Episodes
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with David R. Kotok, who is co-founder, chairman and chief investment officer of Cumberland Advisors, which has $4 billion in assets under management. Kotok is also a director at the nonprofit Global Interdependence Center, which promotes free trade and international dialogue, and has authored or co-authored four books, including "From Bear to Bull with ETFs" and "Adventures in Muniland: A Guide to Municipal Bond Investing in the Post-Crisis...
Published 03/04/22
Published 02/25/22
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with journalist Sebastian Mallaby about his new book, “The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future.” Mallaby, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also the author of “More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite.” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 02/25/22
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Samantha McLemore of Miller Value Partners, which has some $3.1 billion in assets under management. McLemore has worked alongside Miller Value Partners founder Bill Miller on opportunity equity for some two decades, and is expected to take over the Miller Opportunity Trust following his retirement. McLemore is also the founder, majority owner and chief investment officer of Patient Capital Management, an investment adviser that serves...
Published 02/18/22
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with James Anderson, a longtime partner at Edingburgh-based Baillie Gifford & Co. and joint manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC, who will be retiring in April. Last year, he drew headlines for criticizing the industry as “irretrievably broken.” Baillie Gifford currently has 326 billion pounds ($441 billion) in assets under management. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 02/11/22
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Rebecca Patterson, who serves as director of investment research at the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. In addition to shaping the firm's research agenda, Patterson is a member of the executive committee, investment committee, and commercial and business strategy committee, and helps lead the firm’s diversity and inclusion efforts. She previously served as chief investment officer at Bessemer Trust, where she oversaw...
Published 02/04/22
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with David Conrod, who is co-founder and chief executive officer of FocusPoint Private Capital Group. Prior to co-founding FocusPoint — which raises capital for private equity, credit, real estate, real assets and direct transactions in developed and emerging markets — Conrod was a senior managing director at Guggenheim Partners, where he established its private fund group, obtaining more than $7 billion of fund allocations for general...
Published 01/28/22
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Tina Vandersteel, who is the head of GMO’s Emerging-Country Debt team. Prior to joining GMO in 2004, she worked at J.P. Morgan in fixed-income research developing quantitative arbitrage strategies for emerging debt and high-yield bonds. She began her career at Morgan Guaranty Trust, attending Morgan Finance Program #18, before establishing her career in emerging debt.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 01/21/22
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with entrepreneur Jim McKelvey, author of “The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time.” McKelvey is the CEO and founder of Invisibly and (with Jack Dorsey) co-founder of Square, where he currently sits on the board of directors. McKelvey also chairs the board of directors at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 01/14/22
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Ray Dalio, who is founder, co-chair and co-chief investment officer of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. His most recent book is “Principles for Dealing With the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail.” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 01/07/22
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with social psychologist Richard Nisbett, an emeritus professor at the University of Michigan who has studied how culture affects cognitive processes, among other issues. He is the author of several books, including "The Geography of Thought," "Intelligence and How to Get It," and, most recently, "Thinking: A Memoir."  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 12/31/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Bloomberg Businessweek features editor and tech reporter Max Chafkin, who is author of "The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power." Chafkin's work has also appeared in Fast Company, Vanity Fair and The New York Times Magazine.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 12/23/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Michael Mauboussin, who is head of consilient research at Morgan Stanley Investment Management's Counterpoint Global and co-author of the recently revised and updated book "Expectations Investing: Reading Stock Prices for Better Returns." Mauboussin joined Morgan Stanley in 2020 and has more than three decades of experience. He previously served as director of research at BlueMountain Capital Management, head of global financial...
Published 12/17/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with New York Times business reporter Maureen Farrell, who co-authored the 2021 book "The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion" along with Eliot Brown. Before joining the New York Times, Farrell spent nearly 10 years at the Wall Street Journal. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 12/10/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with venture capitalist John Doerr, chairman of Kleiner Perkins and author of the recently published “Speed and Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now.” Doerr also authored 2018’s bestselling “Measure What Matters.” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 12/03/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Steven Fradkin, president of Northern Trust's wealth management business unit, which has $355 billion in assets under management. Fradkin was previously chief financial officer and head of international business at Northern Trust, among other roles. He has been a member of the corporation’s management committee since 2004. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 11/24/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Edwin Conway, the global head of BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI). BAI, one of the fastest-growing parts of the investment giant BlackRock – which is itself the world’s largest asset manager, with $9.46 trillion in assets under management – manages more than $300 billion and has more than 1,000 employees. Conway chairs the BAI Executive Committee and oversees the strategic direction of BlackRock’s Alternatives platform. Learn more...
Published 11/24/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Robin Wigglesworth, who is the global finance correspondent for the Financial Times and author of the just-published “Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever.” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 11/12/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Markel Corp. co-chief executive officer Thomas S. Gayner. Gayner oversees investing activities for the company — which boasts a capital portfolio of $27 billion — as well as the Markel Ventures companies. He also serves on the boards of Colfax Corp., Graham Holdings Co., Cable One Inc. and Davis Funds, as well as that of Markel. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 11/05/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Lisa Jones, who leads the $100 billion U.S. arm of the French asset management giant Amundi, which has more than $2 trillion in assets under management globally. In addition to serving as president and chief executive officer of Amundi US Inc., Jones is president of Amundi Distributor US Inc., heads the U.S. executive committee and the U.S. management committee, and is a member of the global executive committee. She recently received her...
Published 10/29/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, a tech executive and entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience founding, scaling and advising companies. She is founder and chair of theBoardlist, a premium talent marketplace, and author of the recent Wall Street Journal bestseller "Choose Possibility: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail)." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 10/22/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Soraya Darabi, who is co-founder and general partner at TMV, an early-stage venture firm which has funded a broad range of startups. Darabi is also the founder of Transact Global and host of the podcast "Business Schooled." She previously served as manager of digital partnerships and social media at The New York Times. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 10/16/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder and CEO of Social Capital LP, which backs breakthrough companies in areas such as health care, education, climate change and space. Prior to founding Social Capital, Palihapitiya was a member of Facebook's senior executive team. He is also owner and director of the NBA's Golden State Warriors.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 10/08/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Jack Schwager, an expert in futures and hedge funds and co-founder and chief research officer of FundSeeder. Schwager has also written many books, including the "Market Wizards" series; his most recent is "Unknown Market Wizards: The Best Traders You’ve Never Heard Of." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 10/01/21
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Hubert Joly, who earned a host of accolades during his tenure as chairman and CEO of Best Buy, and is currently a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School. Joly's new book is "The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 09/24/21