zero.

    1722
    01:20:11,433 --> 01:20:14,394
    I'll bet you right now
    that those AA's are actually like B's.

    1723
    01:20:14,853 --> 01:20:17,939
    I rarely ever say these words,
    but I think Charlie's right.

    1724
    01:20:18,273 --> 01:20:19,941
    Look, Ben.

    1725
    01:20:21,610 --> 01:20:23,028
    The payoff

    1726
    01:20:23,528 --> 01:20:24,946
    is 200 to 1.

    1727
    01:20:25,030 --> 01:20:27,073
    But they're all taking
    the ratings at face value.

    1728
    01:20:27,199 --> 01:20:30,577
    So they're charging pennies
    on the dollar a bet against the AA's.

    1729
    01:20:32,204 --> 01:20:35,040
    Just when I start thinking
    you guys are clowns...

    1730
    01:20:35,123 --> 01:20:37,626
    No one on the planet's
    betting against AA's.

    1731
    01:20:37,709 --> 01:20:40,629
    The banks will think we're either high
    or having a stroke.

    1732
    01:20:40,712 --> 01:20:43,048
    They'll take every dime we have to offer.

    1733
    01:20:45,634 --> 01:20:46,968
    Kinda brilliant.

    1734
    01:20:48,762 --> 01:20:50,847
    This is what we did
    that no one else thought of.

    1735
    01:20:50,931 --> 01:20:53,850
    Not even Baum or Burry
    thought to short the AA's.

    1736
    01:20:53,934 --> 01:20:55,310
    But we did.

    1737
    01:20:55,393 --> 01:20:56,937
    Little Brownhole Capital.

    1738
    01:20:57,270 --> 01:21:02,192
    We're interested in shorting
    some of the AA tranche of CDOs.

    1739
    01:21:02,275 --> 01:21:04,069
    Come on, guys, what's the angle?

    1740
    01:21:04,152 --> 01:21:06,446
    Oh, got no angle.
    We're new to this. We're just excited.

    1741
    01:21:06,571 --> 01:21:10,283
    We want to do $15 million
    in swaps on the AA tranche.

    1742
    01:21:10,742 --> 01:21:11,826
    I don't understand.

    1743
    01:21:11,910 --> 01:21:14,538
    You can buy as much
    AA tranche as you want.

    1744
    01:21:16,748 --> 01:21:18,875
    $40 million against the AA.

    1745
    01:21:18,959 --> 01:21:21,169
    Brother, I will sell you
    as much as you want.

    1746
    01:21:21,461 --> 01:21:23,672
    You understand perfectly, Bob.
    You want the deal?

    1747
    01:21:24,756 --> 01:21:25,757
    (MEN LAUGHING)

    1748
    01:21:25,840 --> 01:21:27,842
    That's cool. That's all right with me.

    1749
    01:21:30,053 --> 01:21:31,263
    Pleasure.

    1750
    01:21:36,101 --> 01:21:37,978
    Oh! (VOCALIZING)

    1751
    01:21:39,479 --> 01:21:41,559
    - Don't do that. Stop. Stop.
    - (CONTINUES VOCALIZING)

    1752
    01:21:42,107 --> 01:21:43,316
    - Stop that.
    - Charlie.

    1753
    01:21:44,025 --> 01:21:45,485
    Stop it! Stop.

    1754
    01:21:47,904 --> 01:21:48,989
    What?

    1755
    01:21:50,407 --> 01:21:51,967
    Do you have any idea what you just did?

    1756
    01:21:52,200 --> 01:21:53,868
    Come on. We just made
    the deal of our lifetimes!

    1757
    01:21:53,952 --> 01:21:55,120
    We should celebrate.

    1758
    01:21:55,203 --> 01:21:57,122
    You just bet against
    the American economy.

    1759
    01:21:57,205 --> 01:21:58,707
    Fuck, yeah, we did!

    1760
    01:21:58,790 --> 01:22:00,750
    - Fuck, yeah!
    - Which means...

    1761
    01:22:00,834 --> 01:22:03,503
    Which means if we're right...

    1762
    01:22:04,546 --> 01:22:07,924
    If we're right, people lose homes.
    People lose jobs.

    1763
    01:22:08,008 --> 01:22:11,177
    People lose retirement savings.
    People lose pensions.

    1764
    01:22:11,303 --> 01:22:12,470
    You know what I hate
    about fucking banking?

    1765
    01:22:12,554 --> 01:22:14,097
    It reduces people to numbers.
    Here's a number.

    1766
    01:22:14,180 --> 01:22:17,017
    Every 1% unemployment goes up,
    40,000 people die. Did you know that?

    1767
    01:22:17,100 --> 01:22:18,602
    - No.
    - Did you know that?

    1768
    01:22:18,685 --> 01:22:20,270
    No, I didn't know that.

    1769
    01:22:21,730 --> 01:22:23,398
    We were just excited.

    1770
    01:22:25,817 --> 01:22:27,819
    Just don't fucking dance.

    1771
    01:22:28,486 --> 01:22:30,326
    CHARLIE: All right.
    JAMIE: Where are you going?

    1772
    01:22:34,701 --> 01:22:36,870
    Whoa, I just got really scared.

    1773
    01:22:38,413 --> 01:22:40,332
    First of all, great show today.

    1774
    01:22:40,415 --> 01:22:41,875
    - You were terrific.
    - Thank you.

    1775
    01:22:41,958 --> 01:22:43,585
    Your big mouth was a revelation.

    1776
    01:22:43,668 --> 01:22:45,378
    I appreciate that.

    1777
    01:22:45,503 --> 01:22:47,255
    You worried you and your swaps
    are getting played?

    1778
    01:22:47,339 --> 01:22:50,467
    Well, this is an opportunity for you
    to meet who you're betting against.

    1779
    01:22:50,550 --> 01:22:52,344
    Try not to get too righteous
    and listen a little.

    1780
    01:22:52,427 --> 01:22:53,803
    Okay, fine. Who is this guy?

    1781
    01:22:53,928 --> 01:22:55,597
    JAMIE: <i>A real solid-gold asshole.</i>

    1782
    01:22:55,764 --> 01:22:56,848
    I'm a CDO manager.

    1783
    01:22:56,973 --> 01:22:58,016
    A "CDO manager"?

    1784
    01:22:58,099 --> 01:22:59,517
    Yeah, at Harding Advisors.

    1785
    01:23:00,101 --> 01:23:03,229
    I didn't realize that there was
    anything to manage with CDOs.

    1786
    01:23:04,189 --> 01:23:05,190
    MR. CHAU: Oh.

    1787
    01:23:05,940 --> 01:23:08,485
    We select the securities
    that go into the CDO portfolio

    1788
    01:23:08,568 --> 01:23:09,944
    and monitor the assets.

    1789
    01:23:10,028 --> 01:23:11,821
    I do most of Merrill Lynch's CDOs.

    1790
    01:23:11,905 --> 01:23:14,866
    Do you represent the investors
    or Merrill Lynch?

    1791
    01:23:14,949 --> 01:23:15,992
    The investors.

    1792
    01:23:16,076 --> 01:23:17,118
    You do.

    1793
    01:23:17,202 --> 01:23:18,536
    - Yeah.
    - But...

    1794
    01:23:18,745 --> 01:23:20,625
    Merrill Lynch isn't gonna
    send you any customers

    1795
    01:23:20,705 --> 01:23:24,250
    unless you put Merrill Lynch's bonds
    in your CDO.

    1796
    01:23:25,377 --> 01:23:28,088
    Good question. Let's just say
    Merrill and I have, um...

    1797
    01:23:28,713 --> 01:23:30,799
    We have a good relationship.

    1798
    01:23:30,924 --> 01:23:33,134
    You have a good relationship
    with Merrill Lynch.

    1799
    01:23:33,218 --> 01:23:34,886
    We've been doing business
    together for a long time.

    1800
    01:23:34,969 --> 01:23:37,430
    And so the CDOs that you create

    1801
    01:23:37,555 --> 01:23:41,476
    are of the highest quality
    and the highest value.

    1802
    01:23:41,559 --> 01:23:43,478
    - Absolutely. Yep.
    - Absolutely.

    1803
    01:23:43,561 --> 01:23:47,107
    Are you at all concerned
    about the rising default rates?

    1804
    01:23:49,067 --> 01:23:52,237
    I assume no risk for these
    products myself, Mark.

    1805
    01:23:54,906 --> 01:23:56,074
    Okay.

    1806
    01:23:57,659 --> 01:24:00,829
    So let me get this straight.
    The bank calls you up.

    1807
    01:24:01,413 --> 01:24:02,956
    They give you the bonds
    they want to sell.

    1808
    01:24:03,039 --> 01:24:04,374
    They give you clients,

    1809
    01:24:04,457 --> 01:24:06,835
    they give you money
    to run your business.

    1810
    01:24:06,918 --> 01:24:08,628
    Give you fat fees for doing so.

    1811
    01:24:08,712 --> 01:24:10,714
    But you represent the investors?

    1812
    01:24:10,964 --> 01:24:11,965
    (CHUCKLES)

    1813
    01:24:12,257 --> 01:24:13,299
    Is that right?

    1814
    01:24:13,425 --> 01:24:14,467
    Yeah.

    1815
    01:24:14,551 --> 01:24:16,010
    But we're not
    in the Merrill Lynch building.

    1816
    01:24:16,094 --> 01:24:17,679
    - Okay. Where are you?
    - We're in New Jersey.

    1817
    01:24:17,762 --> 01:24:19,848
    You're 20 minutes away.

    1818
    01:24:19,931 --> 01:24:21,850
    Well, five if you use a helicopter.

    1819
    01:24:23,727 --> 01:24:24,853
    That's funny, huh?

    1820
    01:24:24,978 --> 01:24:26,146
    That's hilarious.

    1821
    01:24:26,271 --> 01:24:28,398
    (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

    1822
    01:24:29,357 --> 01:24:30,400
    Oh, boy.

    1823
    01:24:30,775 --> 01:24:32,986
    Your boss is about to explode.

    1824
    01:24:33,069 --> 01:24:34,696
    No, he's too curious to explode.

    1825
    01:24:34,779 --> 01:24:36,239
    Hold on. Say that again.

    1826
    01:24:36,322 --> 01:24:38,450
    CDO "A" has parts of CDO "B".

    1827
    01:24:38,533 --> 01:24:40,452
    And CDO "B" has parts of CDO "A".

