a-new-kind-of-robin-hood
Original: a-new-kind-of-robin-hood on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (dark hair, suit): How'd you get so much money, quantitative finance Robin Hood? I've never seen you robbing from the rich.
Panel 2:
Robin Hood figure (green cap with feather): I created the most complex quantitative financial instrument in history. Then I paid people to take it.
Panel 3:
Man: You paid people to take an asset?
Panel 4:
Man: Seems like a good deal for them, right?
Panel 5:
Robin Hood figure: But the instrument was so complex that they couldn't determine its value.
Panel 6:
Robin Hood figure: Unless...
Panel 7:
Man: Unless...
Panel 8:
Robin Hood figure: Unless they paid you to analyze it.
Panel 9:
Man: And how do you give to the poor?
Panel 10:
Robin Hood figure (grinning): It trickles down.
Votey:
Handwritten cursive diary entry:
Dear diary,
Best complex financial instrument joke ever!
Man (dark hair, suit): How'd you get so much money, quantitative finance Robin Hood? I've never seen you robbing from the rich.
Panel 2:
Robin Hood figure (green cap with feather): I created the most complex quantitative financial instrument in history. Then I paid people to take it.
Panel 3:
Man: You paid people to take an asset?
Panel 4:
Man: Seems like a good deal for them, right?
Panel 5:
Robin Hood figure: But the instrument was so complex that they couldn't determine its value.
Panel 6:
Robin Hood figure: Unless...
Panel 7:
Man: Unless...
Panel 8:
Robin Hood figure: Unless they paid you to analyze it.
Panel 9:
Man: And how do you give to the poor?
Panel 10:
Robin Hood figure (grinning): It trickles down.
Votey:
Handwritten cursive diary entry:
Dear diary,
Best complex financial instrument joke ever!
Alt text
A ten-panel comic. A dark-haired man in a suit talks with a figure dressed as Robin Hood (green feathered cap), referred to as a "quantitative finance Robin Hood." The man asks how he got so much money since he's never seen him robbing from the rich. Robin Hood explains he created the most complex quantitative financial instrument in history, then paid people to take it. The man notes that being paid to take an asset seems like a good deal. Robin Hood says the instrument was so complex that the people couldn't determine its value—unless they paid him to analyze it. When asked how he gives to the poor, the grinning Robin Hood answers, "It trickles down." Votey: a handwritten cursive diary page reading, "Dear diary, Best complex financial instrument joke ever!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.