More Money, More Problems: What Ultra-Wealthy Clients Actually Worry About (Blair duQuesnay)

We think about wealth as a finish line — hit your number and the anxiety stops. Blair duQuesnay, a financial advisor at Ritholtz Wealth Management, says it's almost never that simple. Her clients (ultra-high-net-worth families) aren't worried about running out of money. They're worried about screwing it up.Blair talks with Chris Hill about growing up in a Southern family where money was never really discussed, transferring colleges to study finance (after starting as a dance major), and writing The Belle Curve, her newsletter on money, markets, and wealth, as well as:- Having a front-row seat to the 2008 financial crisis while working in an office right next to Lehman Brothers- Starting her own RIA and having to wait tables to make ends meet- What she wishes she had understood about risk earlier in her career- The $400 phone call she would like to take backDiscover Mar Mar, the chili garlic flavor that goes on everything. Go to ilovemarmar.com and use the promo code “MONEY” for 10% off.Opening clip – “Margin Call”