    1828
    01:24:40,535 --> 01:24:42,787
    But then they both
    get put inside CDO "C".

    1829
    01:24:42,871 --> 01:24:44,622
    Yeah, that one's called CDO squared.

    1830
    01:24:44,706 --> 01:24:46,791
    A CDO of a CDO.

    1831
    01:24:47,208 --> 01:24:48,209
    All right?

    1832
    01:24:48,376 --> 01:24:50,336
    And then there's CDOs
    made up of the opposite side

    1833
    01:24:50,420 --> 01:24:51,963
    of the bet you made with your swaps.

    1834
    01:24:52,213 --> 01:24:54,507
    We call them synthetic CDOs.

    1835
    01:24:54,632 --> 01:24:56,801
    What did you say? Synthetic CDOs.

    1836
    01:24:56,885 --> 01:24:58,595
    That is fucking crazy.

    1837
    01:24:58,720 --> 01:25:00,388
    It's not. It's awesome.

    1838
    01:25:01,806 --> 01:25:05,310
    His face is starting to boil.
    He looks like the bad guy from <i>Dune.</i>

    1839
    01:25:08,188 --> 01:25:09,314
    (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

    1840
    01:25:09,397 --> 01:25:11,316
    All right, let's say

    1841
    01:25:11,816 --> 01:25:15,153
    you have a pool of $50 million
    in subprime loans.

    1842
    01:25:15,487 --> 01:25:18,072
    How much money could be
    out there betting on it,

    1843
    01:25:18,156 --> 01:25:20,950
    in your synthetic CDOs and swaps

    1844
    01:25:21,034 --> 01:25:22,619
    right now, tonight?

    1845
    01:25:22,702 --> 01:25:25,330
    Let's see, $50 million... Hmm...

    1846
    01:25:26,331 --> 01:25:27,331
    A billion dollars.

    1847
    01:25:27,373 --> 01:25:28,374
    What?

    1848
    01:25:29,501 --> 01:25:31,419
    JARED: <i>If the mortgage bonds
    that Michael Burry discovered</i>

    1849
    01:25:31,503 --> 01:25:32,837
    <i>were the match...</i>

    1850
    01:25:34,255 --> 01:25:36,674
    How much bigger is the market
    for insuring mortgage bonds

    1851
    01:25:36,758 --> 01:25:38,218
    than actual mortgages?

    1852
    01:25:39,385 --> 01:25:40,553
    About 20 times.

    1853
    01:25:40,720 --> 01:25:42,806
    JARED: <i>If the mortgage bonds
    were the match</i>

    1854
    01:25:42,889 --> 01:25:45,600
    <i>and the CDOs were
    the kerosene-soaked rags,</i>

    1855
    01:25:45,683 --> 01:25:47,727
    <i>then the synthetic CDO
    was the atomic bomb</i>

    1856
    01:25:47,811 --> 01:25:50,772
    <i>with the drunk President
    holding his finger over the button.</i>

    1857
    01:25:50,855 --> 01:25:53,107
    <i>It was at that moment
    in that dumb restaurant</i>

    1858
    01:25:53,191 --> 01:25:56,361
    <i>with that stupid look on his face
    that Mark Baum realized</i>

    1859
    01:25:56,444 --> 01:25:58,863
    <i>that the whole world economy
    might collapse.</i>

    1860
    01:26:02,492 --> 01:26:04,410
    <i>And I know what you're thinking.</i>

    1861
    01:26:04,494 --> 01:26:06,830
    <i>"What the fuck is a synthetic CDO?"</i>

    1862
    01:26:06,913 --> 01:26:07,914
    (CROWD CHEERING)

    1863
    01:26:09,207 --> 01:26:12,836
    <i>Well, here's Dr. Richard Thaler,
    father of behavioral economics</i>

    1864
    01:26:12,919 --> 01:26:15,547
    <i>and Selena Gomez to explain.</i>

    1865
    01:26:15,880 --> 01:26:19,050
    Okay. So here's how
    a synthetic CDO works.

    1866
    01:26:19,133 --> 01:26:22,011
    Let's say I bet $10 million
    on a blackjack hand.

    1867
    01:26:22,095 --> 01:26:24,597
    $10 million because this hand
    is meant to represent

    1868
    01:26:24,973 --> 01:26:27,225
    a single mortgage bond.

    1869
    01:26:30,186 --> 01:26:33,606
    Okay, Selena has a pretty good
    hand here, showing 18.

    1870
    01:26:33,731 --> 01:26:34,732
    Dealer showing seven.

    1871
    01:26:34,816 --> 01:26:36,860
    That's a really good hand for Selena.

    1872
    01:26:36,943 --> 01:26:38,361
    Good odds. In fact,
    her chances of winning

    1873
    01:26:38,444 --> 01:26:40,822
    <i>this hand are 87%.</i>

    1874
    01:26:40,905 --> 01:26:44,284
    So, my odds are good.
    I'm on a winning streak.

    1875
    01:26:44,367 --> 01:26:47,036
    Everybody in this place
    wants to get in on the action.

    1876
    01:26:47,120 --> 01:26:48,496
    How could I lose, right?

    1877
    01:26:48,580 --> 01:26:50,081
    Now, this is a classic error.

    1878
    01:26:50,164 --> 01:26:53,126
    In basketball it's called
    the Hot Hand Fallacy.

    1879
    01:26:53,209 --> 01:26:55,753
    A player makes a bunch
    of shots in a row.

    1880
    01:26:55,837 --> 01:26:58,131
    People are sure they're
    gonna make the next one.

    1881
    01:26:58,214 --> 01:27:00,174
    <i>People think that whatever's
    happening now</i>

    1882
    01:27:00,258 --> 01:27:03,011
    <i>is gonna continue to
    happen into the future.</i>

    1883
    01:27:03,094 --> 01:27:06,431
    <i>During the real estate boom,
    markets were going up and up</i>

    1884
    01:27:06,514 --> 01:27:08,234
    and people thought
    they would never go down.

    1885
    01:27:08,266 --> 01:27:10,810
    So people who are watching
    and think that I won't lose

    1886
    01:27:10,894 --> 01:27:12,353
    will make a side bet.

    1887
    01:27:12,437 --> 01:27:14,689
    Now, this is the first synthetic CDO.

    1888
    01:27:14,772 --> 01:27:16,357
    I love Selena Gomez.

    1889
    01:27:16,441 --> 01:27:17,942
    I bet you $50 million she wins.

    1890
    01:27:18,026 --> 01:27:20,111
    And I'll give you 3-to-1 odds.

    1891
    01:27:20,194 --> 01:27:24,032
    3-to-1 odds? Okay, I'll take that bet.

    1892
    01:27:24,115 --> 01:27:27,452
    RICHARD: Now, somebody else
    is gonna want to make a bet

    1893
    01:27:27,535 --> 01:27:28,661
    on the outcome of their bet.

    1894
    01:27:28,828 --> 01:27:29,954
    Bet you 50 million she wins.

    1895
    01:27:30,038 --> 01:27:32,999
    That will lead to synthetic
    CDO number two.

    1896
    01:27:33,082 --> 01:27:36,252
    Hey, I bet you $200 million
    that lady in the glasses

    1897
    01:27:36,419 --> 01:27:37,921
    wins that bet.

    1898
    01:27:38,087 --> 01:27:41,174
    She probably will win.
    So I want a great payoff.

    1899
    01:27:41,341 --> 01:27:42,425
    How about 20-to-1?

    1900
    01:27:42,550 --> 01:27:43,676
    Deal.

    1901
    01:27:44,010 --> 01:27:48,306
    And this will go on and on with more
    and more synthetic CDOs.

    1902
    01:27:48,389 --> 01:27:52,435
    And we can transform an original
    $10 million investment

    1903
    01:27:52,602 --> 01:27:54,520
    into billions of dollars.

    1904
    01:27:55,438 --> 01:27:56,773
    You okay?

    1905
    01:27:58,191 --> 01:27:59,192
    No.

    1906
    01:28:00,568 --> 01:28:02,403
    I actually feel pretty sick.

    1907
    01:28:03,071 --> 01:28:04,572
    (ALL GROAN)

    1908
    01:28:05,698 --> 01:28:07,033
    (GROANING CONTINUES)

    1909
    01:28:07,617 --> 01:28:09,535
    So I'm going to leave.

    1910
    01:28:11,120 --> 01:28:13,373
    You think I'm a parasite,
    don't you, Mr. Baum?

    1911
    01:28:14,082 --> 01:28:18,002
    But, apparently,
    society values me very much.

    1912
    01:28:19,045 --> 01:28:20,797
    In fact, let's do this.

    1913
    01:28:22,840 --> 01:28:25,843
    I'll tell you how much I'm worth.

    1914
    01:28:26,386 --> 01:28:27,887
    You tell me how much you're worth.

    1915
    01:28:29,097 --> 01:28:34,185
    God, you are an incredibly
    big piece of shit.

    1916
    01:28:39,941 --> 01:28:41,818
    Short everything that guy has touched.

    1917
    01:28:41,901 --> 01:28:43,528
    I want half a billion more in swaps.

    1918
    01:28:44,070 --> 01:28:46,280
    You sure about that?
    The collateral calls could bankrupt you.

    1919
    01:28:46,364 --> 01:28:47,364
    MARK: Yeah. Yeah.

    1920
    01:28:47,407 --> 01:28:48,408
    Where are you going?

    1921
    01:28:48,491 --> 01:28:51,494
    I am going to try to find
    moral redemption

    1922
    01:28:51,577 --> 01:28:53,413
    at the roulette table.

    1923
    01:29:32,994 --> 01:29:34,620
    (INAUDIBLE)

    1924
    01:29:57,602 --> 01:29:58,978
    Hey, hey, hey!

    1925
    01:30:03,066 --> 01:30:04,525
    Things are worse than I thought.

    1926
    01:30:06,652 --> 01:30:08,571
    I honestly think
    the economy might collapse.

    1927
    01:30:08,988 --> 01:30:10,114
    But you've been saying

    1928
    01:30:10,198 --> 01:30:13,284
    that the system's broken
    for years, Mark. So...

    1929
    01:30:13,743 --> 01:30:15,661
    Why are you so shocked?

    1930
    01:30:18,164 --> 01:30:21,584
    It's more twisted
    than I could have imagined.

    1931
    01:30:21,667 --> 01:30:23,544
    You love to be the virtuous one.

    1932
    01:30:24,003 --> 01:30:25,588
    I'm a banker. I'm a part of it.

