Masters in Business

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz looks at the people and ideas that shape markets, investing and business.

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Tim Hockey and Tom NallyTim Hockey is CEO and President of TD Ameritrade, a company that serves individual investors and independent RIAs (total client assets $1.3 trillion, as of June 30)Tom Nally is President ...

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07.10.2019 Tim Hockey and Tom Nally Discuss Robo Advisors Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Tim Hockey and Tom NallyTim Hockey is CEO and President of TD Ameritrade, a company that serves individual investors and independent RIAs (total client assets $1.3 trillion, as of June 30)Tom Nally is President ...
07.04.2019 John Authers, Christine Harper Discuss ‘Capital Ideas’ Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz is joined by Bloomberg senior editor John Authers and Bloomberg Markets editor-in-chief Christine Harper to discuss “Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street.” Peter Bernstein’s classic account of how a group of academics ...
06.28.2019 Andrew Ang Discusses Asset Management (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Andrew Ang, who leads BlackRock’s factor-based strategies group. Ang has published widely on equities, fixed income, asset and factor allocation, and alternative assets; his book “Asset Management: A Systematic Approach to Factor Investing” was ...
06.22.2019 Chris Brightman Discusses the Investment Industry Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Chris Brightman, chief investment officer and partner at Research Affiliates. Brightman has three decades of investment management experience, including at The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF), the Virginia Retirement System, the University of Virginia ...
06.14.2019 Jon Stein Discusses Fintech and Robo-Advisers Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Jon Stein, founder and chief executive officer of Betterment, the U.S.'s largest independent online financial adviser. Prior to founding the firm, which has over $16 billion in assets under management, Stein spent years as ...
06.07.2019 Sharon French Discusses Smart Beta ETFs Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews AIG’s Sharon French, who will soon take the reins at the company’s life and retirement funds business, which manages more than $85 billion in assets. French is also president and member of the Global ...
05.31.2019 Scott Galloway Discusses the Algebra of Happiness Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Scott Galloway, a professor of marketing at the NYU Stern School of Business and author of "The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google." Galloway is also the founder of several ...
05.24.2019 Thomas Lin Discusses Deep Science (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Thomas Lin, founding editor of the award-winning Quanta Magazine, which specializes in science and mathematics coverage. Lin is the editor of two books: "Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire: The Biggest Ideas ...
05.24.2019 Bloomberg and Wondery Present: The Shrink Next Door Marty Markowitz had his share of problems. His parents had recently died. He had troubles at work. A failing relationship. He needed someone to help him through this rough patch in his life. So he decided to get some professional ...
05.16.2019 Dave Goetsch Discusses Media and Money Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews the veteran TV producer and writer Dave Goetsch, best known for his work on the Emmy-nominated sitcom “The Big Bang Theory.” Goetsch started as a staff writer at “3rd Rock From The Sun” before ...
05.09.2019 Don Felder Discusses the Business of Rock and Roll Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews legendary guitarist Don Felder, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee best known as a member of The Eagles. Although Felder spent many years with the classic band, selling over 150 million albums ...
05.03.2019 Ivy Zelman Discusses Real Estate Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Ivy Zelman, who in 2007 founded Zelman & Associates LLC, the leading research and investment firm dedicated to the housing market and related sectors. She currently serves as chief executive officer and principal. Prior ...
04.26.2019 Luis Maizel Discusses Diversity in Finance Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Luis Maizel, co-founder and senior managing director at LM Capital Group. Maizel has been investing in the global fixed-income markets since 1984. His experience includes serving as vice president of finance for Grupoventas S.A., ...
04.18.2019 William Bernstein Discusses Neurology and Investment Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews William J. Bernstein, a neurologist and co-founder of the investment management firm Efficient Frontier Advisors. Bernstein has written several titles on finance and economic history, including “The Birth of Plenty,” “A Splendid Exchange” and ...
04.12.2019 The Winklevoss Twins Discuss Gemini and Facebook Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini. The duo received a multimillion-dollar settlement in 2008 after claiming Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for a social-networking website.
04.05.2019 Michael Lewis Discusses the Culture of Finance (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews acclaimed journalist Michael Lewis, whose best-selling books include "Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt," "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine," and "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game." After graduating from Princeton ...
03.28.2019 Joshua Miller Discusses the Hot Hand Phenomenon (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Joshua Miller, an economics professor at the University of Alicante whose research interests include behavioral economics and decision theory. His paper "Surprised By the Hot Hand Fallacy? A Truth in the Law of Small ...
03.22.2019 Roger Ibbotson Discusses the History of Finance (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Roger Ibbotson, a professor emeritus of finance at Yale University who serves as chairman and chief investment officer at Zebra Capital Management LLC. He was also the founder and chairman of Ibbotson Associates (now ...
03.20.2019 Alan Krueger Remembered on Masters in Business (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviewed the revered Princeton University economist Alan Krueger in 2015. Krueger, who published influential research on labor markets and served as chairman of Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, died last weekend at age 58.
03.15.2019 Matthew Granade Discusses Quantitative Investment (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Matthew Granade, chief market intelligence officer at Point72 Asset Management. Granade directs the firm’s central portfolio and manages Point72 Ventures, which funds early-stage companies in financial technology, enterprise automation, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Before ...
