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Poets&Quants
From Wall Street To The Classroom: Rich Excell On Markets, Risk, And Teaching Finance
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Poets&Quants
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Season 7
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Episode 24
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In this episode, finance veteran and Gies College of Business professor Rich Excell shares his journey from global trading floors around the world to becoming an award-winning educator. He discusses the evolution of derivatives and market efficiency, the realities of trading risk, and why today’s students bring a fresh sense of optimism to finance. Along the way, Rich offers candid stories from his career—including surviving a $25 million trading loss—and explains how great investors balance quantitative models with human judgment.
