What does history inform us about how newly elected presidents impact the market cycle? What should investors expect from the next 4 years? Jeffrey Hirsch, editor of the Stock Trader’s Almanac , speaks with Barry Ritholtz about how each year of any President’s term impacts markets in a different way. Each week, “At the Money” discusses an important topic in money management. From portfolio construction to taxes and cutting down on fees, join Barry Ritholtz to learn the be...
Jan 29, 2025•14 min
Tariffs, crypto, deregulation, tax cuts, protectionism, are just some of the things back on the table when Donald Trump returns to the Presidency. To help you plan for Trump's singular approach to economics, Bloomberg presents Trumponomics, a weekly podcast focused on the Trump administration's economic policies and plans. Editorial head of government and economics Stephanie Flanders will be joined each week by reporters in Washington D.C. and Wall Street to examine how Trump's policies are shap...
Jan 28, 2025•2 min
Barry speaks with Mike Freno, Barings LLC Chairman and CEO. In his nearly 20 years with the firm, Mike has held various positions including Managing Director, Head of Global High Yield, and Head of Global Markets. He also spent 5 years as the company's President, overseeing a majority of Barings’ business sectors including investments, sales, operations and tech. Additionally, Mike served as Chairman of the Board of Barings BDC. Alongside his Chairman and CEO duties, he is a current member...
Jan 23, 2025•1 hr 1 min
We understand how wealth compounds over time, but did you know you can also compound your health? Phil Pearlman, former Chief Behavioral Officer at the Bank of the Ozarks and founder of the Pearl Institute speaks with Barry Ritholtz about the parallels between wealth and health management. Each week, “At the Money” discusses an important topic in money management. From portfolio construction to taxes and cutting down on fees, join Barry Ritholtz to learn the b...
Jan 22, 2025•16 min
Barry speaks with Jonathan Clements, Founder and Editor of the HumbleDollar and veteran personal finance columnist for the Wall Street Journal . He wrote over a thousand columns for the Journal and for the Wall Street Journal Sunday before spending six years as Citigroup's Director of Financial Education. He also held positions at Euromoney and Forbes. Jonathan is the author of 9 personal finance books including "My Money Journey" and "From Here to Financial Happiness." He received a Stage 4 Lun...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, and private credit have never been more popular. Investors have lots of questions when allocating to these asset classes: How much capital do you need? What percentage of your portfolio should be allocated? Ted Seides is founder and CIO of Capital Allocators, and learned about alts working under the legendary David Swensen at the Yale University Investments Office. He wrote the book, “Private Equity Deals: Lessons in investing, dealmaking and o...
Jan 15, 2025•16 min
Barry speaks with Brian Hurst, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of ClearAlpha. Prior to founding ClearAlpha, Brian spent 21 years at AQR Capital Management as a portfolio manager, researcher, head of trading and the first non-Founding Partner at the firm. Brian also led numerous operating and investment committees including AQR's Strategic Planning Committee and the Risk Committee. He was instrumental in the design and implementation of AQR's trading platform and his time as senior portfolio...
Jan 10, 2025•56 min
What is the value of crypto-currencies as a technology? How do the technologies that underlie Bitcoin and Ethereum work, and what are their futures? Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management speaks with Barry Ritholtz about the future of crypto-technology. His firm runs over $10 billion in client crypto assets. Each week, “At the Money” discusses an important topic in money management. From portfolio construction to taxes and cutting down on fees, join ...
Jan 08, 2025•15 min
Barry speaks with Sunaina Sinha, Global Head of Private Capital Advisory at Raymond James. Prior to joining Raymond James, Sunaina founded Cebile Capital, which was acquired by Raymond James in 2021. She was named one of the 50 Most Influential People in Private Equity for 2 years in a row by Dow Jones Private Equity News. She also earned a spot as one of the Twenty Trailblazing Women in Private Equity in 2023. Additionally, Sunaina serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of SFC Energy AG a...
