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That is putting the fed in a bit of a bind. It creates the risk of a policy mistake. The fed will not make a policy mistake if everything is fine. If the data does not get worse. Which people are forecasting. You could have a second half where the economy is bouncing back. The second half we should see that fade. The fed is actually going to surprise to the downside on the Balance Sheet. They should not continue that Balance Sheet expansion. Is the market going to see that as the end of qe, quantitative tightening . The fed playbook is to cut big and fast and signal qe if there is weakness. Thats a big risk for the market. Jonathan joining me around the table is greg staples, lisa hornby, and ken monahan. Lets talk about it, ken. Your thoughts on that, is it or isnt it qe . Ken i know mr. Kashkari is trying to throw cold water on the idea that it is not, but even being in minneapolis, he doesnt have enough water to throw on it to convince the market it is not. I think the market call i
I do not consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Aliko dangote is widely known to be the wealthiest man in africa. So is that a title you are proud to have . Or is that one where you get so many people calling you for money that you wish you were not the wealthiest man in africa . Aliko first of all, david, it is great to be here and seeing you today. Well, you know, when they call you the wealthiest person in africa, it comes with a lot of baggage. Of course, there are so many demands. People come up with so many different demands. But it is good because i like to give back to the society. David so right now, you are involved in many philanthropic endeavors. Lets go through some of them before we go to how you made this money. Recently, you had an event in new york
Host so scott kupor, what does a Venture Capitalist do . Guest so basically what we do is we provide money to companies that are trying to grow and hopefully become very Big Companies like facebook or google or apple someday. If were doing our jobs correctly we are helping them grow the company so we dont work in the businesses but hopefully we can provide introductions, help navigate new challenges as they go through the business. We like to think of ourselves as a money provider and hopefully a supporter. Host why cant a company such as the ones you describe just go to a bank and go through traditional avenues . Guest its a good question. Most of the businesses we invest in our very risky businesses that will lose money for a long time as Investment Business and banks are not in the business of doing that or taking risk of losing their capital. We are willing to take that risk. About half of what we invest in we will lose all our money in. Any bank of you that idea to would not be to