While at ADL, Fischer moved through a number of relations, which really had more to do with life than with his ideas of finance. One of these relationships involved Fran Wilkins to whom Fischer was engaged, but never married because of a terminal illness she was diagnoses with shortly before their wedding. This relationship seemed mainly motivated by Black’s desire to emulate his great uncle Floyd-Black, in marrying a beautiful intellectual.
A few years after Fran’s death from Lou Gehrig’s disease Fischer found love again with Miriam Allen. Fischer was so taken with Ms. Allen; he ignored both his parent’s vehement disapproval, and his friend’s gentler suggestions that there were better matches he could find. Part of Fischer’s stubbornness came from his desire to have a normal life including a family with children.
A for Skylar.
ReplyDeleteBlack is finally starting to do some finance, but it is 12-13 years after he started college.
Interestingly, he is replacing Jack Treynor, whom the book opened with.
Extra credit for the first person to deliver to me a handwritten definition of tranche, and what it means in the context it is used.
Extra credit for the first person to deliver to me a handwritten definition of a loan syndicate, and what it means in the context it is used.