It's Friday - I miss Louis Rukeyser

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2:17p, 11/9/18

AG

Class of '80 here- BBA Finance.

Being the party animal that I was, I'd always try to catch Rukeyser on Friday nights on PBS.

I miss his steady and humorous (the master of puns) analysis. Wish we had someone like him these days.

I was fortunate to speak with him for a few minutes when I was about 25. He was charming, polite, and engaging. He was kind to this young amateur investor. Then we talked about fishing. (He was in Anchorage for a speaking engagement.)

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Added his broadcast from 10 days after 9-11.

Such a wise man.

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7:10p, 11/10/18

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In reply to Hey Nav • 11:05a, 11/11/18

AG

Nav,

My dad and I saw Rukeyser live in Austin in the early '80s, and he was most entertaining.

I still remember one of his quips - something along the lines of -- 'Critics are bashing corporations for booking obscene profits this year. If that's the case, I hope that next year profits will be downright pornographic!"

BTW, we probably rubbed shoulders in the Finance Club. I wonder if today's Finance majors are still getting the heavy dose of Chicago School monetarist-influenced economics that we did.

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1:31p, 11/11/18

AG

Louis was money!

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12:35p, 11/12/18

AG

Funny, I was thinking the same thing on Friday. We used to make the kids watch WSW with us and then we'd watch their movies the rest of the night.

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3:14p, 3/26/20

AG

Feel the need to repost this.

I miss Louis and his wisdom.

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11:52a, 3/30/20

AG

For sure. Seems especially timely since we lost Nightly Business Report in December.