    1933
    01:30:25,671 --> 01:30:27,965
    You always have, Mark.
    Like you're untainted.

    1934
    01:30:28,049 --> 01:30:31,511
    It changed me.
    It changed me into a person

    1935
    01:30:32,095 --> 01:30:33,930
    who is not able to
    reach out to someone...

    1936
    01:30:34,013 --> 01:30:35,932
    He was in pain.
    My brother was in real pain.

    1937
    01:30:36,516 --> 01:30:38,851
    There's no perfect way to help.

    1938
    01:30:41,854 --> 01:30:44,315
    It's sad. It's scary.

    1939
    01:30:44,440 --> 01:30:47,610
    So stop trying to fix the world.

    1940
    01:30:47,693 --> 01:30:48,778
    He told me...

    1941
    01:30:48,861 --> 01:30:50,196
    You're not a saint.

    1942
    01:30:50,279 --> 01:30:52,031
    Saints don't live on Park Avenue.

    1943
    01:30:52,240 --> 01:30:53,866
    ...that he was having bad thoughts.

    1944
    01:30:53,950 --> 01:30:56,744
    CYNTHIA: Just feel the feelings
    like the rest of us.

    1945
    01:30:57,078 --> 01:31:01,249
    MARK: <i>My first response
    was to offer him some money.</i>

    1946
    01:31:01,582 --> 01:31:04,085
    <i>I offered him fucking money!</i>

    1947
    01:31:04,502 --> 01:31:06,129
    (INAUDIBLE)

    1948
    01:31:09,757 --> 01:31:12,385
    His face was so smashed.

    1949
    01:31:23,771 --> 01:31:25,565
    (SOBBING)

    1950
    01:31:31,445 --> 01:31:32,780
    That's right.

    1951
    01:31:44,292 --> 01:31:45,543
    (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

    1952
    01:31:45,668 --> 01:31:46,919
    (MOANING)

    1953
    01:32:29,921 --> 01:32:32,215
    (SCREAMING)

    1954
    01:32:39,472 --> 01:32:40,806
    MIKE'S WIFE: Michael?

    1955
    01:32:40,890 --> 01:32:42,225
    - Michael?
    - Yes. Yes.

    1956
    01:32:42,308 --> 01:32:44,393
    - Is everything okay?
    - Yes, honey.

    1957
    01:32:44,477 --> 01:32:46,604
    - You sure?
    - Yeah, baby.

    1958
    01:32:48,397 --> 01:32:49,690
    I'm fine. (LAUGHS)

    1959
    01:32:58,658 --> 01:33:00,326
    MIKE: <i>To all investors.</i>

    1960
    01:33:00,409 --> 01:33:01,494
    <i>As you may know,</i>

    1961
    01:33:02,495 --> 01:33:06,082
    <i>our agreement allows me
    to take extraordinary measures</i>

    1962
    01:33:06,540 --> 01:33:09,460
    <i>when markets
    aren't functioning properly.</i>

    1963
    01:33:09,543 --> 01:33:13,256
    <i>I currently have reason to
    believe the mortgage bond market</i>

    1964
    01:33:13,923 --> 01:33:15,675
    <i>is fraudulent.</i>

    1965
    01:33:17,843 --> 01:33:22,598
    <i>So, in order to protect investors
    from this fraudulent market,</i>

    1966
    01:33:22,682 --> 01:33:25,935
    <i>I've decided to restrict
    investors' withdrawals</i>

    1967
    01:33:26,018 --> 01:33:27,687
    <i>until further notice.</i>

    1968
    01:33:28,020 --> 01:33:31,691
    <i>Sincerely, Dr. Michael J. Burry.</i>

    1969
    01:33:41,117 --> 01:33:42,868
    (HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYING)

    1970
    01:33:43,703 --> 01:33:44,996
    (COMPUTER CHIMES)

    1971
    01:33:51,502 --> 01:33:55,339
    (PHONES RINGING)

    1972
    01:34:06,684 --> 01:34:07,810
    (SNIFFLES)

    1973
    01:34:39,258 --> 01:34:40,843
    LAUREN CONRAD: (ON TV)
    <i>I never would have guessed my life</i>

    1974
    01:34:40,926 --> 01:34:43,429
    <i>could change as much
    as it has since I moved to L.A.</i>

    1975
    01:34:43,512 --> 01:34:45,890
    JASON WAHLER: <i>It's not just, like,
    that easy to, like, not see you.</i>

    1976
    01:34:45,973 --> 01:34:49,060
    REPORTER: <i>He lashed out at rumors
    he used performance enhancing drugs.</i>

    1977
    01:34:49,268 --> 01:34:50,686
    This record is not tainted.

    1978
    01:34:50,770 --> 01:34:51,937
    Oh, my God, dude.

    1979
    01:34:52,021 --> 01:34:53,731
    Will you please stop
    changing the channels?

    1980
    01:34:53,814 --> 01:34:55,441
    - You're driving me crazy.
    - All right.

    1981
    01:34:55,524 --> 01:34:57,485
    - Fine.
    - Just put the business news on.

    1982
    01:34:58,444 --> 01:34:59,612
    REPORTER: ...<i>and the S&P</i>
    <i>picked up three points.</i>

    1983
    01:34:59,695 --> 01:35:00,696
    Jesus!

    1984
    01:35:00,780 --> 01:35:02,531
    <i>Mortgage meltdown continued today.</i>

    1985
    01:35:02,615 --> 01:35:05,326
    <i>Subprime mortgage lender
    New Century Financial,</i>

    1986
    01:35:05,451 --> 01:35:08,079
    <i>once the industry leader, by the way,
    filed for bankruptcy.</i>

    1987
    01:35:08,162 --> 01:35:09,246
    <i>- The company immediately...</i>
    - Whoa, whoa, whoa.

    1988
    01:35:09,330 --> 01:35:10,539
    (REPORTER CLEARS THROAT)

    1989
    01:35:10,706 --> 01:35:11,874
    <i>Good time for my voice to go...</i>

    1990
    01:35:11,957 --> 01:35:14,210
    <i>Fired 3,200 workers.</i>

    1991
    01:35:14,293 --> 01:35:16,629
    <i>The manufacturing index also
    fell in the month of March...</i>

    1992
    01:35:16,712 --> 01:35:17,797
    It's starting.

    1993
    01:35:17,880 --> 01:35:19,465
    <i>...a warning that
    economic growth could slow.</i>

    1994
    01:35:19,548 --> 01:35:21,008
    <i>The Institute of Supply Management</i>

    1995
    01:35:21,133 --> 01:35:22,551
    <i>also reported a rise in prices...</i>

    1996
    01:35:22,635 --> 01:35:24,261
    I'm gonna call my mom.

    1997
    01:35:26,514 --> 01:35:29,392
    <i>The principal source
    of the slowdown in economic growth...</i>

    1998
    01:35:29,475 --> 01:35:31,519
    Time and time and time again,

    1999
    01:35:31,644 --> 01:35:33,771
    I have gone to bat for you, Mark!

    2000
    01:35:33,854 --> 01:35:35,147
    We've known each other
    for seven years...

    2001
    01:35:35,231 --> 01:35:37,566
    She's got some lungs on her.
    I'm impressed.

    2002
    01:35:38,734 --> 01:35:40,569
    I can't help but enjoy it.

    2003
    01:35:41,487 --> 01:35:43,114
    PORTER: There's no fucking way.
    There's no fucking way

    2004
    01:35:43,197 --> 01:35:44,657
    that the big banks are that stupid.

    2005
    01:35:45,658 --> 01:35:47,493
    Bye, Kathy!

    2006
    01:35:52,164 --> 01:35:53,165
    VINNIE: Well?

    2007
    01:35:54,375 --> 01:35:56,377
    MARK: (SIGHS) Kathy thinks
    that it would be a good idea

    2008
    01:35:56,460 --> 01:35:58,003
    if we sold our shorts.

    2009
    01:35:58,087 --> 01:35:59,088
    PORTER: What else is new?

    2010
    01:35:59,171 --> 01:36:01,048
    And she said that
    Morgan Stanley will buy them.

    2011
    01:36:01,132 --> 01:36:02,133
    DANNY: Holy shit!

    2012
    01:36:02,842 --> 01:36:04,093
    What did you say?

    2013
    01:36:04,176 --> 01:36:05,845
    I told her we're not selling shit.

    2014
    01:36:07,847 --> 01:36:09,181
    (WHISTLES)

    2015
    01:36:12,017 --> 01:36:15,855
    Uh, if you need the files for 2005...

    2016
    01:36:16,021 --> 01:36:19,024
    Mr. Fields' suit is very specific
    to files from the past year.

    2017
    01:36:19,775 --> 01:36:22,528
    Good. Then get out.
    Say hi to Lawrence for me.

    2018
    01:36:22,611 --> 01:36:23,779
    Will do.

    2019
    01:36:23,988 --> 01:36:25,698
    (CELL PHONE RINGING)

    2020
    01:36:26,824 --> 01:36:28,492
    You can't call me back for a week?

    2021
    01:36:28,576 --> 01:36:30,411
    LUCY: <i>I am so sorry, Mike.</i>

    2022
    01:36:30,786 --> 01:36:33,956
    <i>Goldman had a systems failure.
    I lost a ton of messages.</i>

    2023
    01:36:34,039 --> 01:36:36,083
    Yeah, B of A said
    they had a power outage,

    2024
    01:36:36,208 --> 01:36:39,378
    and Morgan Stanley
    said their server crashed.

    2025
    01:36:39,503 --> 01:36:40,629
    <i>Huh. That's weird.</i>

    2026
    01:36:40,713 --> 01:36:43,257
    Well, I would call it improbable.

    2027
    01:36:43,340 --> 01:36:46,886
    So where do you have
    our position marked?

    2028
    01:36:47,720 --> 01:36:49,472
    <i>I think it's the same, Mike.</i>

    2029
    01:36:49,555 --> 01:36:51,432
    What? Can you explain
    that to me, please,

    2030
    01:36:51,515 --> 01:36:54,810
    because how can the value
    of an insurance contract

    2031
    01:36:54,894 --> 01:36:59,106
    not be affected by the demise
    of the very thing it insures?

    2032
    01:36:59,190 --> 01:37:01,984
    <i>They're independent markets.
    They're not always correlated.</i>

    2033
    01:37:02,067 --> 01:37:03,068
    <i>I know it sounds odd,</i>

    2034
    01:37:03,152 --> 01:37:05,613
    <i>but these are very complicated products.</i>

    2035
    01:37:06,447 --> 01:37:08,324
    They are correlated.

