Aashish Sommaiyaa suggests that successful investing is driven more by emotional regulation and psychological control than by mathematical proficiency.

“because making money in the market is less maths and more psychology.”

Wealthy individuals often have the same anxieties as everyone else but may address them through different methods.

“one of the biggest surprises I had is that the wealthy have the same concerns as everybody else but they often handle it in very different ways”

Cliff Asness asserts that private equity managers benefit from a feature of their asset class that allows them to avoid reporting volatility, which he views as a form of volatility laundering.

“I think my statements are mostly about the denominator. But they're 10% now about the numerator going forward.”