Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks to Bethany McLean, a writer for Vanity Fair and coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room. She was previously editor at large of Fortune and spent three years working at Goldman Sachs. Her latest book, The Big Fail, was coauthored with Joe Nocera. 

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Why is investing so hard? It's because our brains have been trained, over thousands of years, to trust our fear instincts. In this episode, Brian Portnoy sits down with Barry Ritholtz to explain why humans aren't built to be good investors. Portnoy has held senior investment roles throughout the hedge fund and mutual fund industries. He is also the author of the bestselling books, 'The Geometry of Wealth' and 'The Investors Paradox.'

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks to Graeme Forster, a director at Orbis Investment Management, which has $34 billion in assets under management. Graeme joined Orbis in 2007 and is responsible for international equity and optimal strategies. 

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 Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks to Michael Lewis, whose latest book is "Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon," on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. He takes readers into the mind of Bankman-Fried, whose rise and fall offers an education in high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies, philanthropy, bankruptcy and the justice system. 

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This is a new, weekly podcast from Barry Ritholtz focused on investing. 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 best ways to put your money to work.

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Gary D. Cohn, former director of the National Economic Council. He is an internationally recognized expert on the financial markets, global economy, economic policy and US politics. Cohn is vice chairman of IBM, working in partnership with IBM’s executive leadership team on a wide range of business initiatives and external engagement. He served as assistant to the president for economic policy and director of the National Economic Council from 2017-2018. Cohn was the chief economic adviser to President Donald Trump, managing the administration’s economic policy agenda. 

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Armen Panossian, managing director and head of performing credit at Oaktree Capital Management LP, which has $179 billion in assets under management. He oversees the firm’s liquid and private credit strategies, and also serves as a portfolio manager within Oaktree’s global private debt and global credit strategies. He previously worked for Pequot Capital Management, where he worked on distressed debt strategy. Panossian holds an MS degree in health services research from Stanford Medical School; a JD degree from Harvard Law School; and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He serves on the advisory board of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and is a member of the state bar of California.

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Elizabeth Burton, managing director and client investment strategist at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. She advises institutional clients on investment strategies and portfolio objectives, working alongside global client advisers and product strategists across public and private markets. Prior to joining the firm, Elizabeth was chief investment officer at the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii. Before that, she served as a managing director in the quantitative strategies group at the Maryland State Retirement Agency, where she was responsible for the agency's absolute return portfolio and oversaw risk management. Elizabeth serves on the board of directors of the Chartered Alternative Investment Association. In addition, she serves on the board of the Hill School. Elizabeth earned an MBA in finance and econometrics and statistics from the University of Chicago in 2011. She is a charterholder of CAIA. 

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Jon McAuliffe, who is co-founder and chief investment officer at the Voleon Group, heading the firm’s investment-strategy research and development. McAuliffe has a substantial track record of successful innovation in applying statistical methods to real-life prediction problems, particularly in the financial markets. McAuliffe is also an adjunct professor of statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his Ph.D.

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