Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Jeremy Grantham, who co-founded the global asset management firm GMO and serves as its chief investment strategist. Prior to founding GMO, Grantham was co-founder of Batterymarch Financial Management, where he recommended commercial indexing; he began his investment career as an economist with Royal Dutch Shell. He and his wife Hannelore have established the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. See omnystudio.com/listene...
Dec 07, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Rick Wilson, a political strategist and one of the first (and most prominent) "Never Trump" Republicans. Wilson, who has decades of experience producing campaign ads, writes a regular column for The Daily Beast and frequently appears as a TV news analyst. He's the author of "Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 05, 2018•49 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Ray Dalio, the founder, co-chairman and co-chief investment officer of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. Dalio is the author of the New York Times bestseller "Principles: Life and Work." His newest book, "Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises," was published this month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 30, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Ralph Scamardella, chef and partner at Tao Group, which operates some of the most profitable restaurants in the country. Before joining Tao, Scamardella demonstrated his culinary skills at The Plaza Hotel’s French restaurant and at Polo under legendary chef Daniel Boulud. Scamardella studied at New York City’s Technology Institute, where he learned to master the business of hotel and restaurant management while expanding his culinary repertoi...
Nov 20, 2018•58 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews American cartoonist Scott Adams, who captured the dysfunction of the modern workplace in his long-running comic strip "Dilbert." Adams has also written several works of satire, commentary and business analysis, including "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life" and "Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Nov 16, 2018•1 hr 17 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Ray Dalio, who is founder, co-chairman and co-chief investment officer of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. Dalio has been a global macro investor for more than 45 years, having started Bridgewater out of a two-bedroom apartment in New York City in 1975. He is known for the practical yet unconventional theory of economics he spells out in his video series "How the Economic Machine Works," and is the author of the New Yor...
Nov 08, 2018•54 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Dr. Robert Cialdini, professor emeritus of psychology and marketing at Arizona State University and an expert in the fields of persuasion, compliance and negotiation. His book "Influence: Science and Practice" has sold 3 million copies in more than 30 languages; his most recent work, "Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade," is a Wall Street Journal and a New York Times bestseller. Cialdini is also the CEO and president of...
Nov 02, 2018•1 hr 12 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Jim Millstein, the founder and CEO of Millstein & Co. and chief restructuring officer at the U.S. Treasury from 2009 through 2011. In that capacity, he oversaw the department’s investment in and oversight of the financial sector following the 2008 financial crisis. From July 2000 to April 2009, he served as managing director and global co-head of corporate restructuring at Lazard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 26, 2018•1 hr 19 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Barbara E. Kahn, author of 2018’s “The Shopping Revolution: How Successful Retailers Win Customers in an Era of Endless Disruption.” Kahn is a professor of marketing at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and has served two terms as the director of the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 17, 2018•1 hr 8 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Rex Sorgatz, the author of 2018’s “The Encyclopedia of Misinformation: A Compendium of Imitations, Spoofs, Delusions, Simulations, Counterfeits, Impostors, Illusions, Confabulations, Skullduggery, Frauds, Pseudoscience, Propaganda, Hoaxes, Flimflam, Pranks, Hornswoggle, Conspiracies & Miscellaneous Fakery.” His reflections on the intersection of media, technology and culture have appeared in New York and Wired magazines, among others. See...
Oct 11, 2018•1 hr 23 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Howard Marks, the CFA and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, in his third appearance on Masters in Business. An author as well as an investor, Marks most recently wrote “Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side,” which was released this month. He also wrote 2011’s “The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 04, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Peter Conti-Brown, a financial historian and legal scholar at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Conti-Brown studies central banking, financial regulation and public finance, with a particular focus on the history and policies of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. He is the author of “ The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve .” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 26, 2018•1 hr 18 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews David Hunt, president and chief executive officer of Prudential Financial Inc.'s global investment management business, PGIM. Hunt oversees all aspects of PGIM's businesses, including its fixed income, real estate, equity, and mutual fund units, and is on the operating council of Prudential Financial Inc.'s U.S. businesses. Hunt was previously at McKinsey & Company for 22 years, advising financial executives worldwide. Hunt has a bachelor...
Sep 20, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews ETF expert Dave Nadig, who is managing director of ETF.com and former director of ETFs at FactSet Research Systems. Nadig helped design some of the first ETFs as managing director at BGI, and as co-founder of Cerulli Associates, he conducted some of the earliest research on fee-only financial advisers and the rise of indexing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 14, 2018•1 hr 10 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews San Francisco 49ers President Al Guido, who oversees all key business initiatives for the team and previously served as its chief operating officer. He is also the CEO and co-managing partner of Elevate Sports Ventures, which works to bring comprehensive business solutions to the sports and entertainment industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 07, 2018•42 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Eldon Scott, president of UrbanSpace, a company specializing in creating artisan food halls and holiday gift venues. UrbanSpace was founded in 1972 in the U.K., where it developed more than 50 sites. The New York arm was established in 1993, and has flourished by creating food halls and gift fairs in locations such as Times Square, Madison Square and Columbus Circle. The firm is in the early stages of U.S expansion, looking at Chicago and the...