    2036
    01:37:08,407 --> 01:37:10,409
    They're gonna lose their houses,
    they're gonna lose their jobs,

    2037
    01:37:10,493 --> 01:37:11,573
    they're gonna lose their...

    2038
    01:37:14,371 --> 01:37:16,207
    Will you listen to me?

    2039
    01:37:16,415 --> 01:37:19,043
    This is like the end of capitalism.

    2040
    01:37:19,168 --> 01:37:22,505
    This is like the Dark Ages all over again.

    2041
    01:37:23,547 --> 01:37:24,673
    I don't want to talk to Dad.

    2042
    01:37:24,757 --> 01:37:27,301
    Okay, I love you, too.
    Save your money.

    2043
    01:37:28,010 --> 01:37:32,014
    She says I need to be on Xanax
    and double my dose of Zoloft.

    2044
    01:37:32,181 --> 01:37:34,141
    I asked Bear Stearns to price our shorts.

    2045
    01:37:34,225 --> 01:37:35,865
    They tell me the CDOs
    still haven't moved.

    2046
    01:37:35,893 --> 01:37:37,686
    CHARLIE: This is fucking insane!

    2047
    01:37:37,770 --> 01:37:39,271
    You realize that?
    These people are crooks

    2048
    01:37:39,355 --> 01:37:41,398
    and they should be in prison.

    2049
    01:37:41,565 --> 01:37:42,691
    Look at the TABX.

    2050
    01:37:42,775 --> 01:37:44,610
    You can see that the CDOs
    are worth zero!

    2051
    01:37:44,693 --> 01:37:45,694
    So you know what they're doing, huh?

    2052
    01:37:45,819 --> 01:37:46,862
    You know what they're doing, right?

    2053
    01:37:46,987 --> 01:37:48,656
    Yeah. They're unloading them.

    2054
    01:37:48,739 --> 01:37:52,034
    They're selling their dog shit CDOs,
    then they go to another bank

    2055
    01:37:52,117 --> 01:37:54,161
    and short the shit they just fucking sold!

    2056
    01:37:54,328 --> 01:37:55,913
    Let's go to the press, man!

    2057
    01:37:55,996 --> 01:37:59,291
    This is a massive story.
    Who wouldn't publish it?

    2058
    01:38:00,251 --> 01:38:01,585
    Robert Redford!

    2059
    01:38:02,002 --> 01:38:03,462
    No, you don't understand!

    2060
    01:38:03,546 --> 01:38:05,089
    CASEY: I got it, guys. I got it.

    2061
    01:38:06,840 --> 01:38:08,425
    What am I supposed to do?

    2062
    01:38:08,509 --> 01:38:10,177
    Do you want me to write a piece called
    "We're All Fucked"?

    2063
    01:38:10,302 --> 01:38:12,179
    Yes! That's a perfect title!

    2064
    01:38:12,263 --> 01:38:16,433
    Casey, right now every bank in town
    is unloading these shit bonds

    2065
    01:38:16,600 --> 01:38:18,310
    onto unsuspecting customers.

    2066
    01:38:18,394 --> 01:38:21,397
    And they won't devalue them
    until they get them off their books.

    2067
    01:38:21,480 --> 01:38:23,941
    This level of criminality
    is unprecedented,

    2068
    01:38:24,024 --> 01:38:26,277
    even on fucking Wall Street.

    2069
    01:38:27,403 --> 01:38:30,239
    Jamie... And this is me
    being honest here, okay?

    2070
    01:38:30,531 --> 01:38:33,075
    It took me years to build
    my relationships on Wall Street.

    2071
    01:38:33,158 --> 01:38:37,329
    No bank or ratings agency is going
    to confirm a story like this

    2072
    01:38:37,413 --> 01:38:39,915
    just because it comes
    from two guys in a...

    2073
    01:38:40,040 --> 01:38:43,294
    Sorry, garage band hedge fund
    that thinks it's the apocalypse.

    2074
    01:38:43,460 --> 01:38:44,461
    (SIGHS)

    2075
    01:38:44,962 --> 01:38:45,963
    Wow.

    2076
    01:38:46,130 --> 01:38:47,381
    I thought you were for real, Casey.

    2077
    01:38:47,506 --> 01:38:48,799
    You know, I'll have to say I really did.

    2078
    01:38:49,049 --> 01:38:50,050
    CASEY: Really?

    2079
    01:38:50,301 --> 01:38:52,386
    Yeah, Jamie, you try being for real
    with a three-year-old

    2080
    01:38:52,469 --> 01:38:54,305
    and a wife getting her master's degree.

    2081
    01:38:54,555 --> 01:38:57,891
    I'm not gonna burn my reputation
    on your wild hunch.

    2082
    01:38:58,726 --> 01:38:59,893
    Wow.

    2083
    01:39:00,060 --> 01:39:01,228
    - Wow.
    - (CASEY SIGHS)

    2084
    01:39:01,395 --> 01:39:02,438
    Thanks for coming, guys.

    2085
    01:39:02,521 --> 01:39:03,689
    Totally fucking awesome to see you.

    2086
    01:39:03,772 --> 01:39:05,774
    Yeah, Casey. I've always hated you,

    2087
    01:39:05,899 --> 01:39:07,901
    because you were a prick in college

    2088
    01:39:07,985 --> 01:39:10,321
    and you are a prick today!

    2089
    01:39:10,779 --> 01:39:13,282
    Thanks, Charlie.
    Still living with your mom?

    2090
    01:39:13,824 --> 01:39:15,284
    JAMIE: Charlie, come on!

    2091
    01:39:15,367 --> 01:39:17,286
    MARK: Mark Baum again. Call me.

    2092
    01:39:17,870 --> 01:39:19,496
    Subprime bonds fell off a cliff.

    2093
    01:39:19,580 --> 01:39:21,540
    Rumor has it
    the default numbers are huge.

    2094
    01:39:21,624 --> 01:39:24,418
    Who got the remittance data early?
    I bet it's Goldman.

    2095
    01:39:24,501 --> 01:39:25,836
    VINNIE: Yeah, fuck you very much.

    2096
    01:39:25,919 --> 01:39:28,756
    Jared, it's chaos down here.
    Where are we?

    2097
    01:39:29,173 --> 01:39:32,384
    "And Caesar wept, for there
    were no more worlds to conquer."

    2098
    01:39:33,969 --> 01:39:35,220
    Shane?

    2099
    01:39:35,596 --> 01:39:36,847
    Shane?

    2100
    01:39:38,432 --> 01:39:41,143
    Well, nobody's buying CDO
    or mortgage bonds anymore

    2101
    01:39:41,226 --> 01:39:42,519
    and everybody wants swaps.

    2102
    01:39:42,853 --> 01:39:45,189
    <i>Swaps are now the most
    popular product on the street.</i>

    2103
    01:39:45,272 --> 01:39:47,107
    - That's good for us.
    <i>- Yes and no.</i>

    2104
    01:39:47,191 --> 01:39:48,609
    I heard from somebody
    who heard from somebody...

    2105
    01:39:48,692 --> 01:39:51,403
    No, Alex, no. Sorry.

    2106
    01:39:54,573 --> 01:39:56,408
    Bennie Cleager
    over at Morgan is taking on

    2107
    01:39:56,492 --> 01:39:58,092
    <i>some heavy losses
    in the bond department.</i>

    2108
    01:39:59,578 --> 01:40:01,121
    <i>Your ship might be taking on water.</i>

    2109
    01:40:01,622 --> 01:40:03,957
    <i>It might be time to get
    our lifejacket and get out.</i>

    2110
    01:40:04,708 --> 01:40:06,210
    <i>I'm jacked.</i>

    2111
    01:40:06,752 --> 01:40:09,254
    I'm jacked! I'm jacked to the tits!

    2112
    01:40:09,880 --> 01:40:10,923
    Good.

    2113
    01:40:11,006 --> 01:40:13,092
    <i>- Do you feel it?</i>
    - No.

    2114
    01:40:14,635 --> 01:40:16,428
    (TOILET FLUSHING)

    2115
    01:40:19,264 --> 01:40:20,724
    What'd you hear, Tommy?

    2116
    01:40:22,893 --> 01:40:23,894
    It's happening.

    2117
    01:40:23,977 --> 01:40:25,813
    PORTER: Everybody wants our swaps.

    2118
    01:40:26,021 --> 01:40:28,023
    Kathy's office is looking for you.

    2119
    01:40:28,357 --> 01:40:30,776
    DANNY: They're singing
    a different tune now, aren't they?

    2120
    01:40:32,111 --> 01:40:33,612
    That's not good.

    2121
    01:40:38,450 --> 01:40:39,827
    Maybe later. Not now.

    2122
    01:40:39,910 --> 01:40:42,287
    This is a joke. Never.

    2123
    01:40:42,454 --> 01:40:43,539
    (CELL PHONE RINGING)

    2124
    01:40:45,791 --> 01:40:46,875
    Listening.

    2125
    01:40:47,292 --> 01:40:48,877
    - DEEB: <i>Dr. Burry?</i>
    - Yeah.

    2126
    01:40:48,961 --> 01:40:50,379
    <i>Deeb Winston, Goldman Sachs.</i>

    2127
    01:40:50,462 --> 01:40:51,964
    <i>Listen, I've been reviewing your position.</i>

    2128
    01:40:52,047 --> 01:40:54,328
    <i>I wanted to discuss your marks
    and make sure they're fair.</i>

    2129
    01:40:54,383 --> 01:40:57,219
    (STAMMERS) Yeah,
    I think you mean that you've

    2130
    01:40:57,302 --> 01:41:00,055
    secured a net short position yourselves.

    2131
    01:41:00,222 --> 01:41:02,975
    So you're free to mark my swaps
    accurately for once

    2132
    01:41:03,142 --> 01:41:05,811
    because it's now
    in your interest to do so.

    2133
    01:41:07,980 --> 01:41:10,065
    <i>I'm not sure what you want me to say.</i>

    2134
    01:41:10,232 --> 01:41:11,734
    I think that...

    2135
    01:41:13,235 --> 01:41:15,320
    I think that you've already said it.

    2136
    01:41:23,162 --> 01:41:25,289
    You tell Jeff at Goldman
    that I'm not transferring funds.

    2137
    01:41:25,372 --> 01:41:26,999
    This is bullshit!