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 3 min
How should investors manage bond duration in an era of rising – and soon likely falling – interest rates? The challenge is that the longer the duration your bonds are, the higher yield usually is, but the more vulnerable those bonds are to rising rates. When rates fall, long-duration bonds go up (shorter duration much less). There are many ways investors can take advantage of changing interest rates. For more on the subject, Barry Ritholtz speaks with Karen Veraa, Head of iSha...
Jan 01, 2025•14 min
On this staff favorite episode, Barry Ritholtz speaks with Toto Wolff, Team Principal & CEO of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team. Prior to joining Mercedes, Toto spent time in the investment world, founding his own company Marchfifteen in 1998 and Marchsixteen in 2004. In 2009 Toto combined his passion for racing and business by investing in the Williams F1 Team. He eventually came to be the team's Executive Director, helping to lead them toward their first win at the Spanish Grand Prix in e...
Dec 26, 2024•55 min
What should you do when an investment suddenly becomes hot or cold? How should investors think about sectors that fall in and out of favor? Should you be looking at countries like India and Japan or technologies like AI? Jan van Eck, CEO of Van Eck Funds, which oversees $75 billion in ETFs, speaks with Barry Ritholtz about how to identify when an asset class falls into or out of favor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 25, 2024•12 min
Barry Ritholtz speaks with Dana Mattioli, an investigative reporter covering Amazon for the Wall Street Journal. Since starting at the Journal in 2006 Dana has produced a string of front-page articles on everything from the troubles at Kodak and J.C. Penney to Pfizer's $150 billion deal to buy Allergan. She was a recipient of the 2021 Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Reporting as well as the 2021 WERT Prize from the Women’s Economic Round Table. Additionally, she was part of a 2016 Gerald Loeb A...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 5 min
We know it’s challenging, but should you try your hand at stock picking? It's fun, it gives you something to talk about at parties, but is it profitable? Larry Swedroe, Head of Financial and Economic Research at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, which manages or advises on $70 Billion in client assets, speaks with Barry Ritholtz about the challenges of picking stocks. Only a few people have been successful at it over time, and they have become household names. Most of the rest have not earned t...
Dec 18, 2024•11 min
Finding and onboarding new suppliers is a time-consuming process for procurement staff. Dun & Bradstreet has partnered with IBM to apply artificial intelligence to the process, enabling staff to query its databases in plain English to find suppliers who fit the criteria they need. The result is a simpler, faster process that is saving companies time and money. This episode is sponsored by IBM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 16, 2024•10 min
Barry Ritholtz speaks with Tony Kim, Managing Director and Head of the Fundamental Equities’ Global Technology Team at BlackRock. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2013, Tony held key roles at institutions like Artisan Partners, Neuberger Berman, and Merrill Lynch. He is also a member of the Advisory Board for Columbia Business School’s Digital Future Initiative. On this episode, Barry and Tony discuss the success of passive investing at BlackRock, the general tech investing landscape, a...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Wall Street is always looking for an edge over the competition. But what if there was a giant source of overlooked alpha? Phil Pearlman, former Chief Behavioral Officer at the Bank of the Ozarks and founder of the Pearl Institute speaks with Barry Ritholtz about how the traders are seeking better returns by optimizing for personal health. Each week, “At the Money” discusses an important topic in money management. From portfolio construction to taxes and cutting down on fees, join Bar...
Dec 11, 2024•16 min
Barry Ritholtz speaks with David Roux, co-founder and executive chairman of BayPine, a private equity firm focused on digital transformation at core economy businesses. Previously he co-founded Silver Lake Partners and served as the chairman and co-CEO. David has also held leadership positions at Oracle, Central Point and Lotus Development. He currently serves on the boards of Bristol Seafoods and The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. On this episode, B...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Are you holding large, concentrated equity positions that have accrued big gains? Would you like to diversify but also defer paying big capital gains taxes? Meb Faber, founder and chief investment officer of Cambria Investments, speaks with Barry Ritholtz about a new ETF that may be the solution to the challenge of concentrated equity positions. Each week, “At the Money” discusses an important topic in money management. From portfolio construction to taxes and cutting down on fees, join Barry Ri...