Aug 29, 2018•53 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews the venture capitalist and economist William Janeway. Janeway discusses how much of America’s innovative technologies began with a helping hand from the U.S. government. Transistors, ARPAnet (the predecessor to the internet), semiconductors, cellular technology, microwaves, even stealth technology, got their start as government research projects. An updated edition of his book, " Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Reconfiguring the T...
Aug 23, 2018•1 hr 27 min
After doing more than 200 Masters in Business interviews, Barry Ritholtz finally ends up in the hot seat and will join Joel Weber and Eric Balchunas on Bloomberg’s Trillions podcast. In a lengthy interview, Ritholtz shares his views on tariffs, the state of the economy, politics, exchange-traded funds and whether financial advisers are even needed. Look for the episode on Aug. 23, but in the meantime here’s an excerpt to digest while you wait. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 20, 2018•6 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Richard Sylla, professor emeritus of economics at New York University's Stern School of Business. Sylla is the author or co-author of several books, including “A History of Interest Rates.” He notes that rates in recent years are “the lowest in history, from the Code of Hammurabi to Babylon Civilization, Greek and Roman Civilization, the Middle Ages, Renaissance, right up until the present.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...
Aug 16, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews hedge-fund manager Leon Cooperman of Omega Advisors about the thrill of finding an attractive investment everyone else has overlooked. Cooperman, 75, is converting his fund into a family office before the end of this year. He is also a billionaire philanthropist, and a member to Warren Buffett’s and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge. He has committed to donating his fortune to charity during his lifetime. This is a Bloomberg Opinion podcast. To downl...
Aug 10, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Torsten Slok, chief international economist and managing director at Deutsche Bank. Slok’s economics team has been top-ranked by Institutional Investor in fixed income and equities for the past five years. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Slok worked at the OECD in Paris and at the IMF in Washington, and studied in Copenhagen and Princeton. He has published numerous articles on economics and policy analysis, including in the Journal of Internat...
Aug 01, 2018•1 hr 7 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Robert Arnott, founder and chairman of Research Affiliates, a subadviser to PIMCO that specializes in innovative asset allocation and alternative indexation products. Prior to establishing the firm in 2002, he served as chairman of First Quadrant, president of TSA Capital Management (now part of Analytic Investors), and vice president at The Boston Company. Arnott has also published more than 100 articles in journals such as the Journal of Po...
Jul 26, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews John Carreyrou, the Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter who exposed wrongdoing at the much-hyped startup Theranos. Its founder was recently charged with "massive fraud" by the SEC. Carreyrou has been awarded the George Polk Award for Financial Reporting, the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, and the Barlett & Steele Award for Investigative Journalism. His new book is "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in...
Jul 19, 2018•1 hr 26 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Dave Butler of Dimensional Fund Advisors about how athletes manage their wealth. Butler, a star college basketball player who was drafted by the Boston Celtics, went on to become Dimensional's co-CEO and head of global financial advisor services. He is also on the firm’s executive committee and has been involved with strategic vision and decision-making for many years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 13, 2018•1 hr 12 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Paul Vigna, a Wall Street Journal reporter who covers the cryptocurrency sector. His most recent book, co-authored with Michael J. Casey, is "The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything." He and Casey also co-authored 2015's "The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging the Global Economic Order." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 06, 2018•1 hr 35 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Grammy-winning guitarist Laurence Juber, whose playing fuses folk, jazz, blues, pop and classical styles. First internationally recognized as lead guitarist in Beatle Paul McCartney’s group Wings, Juber has released 25 solo albums. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 03, 2018•1 hr 22 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Todd Harrison, a founding partner and chief investment officer at the hedge fund CB1 Capital, which focuses on cannabinoid-based solutions and biopharmaceutical applications and therapies. Prior to his work with CB1 Capital, Harrison spent almost three decades on Wall Street managing risk and researching financial market strategies. He was also the founder and CEO of Minyanville Media Inc., an Emmy-winning financial media company covering glo...
Jun 28, 2018•1 hr 18 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Dr. Raife Giovinazzo of Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, a leader in applied behavioral finance. Giovinazzo conducts research using market insights to enhance investment processes at the firm. Prior to joining Fuller & Thaler, Dr. Giovinazzo was a researcher and co-portfolio manager with BlackRock's Scientific Active Equity group. He has a Ph.D. in finance as well as an MBA in analytic finance, economics and statistics, and studied u...
Jun 20, 2018•55 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews former senator George Mitchell, a leading figure in the Democratic Party who was credited with helping them win back the Senate majority in 1986.Mitchell was elected majority leader in 1989, a position he held until his retirement from the Senate in 1995. He was known among his colleagues in the Senate as an honest leader and skillful legislative strategist. After leaving the Senate, Mitchell was instrumental in negotiating a peace agreement ...
Jun 14, 2018•1 hr 21 min
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Cal Turner Jr., who in 1965 began his career at the company founded by his father and grandfather in 1939: Dollar General. He succeeded his father as president in 1977 and as chairman in 1988. At the time of his retirement in 2003, Dollar General had grown into a New York Stock Exchange retailer with more than 6,000 stores in 27 states and annual sales in excess of $6 billion. He is the author of "My Father's Business: The Small-Town Values T...
Jun 07, 2018•1 hr 9 min