    2138
    01:41:31,587 --> 01:41:32,796
    (KNOCKS)

    2139
    01:41:34,173 --> 01:41:35,924
    Okay, we'll talk later.

    2140
    01:41:36,425 --> 01:41:37,843
    Thank you.

    2141
    01:41:39,261 --> 01:41:40,262
    (SIGHS)

    2142
    01:41:40,345 --> 01:41:42,222
    Thanks for coming so quickly, Mark.

    2143
    01:41:42,306 --> 01:41:43,640
    - Yeah.
    - Um...

    2144
    01:41:43,932 --> 01:41:45,184
    I know you've been hearing rumblings

    2145
    01:41:45,267 --> 01:41:46,787
    about some losses Morgan has suffered.

    2146
    01:41:46,852 --> 01:41:48,812
    - Congratulations.
    - On what?

    2147
    01:41:49,438 --> 01:41:50,481
    Oh.

    2148
    01:41:51,190 --> 01:41:52,691
    Thanks. Um...

    2149
    01:41:52,775 --> 01:41:54,109
    Having fun?

    2150
    01:41:55,152 --> 01:41:56,487
    Yes. (LAUGHS)

    2151
    01:41:57,696 --> 01:41:59,031
    Tons. Um...

    2152
    01:41:59,531 --> 01:42:01,867
    I just wanted you to know that, um...

    2153
    01:42:02,451 --> 01:42:04,131
    That, yes,
    Morgan has suffered some losses,

    2154
    01:42:04,203 --> 01:42:07,998
    but our liquidity is strong
    and there's no cause for concern.

    2155
    01:42:08,207 --> 01:42:11,043
    Would Bennie Cleager be concerned?

    2156
    01:42:11,376 --> 01:42:12,711
    Because word on the street

    2157
    01:42:12,795 --> 01:42:15,631
    is that he took some pretty heavy losses.

    2158
    01:42:16,965 --> 01:42:18,759
    Kathy, come on.
    We know each other.

    2159
    01:42:18,842 --> 01:42:21,053
    - (SIGHS)
    - What's going on?

    2160
    01:42:21,470 --> 01:42:22,971
    How bad is this?

    2161
    01:42:23,138 --> 01:42:24,306
    Okay.

    2162
    01:42:25,098 --> 01:42:28,143
    Two years ago, Bennie Cleager
    in Morgan's bond department

    2163
    01:42:28,227 --> 01:42:31,772
    also started shorting subprime housing,
    $2 billion in BBBs.

    2164
    01:42:31,855 --> 01:42:33,106
    Bennie is smarter than I thought.

    2165
    01:42:33,190 --> 01:42:34,608
    No, he's not smart at all.

    2166
    01:42:34,691 --> 01:42:37,069
    The premiums on the swap
    ate into his desk's profit.

    2167
    01:42:37,152 --> 01:42:39,112
    To cover his BBB shorts,

    2168
    01:42:39,196 --> 01:42:41,698
    he sold a lot of A and AA swaps
    as protection.

    2169
    01:42:41,782 --> 01:42:42,783
    A lot.

    2170
    01:42:43,492 --> 01:42:46,662
    He believed that there was no way
    that they could be affected.

    2171
    01:42:47,246 --> 01:42:50,582
    Tell me Morgan Stanley doesn't hold
    the contracts on these swaps.

    2172
    01:42:53,919 --> 01:42:55,420
    Holy shit.

    2173
    01:42:56,088 --> 01:42:59,508
    All this time I've been trying to figure
    out who I'm betting against,

    2174
    01:42:59,758 --> 01:43:01,593
    and it's Morgan Stanley.

    2175
    01:43:02,553 --> 01:43:03,887
    Which is me.

    2176
    01:43:05,597 --> 01:43:07,933
    What's your exposure? $3 billion?

    2177
    01:43:08,851 --> 01:43:10,686
    Please, don't tell me it's more than four.

    2178
    01:43:10,853 --> 01:43:12,479
    I can't answer that.
    I can't answer that.

    2179
    01:43:12,563 --> 01:43:15,732
    Yes, you can answer that,
    because I walk in here

    2180
    01:43:15,816 --> 01:43:18,902
    and people are crying in your hallway.

    2181
    01:43:19,278 --> 01:43:20,445
    Kathy,

    2182
    01:43:20,946 --> 01:43:22,990
    you bring me in to tell me
    everything's fine,

    2183
    01:43:23,073 --> 01:43:24,283
    and everything's not fine.

    2184
    01:43:24,950 --> 01:43:26,827
    What, what is happening?

    2185
    01:43:29,037 --> 01:43:31,206
    The long exposure is...

    2186
    01:43:33,125 --> 01:43:34,626
    ...$15 billion.

    2187
    01:43:40,591 --> 01:43:41,717
    Jesus!

    2188
    01:43:41,800 --> 01:43:44,177
    He kept saying defaults
    over 8% were impossible.

    2189
    01:43:44,261 --> 01:43:45,262
    MARK: Oh, my God.

    2190
    01:43:45,345 --> 01:43:46,905
    That there would be a million homeless!

    2191
    01:43:48,015 --> 01:43:50,267
    Yeah, but we have nothing
    to do with Morgan Stanley.

    2192
    01:43:53,186 --> 01:43:54,313
    Yeah...

    2193
    01:43:54,646 --> 01:43:56,481
    Tell the bankruptcy court.

    2194
    01:43:56,732 --> 01:43:59,860
    Morgan fails, all our accounts
    go on their balance sheet.

    2195
    01:44:00,485 --> 01:44:02,112
    DANNY: It's just crazy.

    2196
    01:44:02,321 --> 01:44:03,655
    Morgan makes the sucker's bet

    2197
    01:44:03,739 --> 01:44:06,074
    and we pay their fucking gambling debt?

    2198
    01:44:06,575 --> 01:44:09,077
    Short the bank stocks. Then we wait.

    2199
    01:44:12,998 --> 01:44:15,000
    Or we sell our swaps
    when the market opens.

    2200
    01:44:16,752 --> 01:44:19,796
    We get our bonuses,
    our investors get their profits, we get...

    2201
    01:44:19,880 --> 01:44:22,382
    What, 30 cents on the dollar?
    It's not bad.

    2202
    01:44:22,674 --> 01:44:24,176
    We're three times that.

    2203
    01:44:24,259 --> 01:44:25,969
    Not if there's
    no market left to sell them in.

    2204
    01:44:26,053 --> 01:44:27,971
    Forget it.
    We're not giving out any lifeboats.

    2205
    01:44:28,055 --> 01:44:30,432
    VINNIE: If Morgan goes under,
    we end up with nothing.

    2206
    01:44:30,515 --> 01:44:31,516
    Vinnie.

    2207
    01:44:33,268 --> 01:44:36,438
    Jesus, come on.
    I say when we sell.

    2208
    01:44:40,567 --> 01:44:42,945
    Look, I get that this is personal for you,

    2209
    01:44:43,028 --> 01:44:45,322
    but we have a fiduciary responsibility.

    2210
    01:44:45,405 --> 01:44:46,907
    No. No, we don't.

    2211
    01:44:47,199 --> 01:44:49,368
    Nobody's acting responsible.

    2212
    01:44:49,534 --> 01:44:52,287
    Fuck responsibility. Are you kidding me?

    2213
    01:44:52,788 --> 01:44:54,873
    The assholes at the big banks will take...

    2214
    01:44:54,957 --> 01:44:55,999
    WOMAN: You boys want any appetizers?

    2215
    01:44:56,083 --> 01:44:57,834
    MARK: We're talking, please!

    2216
    01:44:58,585 --> 01:45:00,087
    - Excuse us.
    - Sorry.

    2217
    01:45:02,214 --> 01:45:05,008
    We are going to wait,
    and we are going to wait,

    2218
    01:45:05,133 --> 01:45:06,635
    and we are going to wait

    2219
    01:45:06,802 --> 01:45:10,555
    until they feel the pain,
    until they start to bleed.

    2220
    01:45:10,889 --> 01:45:13,016
    - That is what I want.
    - But what about our clients

    2221
    01:45:13,100 --> 01:45:14,393
    who've entrusted us with their savings...

    2222
    01:45:14,476 --> 01:45:15,644
    I say when we sell.

    2223
    01:45:15,727 --> 01:45:16,770
    This isn't about you.

    2224
    01:45:16,853 --> 01:45:18,105
    This isn't about you
    and your Upper East Side

    2225
    01:45:18,188 --> 01:45:19,231
    - mahogany soapbox.
    - Hey! Hey!

    2226
    01:45:19,398 --> 01:45:20,732
    I say when we sell!

    2227
    01:45:22,317 --> 01:45:24,069
    DANNY: Whatever you say, Mark.

    2228
    01:45:30,784 --> 01:45:32,577
    Dude, did you hear the news?

    2229
    01:45:34,413 --> 01:45:36,748
    Okay. So, not only do
    two mortgage hedge funds

    2230
    01:45:36,832 --> 01:45:38,625
    <i>backed by Bear Stearns go belly up,</i>

    2231
    01:45:38,709 --> 01:45:41,837
    but now there's
    a class-action lawsuit against Bear.

    2232
    01:45:41,920 --> 01:45:43,088
    CHARLIE: Holy shit!

    2233
    01:45:43,171 --> 01:45:45,674
    Let's go! Push! Push!

    2234
    01:45:45,757 --> 01:45:47,175
    So, what?
    Bear could really collapse here.

    2235
    01:45:47,259 --> 01:45:49,052
    - This is a risk we really shouldn't take.
    <i>- Then what?</i>

    2236
    01:45:49,136 --> 01:45:51,138
    JAMIE: <i>We bought 80%
    of our swaps at Bear.</i>

    2237
    01:45:51,221 --> 01:45:52,806
    <i>- We'd lose everything.</i>
    - So what?

    2238
    01:45:52,889 --> 01:45:54,307
    - Hey, sir?
    - One second!

    2239
    01:45:54,433 --> 01:45:55,433
    That's my opinion.

    2240
    01:45:55,475 --> 01:45:56,715
    We bought these fucking things.

    2241
    01:45:56,768 --> 01:45:57,936
    We have no clue how to sell them.

    2242
    01:45:58,020 --> 01:45:59,460
    I know. We have to get Ben to do it.

    2243
    01:45:59,521 --> 01:46:01,523
    I've been trying to call him
    and he won't get back to me.

    2244
    01:46:01,606 --> 01:46:03,859
    No. He's on vacation
    with his wife's family.