Dec 04, 2024•17 min
Barry Ritholtz speaks with Michael Morris, cultural psychologist and Chavkin-Chang Professor of Leadership at the Columbia Business School. Prior to joining Columbia, Michael was a tenured professor at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and Psychology Department. He also served as a visiting professor at various institutions including the University of Hong Kong and Harvard Business School. Michael has published over 200 articles in leading behavioral science journals and has received countl...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Are you crypto-curious? Are you interested in owning some bitcoin, Ethereum, or other crypto-coins? How can investors get exposure to the space? Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management speaks with Barry Ritholtz about the best ways to responsibly manage crypto assets. His firm runs over $10 billion in client crypto assets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 26, 2024•19 min
Damian Sanchez, (Damian J to music fans) is a Miami-based jazz musician. A car accident landed him in the hospital with multiple fractures to his leg. Once there, he faced the difficult decision of whether or not to take the pain medication that was offered to him. With patients like Damian in mind, Dr. Paul Negulescu and the research team at Vertex are thinking differently about pain – they’re investigating potential non-opioid based treatment options that aim to target pain differently. This e...
Nov 25, 2024•13 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Barry Ritholtz speaks with Corey Hoffstein, CEO and CIO of Newfound Research. Corey pioneered the concept of 'return stacking' and is one of the masterminds behind the Return Stacked ETF Suite, which manages roughly $750 million across five ETFs. Corey's work has been published in the Journal of Indexing and the Journal of Alternative Investments. He is also the host of...
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 41 min
A constant stream of noise distracts investors: earnings reports, news releases, upgrades, downgrades, economic data, geopolitics. How should we best manage this firehose of distractions? Larry Swedrow, head of financial and economic research at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, speaks with Barry Ritholtz about managing through the noise. His firm manages or advises on over 70 billion dollars in client assets. Swedrow has co-written 20 books on investing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...
Nov 20, 2024•13 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Barry Ritholtz speaks with Colin Camerer, Robert Kirby Professor of Behavioral Finance and Economics at California Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Caltech in 1994, Camerer was a faculty member at various institutions including the University of Chicago GSB and the Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University. He also held a visiting professor...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 29 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Bill McBride of Calculated Risk has spent the past 20 years taking apart economic data, creating “opinion-free” analysis of the economy, and accurately identifying booms, busts, bubbles, and recoveries in real-time, including the great financial crisis and its subsequent housing bottom + recovery. He speaks with Barry Ritholtz about the data that matters, and the data t...
Nov 13, 2024•12 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . Barry Ritholtz speaks with New York Times Global Economic Correspondent Peter Goodman. Prior to the New York Times, Peter began his career as a freelance writer in Southeast Asia before serving as The Washington Post's Asia Economic Correspondent and later Shanghai Bureau Chief. He has since reported from over 36 countries, holds two Gerald Loeb awards and eight prizes ...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 18 min
What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey . As much as our era seems to be unprecedented, Human nature is same as it ever was. Our behavior around risk and reward has been very consistent over the millennia. On this episode, Barry Ritholtz speaks with Morgan Housel, author of the book “Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes.” Together, they break down what never changes when it comes to money. Each week, “At...
Nov 06, 2024•14 min
Be in the know this election with Bloomberg Podcasts. Follow Bloomberg News Now for up-to-the minute election results, all night long. And go deeper with The Big Take podcast, featuring in-depth global analysis of the US election every day this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 04, 2024•1 min
Barry Ritholtz speaks with Annie Lamont, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT. Prior to founding Oak HC/FT in 2014, Annie spent 28 years at Oak Investment Partners, where she served as a Managing Partner and led the healthcare and fintech practices. Annie has been named to Forbes' Midas List as well as Fortune's Top 20 Private Equity Power Players and Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Influential People. In addition to her spot on the Board of Trustees at Stanford University, Annie currently ...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 5 min