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2019 SALT Conference: Angelo Mozilo On Lessons (Supposedly) Learned From The Housing Bubble

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Notes from Angelo Mozilo presentation at the 2019 SALT Conference called “Underwater World: Lessons Learned From The Housing Bubble.”

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Underwater World: Lessons Learned From The Housing Bubble

Angelo Mozilo - Former Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer, Countrywide Financial

Erik Schatzker - Editor-at-Large, BloombergTV

  • Countrywide had over 250,000 employees over its life time
  • He came into work and the markets were crashing
    • His trader said that he cannot sell a bond
    • Most Americans can understand the mortgage market collapsing, but it was everything crashing at once.
  • He...

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