    2245
    01:46:03,942 --> 01:46:05,110
    They're in England.

    2246
    01:46:06,069 --> 01:46:07,070
    What?

    2247
    01:46:07,195 --> 01:46:08,447
    (BELL RINGING SOFTLY)

    2248
    01:46:08,572 --> 01:46:09,781
    (TYPING ON COMPUTER)

    2249
    01:46:11,616 --> 01:46:13,702
    (MEN TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

    2250
    01:46:14,786 --> 01:46:16,371
    JAMIE: <i>Hello, Ben. Hey.</i>
    BEN: Guys?

    2251
    01:46:16,455 --> 01:46:18,040
    <i>Yeah, we're here.
    Can you hear us?</i>

    2252
    01:46:18,123 --> 01:46:19,624
    - Guys?
    - CHARLIE: <i>Yeah, we got you.</i>

    2253
    01:46:19,791 --> 01:46:22,627
    BEN: <i>Yeah. I hardly got
    cell phone or Wi-Fi service.</i>

    2254
    01:46:23,754 --> 01:46:26,339
    I'm trying to sell $200 million
    worth of securities.

    2255
    01:46:26,673 --> 01:46:29,009
    In a pub. It smells like sheep.

    2256
    01:46:29,301 --> 01:46:30,302
    You can do this.

    2257
    01:46:30,427 --> 01:46:31,553
    CHARLIE: <i>I don't want
    to pressure you, Ben</i>

    2258
    01:46:31,636 --> 01:46:34,222
    <i>but if you don't pull this off,
    we lose everything.</i>

    2259
    01:46:34,473 --> 01:46:37,768
    All right. Let's see what
    Credit Suisse's appetite is.

    2260
    01:46:42,939 --> 01:46:44,107
    This is Brownfield Fund.

    2261
    01:46:44,191 --> 01:46:46,109
    I want to unload my credit default swaps.

    2262
    01:46:46,443 --> 01:46:47,986
    MAN: <i>All right. What you got?</i>

    2263
    01:46:48,153 --> 01:46:49,821
    Twenty AA tranches of A.B.S. CDOs.

    2264
    01:46:50,447 --> 01:46:52,824
    MAN: <i>A.B.S.? Are these...
    These are pretty bad?</i>

    2265
    01:46:52,991 --> 01:46:54,993
    Absolutely. They're complete shit.

    2266
    01:46:55,285 --> 01:46:56,787
    <i>What's your notional value?</i>

    2267
    01:46:56,870 --> 01:46:59,539
    Face value is 205 million. Dollars.

    2268
    01:46:59,831 --> 01:47:02,417
    <i>All right, we could, we could go to forty.</i>

    2269
    01:47:02,501 --> 01:47:03,821
    No. We want at least 100 million.

    2270
    01:47:03,877 --> 01:47:07,547
    100 million? Who are you,
    a drug dealer or a banker?

    2271
    01:47:07,672 --> 01:47:10,175
    'Cause if you're a banker,
    you can fuck right off!

    2272
    01:47:10,258 --> 01:47:11,426
    <i>I don't know if we can make a market.</i>

    2273
    01:47:11,510 --> 01:47:12,636
    BEN: Just give me your best price?

    2274
    01:47:12,719 --> 01:47:15,263
    Yeah. Chuck 100 million in for me, mate.

    2275
    01:47:15,347 --> 01:47:16,598
    <i>I think we're far apart.</i>

    2276
    01:47:17,099 --> 01:47:19,518
    Look, if you don't want the deal,
    you can just hang up.

    2277
    01:47:21,978 --> 01:47:23,522
    That's what I thought.

    2278
    01:47:24,314 --> 01:47:26,316
    - 90 million.
    <i>- 70.</i>

    2279
    01:47:27,317 --> 01:47:29,152
    (SIGHS) 85.

    2280
    01:47:29,361 --> 01:47:31,321
    <i>- 78.</i>
    - 84.

    2281
    01:47:32,531 --> 01:47:34,533
    <i>- 78.</i>
    - BEN: 84.

    2282
    01:47:36,368 --> 01:47:37,661
    MIKE: It's Dr. Burry.

    2283
    01:47:38,245 --> 01:47:41,081
    Looks like the collapse
    of the financial sector is imminent.

    2284
    01:47:42,082 --> 01:47:44,042
    Let's start to sell my position.

    2285
    01:47:44,417 --> 01:47:46,253
    It's $1.3 billion.

    2286
    01:47:47,754 --> 01:47:49,589
    Sure, I'll hold.

    2287
    01:47:50,966 --> 01:47:52,759
    (TYPING ON COMPUTER)

    2288
    01:47:59,641 --> 01:48:01,101
    (BEEPING)

    2289
    01:48:13,405 --> 01:48:14,906
    So, I was right.

    2290
    01:48:15,740 --> 01:48:18,243
    I took a rash of shit for two years, but

    2291
    01:48:18,660 --> 01:48:20,579
    I was right.

    2292
    01:48:20,912 --> 01:48:22,664
    And everyone was wrong.

    2293
    01:48:23,582 --> 01:48:26,751
    And, yeah,
    I got a bonus check for it. Sue me.

    2294
    01:48:27,419 --> 01:48:28,503
    You know?

    2295
    01:48:28,920 --> 01:48:32,549
    It's a lot of money. I get it.
    I can feel you judging me.

    2296
    01:48:32,632 --> 01:48:33,925
    That's palpable.

    2297
    01:48:34,634 --> 01:48:38,638
    But, hey, I never said
    I was the hero of this story.

    2298
    01:48:39,264 --> 01:48:41,808
    JAMIE: Hey, Ben. How are we looking?

    2299
    01:48:43,018 --> 01:48:44,352
    BEN: (CUTTING OUT) <i>Eight... on...</i>

    2300
    01:48:45,103 --> 01:48:46,438
    Sorry?

    2301
    01:48:46,813 --> 01:48:48,940
    No. Eighty million.

    2302
    01:48:49,149 --> 01:48:50,775
    $80 million, $80 million,
    that's good, right?

    2303
    01:48:50,859 --> 01:48:51,943
    - Eighty is great.
    - Is that good?

    2304
    01:48:52,027 --> 01:48:53,227
    - Eighty is great, Ben.
    - Okay.

    2305
    01:48:53,278 --> 01:48:55,614
    Thank you. Thank you so much.

    2306
    01:48:55,947 --> 01:48:57,824
    <i>Most of it went to UBS.</i>

    2307
    01:48:57,949 --> 01:48:59,492
    <i>You're very lucky. The largest bank</i>

    2308
    01:48:59,576 --> 01:49:02,787
    in France froze customer's money
    market accounts today.

    2309
    01:49:02,913 --> 01:49:04,456
    This thing's hitting Europe.

    2310
    01:49:04,539 --> 01:49:06,374
    Greece and Iceland are finished.

    2311
    01:49:06,458 --> 01:49:07,792
    Spain is teetering.

    2312
    01:49:07,876 --> 01:49:09,461
    Are you serious? Fuck.

    2313
    01:49:09,878 --> 01:49:11,713
    CHARLIE: <i>Ben, call us
    when you get home.</i>

    2314
    01:49:11,796 --> 01:49:13,089
    <i>But, hey, before you go,</i>

    2315
    01:49:13,173 --> 01:49:15,217
    uh, I'm just wondering...

    2316
    01:49:15,884 --> 01:49:17,135
    Um...

    2317
    01:49:18,303 --> 01:49:20,347
    Why did you do this with us?

    2318
    01:49:21,306 --> 01:49:23,308
    <i>You didn't have to. Uh...</i>

    2319
    01:49:23,642 --> 01:49:27,312
    <i>Thank you. But, uh, why?</i>

    2320
    01:49:28,230 --> 01:49:31,149
    You guys said you wanted to get rich.
    Now you're rich.

    2321
    01:49:31,691 --> 01:49:32,776
    COMMENTATOR: <i>Goal!</i>

    2322
    01:49:32,859 --> 01:49:34,539
    <i>Pamplona puts themselves
    on the scoreboard.</i>

    2323
    01:49:38,657 --> 01:49:41,201
    JARED: <i>As the housing markets
    and banks continued to hemorrhage,</i>

    2324
    01:49:41,284 --> 01:49:43,703
    <i>only one of the big shorts refused to sell.</i>

    2325
    01:49:43,787 --> 01:49:44,996
    <i>Mark Baum.</i>

    2326
    01:49:48,375 --> 01:49:50,418
    <i>So it was beyond perfect
    when he was asked to speak</i>

    2327
    01:49:50,502 --> 01:49:52,337
    <i>at a conference opposite Bruce Miller,</i>

    2328
    01:49:52,420 --> 01:49:54,881
    <i>the famous bullish investor.</i>

    2329
    01:49:55,257 --> 01:49:57,467
    <i>After he and Mark had their debate,
    Alan Greenspan,</i>

    2330
    01:49:57,550 --> 01:50:01,012
    <i>one of the architects of the whole crisis
    was scheduled to speak.</i>

    2331
    01:50:01,263 --> 01:50:03,848
    <i>Everyone in Mark's office showed up,
    he even invited friends.</i>

    2332
    01:50:04,266 --> 01:50:05,267
    (CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

    2333
    01:50:05,350 --> 01:50:08,645
    <i>This was the Ali vs. Foreman
    of the financial world.</i>

    2334
    01:50:09,020 --> 01:50:11,022
    <i>The realist versus the fools.</i>

    2335
    01:50:11,481 --> 01:50:15,068
    <i>And if it seems almost too perfect,
    trust me, this happened.</i>

    2336
    01:50:15,860 --> 01:50:17,100
    (CELL PHONE
    CONTINUES VIBRATING)

    2337
    01:50:17,195 --> 01:50:23,368
    Welcome, everyone.
    Please give a generous welcome to

    2338
    01:50:23,702 --> 01:50:27,289
    Mr. Bruce Miller and Mark Baum.

    2339
    01:50:27,664 --> 01:50:29,749
    (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

    2340
    01:50:43,221 --> 01:50:44,389
    (CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

    2341
    01:50:44,472 --> 01:50:45,974
    - Strap yourself in.
    - (WOMAN COUGHS)

    2342
    01:50:47,225 --> 01:50:49,394
    So as some of you may know,
    Bear Stearns

    2343
    01:50:49,477 --> 01:50:52,063
    has just received a loan from JP Morgan.

    2344
    01:50:52,147 --> 01:50:54,983
    Of course, we're gonna have to
    wait and see how the markets react,

    2345
    01:50:55,066 --> 01:50:58,778
    but that should lay to rest any
    concerns about the bank's health.

    2346
    01:50:58,862 --> 01:51:03,575
    Now, I take it you have no plans to sell
    your $200 million in Bear stock?

    2347
    01:51:03,908 --> 01:51:05,535
    No. As a matter of fact,
    when we're done here,

    2348
    01:51:05,618 --> 01:51:07,412
    I'll probably go out and buy some more.

    2349
    01:51:07,537 --> 01:51:08,830
    - (SCATTERED LAUGHTER)
    - (CELL PHONES VIBRATING)

    2350
    01:51:08,913 --> 01:51:12,417
    For the opposing view, Mr. Baum.

    2351
    01:51:14,836 --> 01:51:16,921
    I got to stand for this.

    2352
    01:51:19,674 --> 01:51:21,259
    Okay, hi.

    2353
    01:51:21,676 --> 01:51:24,095
    My firm's thesis is pretty simple.

    2354
    01:51:24,429 --> 01:51:26,264
    Wall Street took a good idea,

    2355
    01:51:26,348 --> 01:51:27,849
    Lewis Ranieri's mortgage bond,

    2356
    01:51:28,099 --> 01:51:30,352
    and turned it into an atomic bomb

    2357
    01:51:30,435 --> 01:51:32,604
    of fraud and stupidity

    2358
    01:51:32,937 --> 01:51:35,607
    that's on its way to decimating
    the world economy.

    2359
    01:51:35,690 --> 01:51:36,900
    How do you really feel?

    2360
    01:51:37,025 --> 01:51:38,234
    (AUDIENCE CHUCKLING)

    2361
    01:51:38,360 --> 01:51:40,278
    MARK: I'm glad you still
    have a sense of humor.

    2362
    01:51:40,362 --> 01:51:42,405
    I wouldn't if I were you.

    2363
    01:51:42,781 --> 01:51:46,826
    Now, anyone who knows me knows that

    2364
    01:51:46,910 --> 01:51:49,371
    I have no problem telling
    someone they're wrong.

    2365
    01:51:49,454 --> 01:51:53,541
    PORTER: (WHISPERING) Bear Stearns
    is denying rumors of liquidity problems.

    2366
    01:51:53,625 --> 01:51:55,919
    (WHISPERING) Holy fuck, it's 39 now!

    2367
    01:51:58,088 --> 01:52:00,632
    We live in an era of fraud in America.

    2368
    01:52:00,715 --> 01:52:03,093
    Not just in banking, but in government,

    2369
    01:52:03,551 --> 01:52:06,513
    education, religion, food,

    2370
    01:52:06,596 --> 01:52:08,264
    even baseball.

    2371
    01:52:08,765 --> 01:52:09,974
    (VIBRATING)

    2372
    01:52:10,141 --> 01:52:11,351
    What bothers me isn't that

    2373
    01:52:11,976 --> 01:52:15,814
    fraud is not nice or that fraud is mean.

    2374
    01:52:16,106 --> 01:52:17,982
    It's that for 15,000 years

    2375
    01:52:18,817 --> 01:52:20,360
    fraud and short-sighted thinking

    2376
    01:52:20,443 --> 01:52:22,821
    have never, ever worked.

    2377
    01:52:22,946 --> 01:52:25,865
    - PORTER: Jesus, Bear at 37...
    - Not once.

    2378
    01:52:25,949 --> 01:52:29,202
    Eventually, people get caught,
    things go south.

    2379
    01:52:29,285 --> 01:52:30,725
    DANNY: It's fucking plummeting, man.

    2380
    01:52:30,829 --> 01:52:33,123
    When the hell did we forget all that?

    2381
    01:52:37,293 --> 01:52:39,796
    I thought we were
    better than this. I really did.

    2382
    01:52:40,130 --> 01:52:42,173
    And the fact that we're not

    2383
    01:52:42,298 --> 01:52:45,009
    doesn't make me feel
    all right and superior.

    2384
    01:52:45,093 --> 01:52:47,595
    It makes me feel... Sad.

    2385
    01:52:48,012 --> 01:52:50,348
    Every time I fucking hit
    "refresh" it's dropping, man.

    2386
    01:52:52,016 --> 01:52:53,685
    And as fun as it is to watch

    2387
    01:52:53,977 --> 01:52:56,271
    pompous, dumb Wall Streeters
    be wildly wrong,

    2388
    01:52:56,354 --> 01:52:58,648
    and you are wrong, sir,

    2389
    01:52:59,482 --> 01:53:02,485
    I just know, that at the end of the day

    2390
    01:53:03,153 --> 01:53:05,864
    average people are going to be the ones

    2391
    01:53:05,989 --> 01:53:08,158
    that are gonna have to pay for all this.

    2392
    01:53:08,825 --> 01:53:10,952
    Because they always, always do.

    2393
    01:53:11,035 --> 01:53:12,078
    DANNY: It's 32.

    2394
    01:53:12,162 --> 01:53:13,538
    VINNIE: It's fucking tanked, man.

    2395
    01:53:13,663 --> 01:53:15,665
    That's my two cents. Thank you.

    2396
    01:53:17,000 --> 01:53:18,334
    DANNY: Let me drop
    a deuce at Deutsche.

    2397
    01:53:18,501 --> 01:53:20,503
    WOMAN: Does our bull
    have a response?

    2398
    01:53:21,504 --> 01:53:25,008
    Only that, in the entire history
    of Wall Street,

    2399
    01:53:25,133 --> 01:53:27,427
    no investment bank has ever failed

    2400
    01:53:27,510 --> 01:53:29,512
    unless caught in criminal activities.

    2401
    01:53:30,013 --> 01:53:33,516
    So, yes, I stand by
    my Bear Stearns optimism.

    2402
    01:53:33,850 --> 01:53:35,852
    MAN: Mr. Miller, I'm sorry.
    Quick question.

    2403
    01:53:36,352 --> 01:53:38,021
    From the time you guys started talking,

    2404
    01:53:38,188 --> 01:53:41,065
    Bear Stearns stock has
    fallen more than 38%.

    2405
    01:53:41,149 --> 01:53:42,525
    Would you still buy more?

    2406
    01:53:42,734 --> 01:53:46,863
    Yeah, sure, of course
    I'd buy more. Why not?

    2407
    01:53:47,322 --> 01:53:48,323
    Boom.

    2408
    01:53:48,406 --> 01:53:50,158
    (ALL TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

    2409
    01:53:51,576 --> 01:53:52,911
    DANNY: Jesus Christ!

    2410
    01:53:54,370 --> 01:53:57,540
    WOMAN: That concludes
    the first part of our presentation.

    2411
    01:53:58,541 --> 01:54:03,171
    Up next, we have the legendary
    former chairman of the Fed,

    2412
    01:54:03,254 --> 01:54:05,048
    Alan Greenspan.

    2413
    01:54:05,131 --> 01:54:06,466
    Folks?

    2414
    01:54:24,609 --> 01:54:25,985
    MALE REPORTER: ...<i>employees</i>
    <i>of Lehman Brothers today,</i>

    2415
    01:54:26,069 --> 01:54:29,405
    <i>as the Wall Street giant's stock
    went to zero.</i>

    2416
    01:54:29,739 --> 01:54:31,658
    <i>The collapse of the venerable
    New York bank</i>

    2417
    01:54:31,741 --> 01:54:35,370
    <i>follows a tumultuous few months
    of market volatility</i>

    2418
    01:54:35,453 --> 01:54:38,081
    <i>and fear in the world economy.</i>

    2419
    01:54:38,414 --> 01:54:40,124
    I got to see inside.

    2420
    01:54:40,917 --> 01:54:42,252
    How?

    2421
    01:54:42,961 --> 01:54:43,962
    Come on.

    2422
    01:54:44,796 --> 01:54:47,882
    I left my phone in the office.
    I threw my pass out already.

    2423
    01:54:47,966 --> 01:54:49,384
    <i>Do you mind if I take your pass?</i>

    2424
    01:54:49,467 --> 01:54:52,053
    I don't give a shit anymore.
    You can do what you want.

    2425
    01:54:59,936 --> 01:55:01,646
    Go directly to your transportation.

    2426
    01:55:01,729 --> 01:55:03,439
    Do not talk to the press.

    2427
    01:55:03,606 --> 01:55:06,943
    After 18 years, I just leave?
    That's just fucking great!

    2428
    01:55:07,151 --> 01:55:10,029
    I'll talk to whoever the hell I want!

    2429
    01:55:10,113 --> 01:55:12,448
    MAN: Do not talk to the press.

    2430
    01:55:12,782 --> 01:55:14,742
    Go directly to your transportation.

    2431
    01:55:14,826 --> 01:55:15,910
    Do not talk to...

    2432
    01:55:18,496 --> 01:55:19,664
    PORTER: Hey, look,
    you wanna get a bite tonight?

    2433
    01:55:19,789 --> 01:55:22,208
    There's this, uh, new Cuban place

    2434
    01:55:22,292 --> 01:55:24,294
    just opened on the Lower East Side.
    It's supposed to be good.

    2435
    01:55:24,627 --> 01:55:26,296
    - Oh, really?
    - Yeah.

    2436
    01:55:26,796 --> 01:55:28,131
    You and I?

    2437
    01:55:28,339 --> 01:55:29,924
    - Yeah, or other people.
    - (CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

    2438
    01:55:30,008 --> 01:55:31,808
    - That sounds nice. I would like that.
    - Yeah.

    2439
    01:55:31,843 --> 01:55:33,136
    Finally.

    2440
    01:55:33,511 --> 01:55:34,846
    Mark, hey.

    2441
    01:55:35,138 --> 01:55:36,458
    VINNIE: <i>It's a bloodbath up here.</i>

    2442
    01:55:36,514 --> 01:55:38,016
    <i>Morgan stock has lost half its value.</i>

    2443
    01:55:38,099 --> 01:55:40,393
    <i>It's down to 23. 10. It's in freefall.</i>

    2444
    01:55:40,476 --> 01:55:43,479
    <i>Clients want to talk to you
    about pulling their money.</i>

    2445
    01:55:43,688 --> 01:55:47,191
    <i>It's now or never, Mark.
    We got to sell.</i>

    2446
    01:55:50,486 --> 01:55:51,654
    <i>Mark.</i>

    2447
    01:55:53,031 --> 01:55:54,198
    <i>Mark, you hear me?</i>

    2448
    01:55:54,532 --> 01:55:55,992
    MALE AUTOMATED VOICE:
    <i>Mailbox one.</i>

    2449
    01:55:56,159 --> 01:55:58,870
    <i>You have 15 messages.</i>

    2450
    01:55:59,203 --> 01:56:00,246
    (BEEPING)

    2451
    01:56:00,330 --> 01:56:01,956
    WOMAN: <i>Mike, I can't seem
    to get ahold of you.</i>

    2452
    01:56:02,040 --> 01:56:04,500
    <i>Will you please call me
    at your earliest convenience.</i>

    2453
    01:56:05,835 --> 01:56:08,671
    <i>It's Jack. You're buying stocks?</i>

    2454
    01:56:08,880 --> 01:56:11,841
    <i>The market's at an all-time low.
    This is crazy!</i>

    2455
    01:56:12,091 --> 01:56:14,427
    MIKE: <i>I met my wife on Match.com.</i>

    2456
    01:56:14,844 --> 01:56:16,179
    <i>My profile said,</i>

    2457
    01:56:16,387 --> 01:56:18,723
    <i>"I am a medical student
    with only one eye,</i>

    2458
    01:56:18,806 --> 01:56:20,725
    <i>"an awkward social manner,</i>

    2459
    01:56:20,808 --> 01:56:24,395
    <i>"and $145,000 in student loans."</i>

    2460
    01:56:25,063 --> 01:56:26,522
    <i>She wrote back,</i>

    2461
    01:56:26,814 --> 01:56:28,454
    <i>"You're just what I've been looking for."</i>

    2462
    01:56:29,359 --> 01:56:31,027
    <i>She meant honest.</i>

    2463
    01:56:31,235 --> 01:56:32,904
    <i>So let me be honest.</i>

    2464
    01:56:33,071 --> 01:56:37,325
    The housing crisis represents
    the greatest financial opportunity of...

    2465
    01:56:37,408 --> 01:56:40,203
    MIKE: <i>Making money is not
    like I thought it would be.</i>

    2466
    01:56:40,536 --> 01:56:45,124
    <i>This business kills
    the part of life that is essential.</i>

    2467
    01:56:45,208 --> 01:56:48,252
    <i>The part that has nothing
    to do with business.</i>

    2468
    01:56:48,378 --> 01:56:50,088
    - (APPLAUDING)
    - (MAN TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

    2469
    01:56:50,546 --> 01:56:52,590
    <i>For the past two years, my insides...</i>

    2470
    01:56:52,674 --> 01:56:53,675
    (SQUEALS)

    2471
    01:56:53,758 --> 01:56:56,135
    <i>...have felt like
    they're eating themselves.</i>

    2472
    01:56:56,260 --> 01:56:58,554
    <i>All the people I respected</i>

    2473
    01:56:59,055 --> 01:57:01,557
    <i>won't talk to me anymore</i>

    2474
    01:57:01,808 --> 01:57:03,643
    <i>except through lawyers.</i>

    2475
    01:57:07,397 --> 01:57:08,773
    - (BABY CRYING)
    <i>- People</i>

    2476
    01:57:09,565 --> 01:57:13,236
    <i>want an authority to tell them
    how to value things...</i>

    2477
    01:57:13,611 --> 01:57:18,700
    <i>...but they choose this authority not
    based on facts or results.</i>

    2478
    01:57:19,158 --> 01:57:23,830
    <i>They choose it because it
    seems authoritative and familiar.</i>

    2479
    01:57:23,913 --> 01:57:26,374
    <i>And I am not</i>

    2480
    01:57:26,457 --> 01:57:29,502
    <i>and never have been "familiar".</i>

    2481
    01:57:31,462 --> 01:57:32,463
    <i>So...</i>

    2482
    01:57:33,339 --> 01:57:36,467
    <i>So, I've come to the sullen realization</i>

    2483
    01:57:36,551 --> 01:57:39,345
    <i>that I must close down the fund.</i>

    2484
    01:57:39,429 --> 01:57:42,515
    <i>Sincerely, Michael J. Burry, M.D.</i>

    2485
    01:58:42,241 --> 01:58:44,327
    CHARLIE: This isn't how I pictured it.

    2486
    01:58:46,329 --> 01:58:47,497
    JAMIE: What did you think we'd find?

    2487
    01:58:47,580 --> 01:58:48,623
    I don't know.

    2488
    01:58:50,500 --> 01:58:52,001
    Grownups.

    2489
    01:58:55,922 --> 01:58:57,423
    Mark, you there?

    2490
    01:59:00,092 --> 01:59:01,344
    VINNIE: <i>Mark?</i>

    2491
    01:59:01,594 --> 01:59:04,514
    Paulson and Bernanke
    just left the White House.

    2492
    01:59:09,852 --> 01:59:12,021
    There's going to be a bailout.

    2493
    01:59:13,606 --> 01:59:17,026
    <i>Well, they had to. Right?</i>

    2494
    01:59:17,360 --> 01:59:18,528
    <i>Paper markets would've collapsed.</i>

    2495
    01:59:18,611 --> 01:59:19,779
    They knew.

    2496
    01:59:20,029 --> 01:59:21,531
    <i>Cash would've stopped
    coming out of ATMs.</i>

    2497
    01:59:21,614 --> 01:59:23,157
    <i>They had to backstop this.</i>

    2498
    01:59:23,449 --> 01:59:25,785
    They knew the taxpayers
    would bail them out.

    2499
    01:59:25,868 --> 01:59:28,287
    They weren't being stupid.
    They just didn't care.

    2500
    01:59:28,454 --> 01:59:30,623
    <i>Yeah. 'Cause they're fucking crooks.</i>

    2501
    01:59:32,542 --> 01:59:35,086
    But at least we're going to
    see some of them go to jail.

    2502
    01:59:36,295 --> 01:59:39,549
    Right? I mean, they're gonna
    have to break up the banks.

    2503
    01:59:40,633 --> 01:59:41,968
    <i>I mean, the party's over.</i>

    2504
    01:59:42,051 --> 01:59:44,720
    I don't know. I don't know, Vinnie.

    2505
    01:59:47,473 --> 01:59:48,975
    I have a feeling

    2506
    01:59:49,058 --> 01:59:50,935
    that in a few years
    people are gonna be doing

    2507
    01:59:51,018 --> 01:59:54,021
    what they always do
    when the economy tanks.

    2508
    01:59:54,480 --> 01:59:57,692
    They will be blaming
    immigrants and poor people.

    2509
    01:59:57,984 --> 01:59:59,318
    JARED: <i>But Mark was wrong.</i>

    2510
    02:00:00,444 --> 02:00:02,405
    <i>In the years that followed,
    hundreds of bankers</i>

    2511
    02:00:02,488 --> 02:00:05,116
    <i>and rating agencies executives
    went to jail.</i>

    2512
    02:00:05,283 --> 02:00:07,326
    <i>The SEC was completely overhauled.</i>

    2513
    02:00:07,493 --> 02:00:10,204
    <i>And Congress had no choice
    but to break up the big banks</i>

    2514
    02:00:10,621 --> 02:00:13,082
    <i>and regulate the mortgage
    and derivatives industries.</i>

    2515
    02:00:14,500 --> 02:00:16,252
    (GLASS SHATTERING)

    2516
    02:00:17,879 --> 02:00:19,213
    <i>Just kidding.</i>

    2517
    02:00:19,463 --> 02:00:21,674
    <i>The banks took the money
    the American people gave them</i>

    2518
    02:00:21,757 --> 02:00:24,051
    <i>and used it to pay themselves
    huge bonuses</i>

    2519
    02:00:24,135 --> 02:00:26,387
    <i>and lobby Congress to kill big reform.</i>

    2520
    02:00:26,554 --> 02:00:28,806
    <i>And then they blamed
    immigrants and poor people.</i>

    2521
    02:00:28,890 --> 02:00:31,058
    <i>And this time, even teachers.</i>

    2522
    02:00:32,435 --> 02:00:33,675
    <i>And when all was said and done,</i>

    2523
    02:00:33,728 --> 02:00:35,479
    <i>only one single banker went to jail.</i>

    2524
    02:00:36,397 --> 02:00:37,523
    <i>This poor schmuck.</i>

    2525
    02:00:37,607 --> 02:00:40,067
    <i>Kareem Serageldin from Credit Suisse.</i>

    2526
    02:00:40,401 --> 02:00:42,737
    <i>He hid a few billion
    in mortgage bond losses,</i>

    2527
    02:00:42,820 --> 02:00:46,073
    <i>something most of the big banks did
    on a good day during the crisis.</i>

    2528
    02:00:47,700 --> 02:00:49,702
    Mark, can we sell now?

    2529
    02:00:51,495 --> 02:00:53,998
    <i>The fund will make almost $1 billion.</i>

    2530
    02:00:54,081 --> 02:00:55,708
    <i>You'll clear $200 mil, Mark.</i>

    2531
    02:00:56,876 --> 02:00:59,128
    You know, once we sell,

    2532
    02:00:59,879 --> 02:01:01,756
    we'll be just like the rest of them.

    2533
    02:01:01,839 --> 02:01:02,965
    You know that.

    2534
    02:01:03,299 --> 02:01:04,884
    <i>No, we're not.
    We're not the bad guys here.</i>

    2535
    02:01:04,967 --> 02:01:08,471
    <i>We didn't defraud the American people
    and prey on their dreams</i>

    2536
    02:01:08,554 --> 02:01:10,139
    <i>of owning a home. All right?</i>

    2537
    02:01:10,222 --> 02:01:11,432
    <i>They did.</i>

    2538
    02:01:11,515 --> 02:01:12,558
    (HORN HONKING)

    2539
    02:01:12,642 --> 02:01:14,477
    And now we get to
    kick them in the teeth.

    2540
    02:01:19,899 --> 02:01:21,901
    A billion dollars.

    2541
    02:01:23,569 --> 02:01:24,820
    <i>That's right.</i>

    2542
    02:01:24,904 --> 02:01:27,740
    <i>But we got to close out our position
    or it could be zero.</i>

    2543
    02:01:28,240 --> 02:01:31,077
    <i>I mean, it's now or never, Mark.</i>

    2544
    02:01:40,252 --> 02:01:41,671
    Okay.

    2545
    02:01:45,424 --> 02:01:46,842
    Sell it all.

    2546
    02:03:45,586 --> 02:03:47,630
    (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

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