03.08.2019 Acadian’s John Chisholm Discusses Investments Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews John Chisholm, CFA and co-CEO of Acadian Asset Managment. Chisholm assumed the co-CEO role after serving as Acadian’s chief investment officer, where he oversaw Acadian’s investment process and investment team. Earlier in his career, ...
02.27.2019 Howard Marks LIVE (Replay) with Barry Ritholtz (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews the legendary Howard Marks, co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management. The firm was formed in 1995 by a group of individuals who had been investing together since the mid-1980s in high-yield bonds, convertible ...
02.22.2019 Neil Dwane Discusses Global Investment (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Neil Dwane, a portfolio manager and global strategist with Allianz Global Investors. Dwane is a member of AllianzGI’s equity investment management group. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan Investment Management as a U.K. and ...
02.15.2019 Vanguard's Joe Davis Discusses Global Economics (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Joseph H. Davis, global chief economist at The Vanguard Group. Davis is also head of Vanguard's investment strategy group and a member of the senior portfolio management team for Vanguard's fixed income group, which ...
02.07.2019 Fern Mallis Discusses the Fashion Industry (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews industry legend Fern Mallis, who created the modern New York Fashion Week and helmed the influential Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) for 10 years. She went on to be a senior vice ...
02.01.2019 Matt Hougan Discusses Cryptocurrency and ETF Indexes (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Matt Hougan, managing Director of Global Finance at Informa. Previously he was the CEO of Inside ETFs, a division of Informa PLC. Hougan is a three-time member of the Barron's ETF Roundtable and co-author ...
01.25.2019 Cameron Mitchell Discusses the Restaurant Business (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Cameron Mitchell, founder and CEO of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants and author of ‘‘Yes Is the Answer! What Is the Question? : How Faith in People and a Culture of Hospitality Built a Modern American ...
01.18.2019 Jack Bogle Remembered on Masters in Business (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviewed investing legend Jack Bogle in 2016. Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group, popularized the index fund and in doing so revolutionized how Americans invest. Bogle died this week at the age of 89.
01.11.2019 Len Kiefer Discusses the Housing and Mortgage Markets (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Leonard Kiefer, deputy chief economist at Freddie Mac. His academic training focused on macroeconomics and econometrics, but these days he spends his time on issues related to housing and mortgage finance.
01.04.2019 Jason Schwarz Discusses Asset Management (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Jason Schwarz, who is president of Wilshire Funds Management and Wilshire Analytics. He has more than two decades of industry experience.
12.28.2018 Francis Greenburger Discusses Real-Estate Development (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Francis Greenburger, who is founder and chief executive officer of Time Equities Inc., a multibillion-dollar real-estate investment and development company. He is also the author of “Risk Game: Self Portrait of an Entrepreneur.”
12.20.2018 David Hall Discusses the State of Venture Capital (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews David Hall, a partner at Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. He is responsible for investment sourcing, execution and oversight for Revolution portfolio companies, and has worked closely with Revolution Money (American Express), ...
12.13.2018 Bethany McLean Discusses the Fracking Industry (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews journalist Bethany McLean, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and author of the recently released "Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World." McLean also co-wrote "All the Devils Are ...
12.07.2018 Jeremy Grantham Discusses Sustainable Investment (Podcast) 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 ...
12.05.2018 Rick Wilson Discusses the Business of Politics (Podcast) 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 ...
11.30.2018 Ray Dalio Live (Replay) with Barry Ritholtz (Podcast) 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, ...
11.20.2018 Ralph Scamardella on the High-End Food Business (Podcast) 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 ...
11.16.2018 Scott Adams Discusses Syndication and the Media (Podcast) 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 ...
11.08.2018 Ray Dalio Discusses Major Financial Crises (Podcast) 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 ...
11.02.2018 Robert Cialdini on the Psychology of Persuasion (Podcast) 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 ...
10.26.2018 Jim Millstein on the Fed and AIG’s Restructuring (Podcast) 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 ...
10.17.2018 Barbara Kahn Discusses the Retail Revolution (Podcast) 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 ...
10.11.2018 Rex Sorgatz Discusses the Mechanics of Misinformation (Podcast) 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 ...
10.04.2018 Howard Marks Discusses the Interest-Rates Machine 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 ...
09.26.2018 Peter Conti-Brown Discusses U.S. Financial History (Podcast) 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 ...
09.20.2018 David Hunt Discusses Rates after the Financial Crisis (Podcast) 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, ...
09.14.2018 David Nadig Discusses the Future of ETFs (Podcast) 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 ...
09.07.2018 Al Guido Discusses the Sports Industry Business Model (Podcast) 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 ...
08.29.2018 Eldon Scott of UrbanSpace on Modernizing the Communal Food Hall 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 ...
08.23.2018 William Janeway on What's Needed for the Innovation Economy 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, ...

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Masters in Business episodes:

Tim Hockey and Tom Nally Discuss Robo Advisors

John Authers, Christine Harper Discuss ‘Capital Ideas’

Andrew Ang Discusses Asset Management (Podcast)

Chris Brightman Discusses the Investment Industry

Jon Stein Discusses Fintech and Robo-Advisers

Sharon French Discusses Smart Beta ETFs

Scott Galloway Discusses the Algebra of Happiness

Thomas Lin Discusses Deep Science (Podcast)

Bloomberg and Wondery Present: The Shrink Next Door

Dave Goetsch Discusses Media and Money

Don Felder Discusses the Business of Rock and Roll

Ivy Zelman Discusses Real Estate

Luis Maizel Discusses Diversity in Finance

William Bernstein Discusses Neurology and Investment

The Winklevoss Twins Discuss Gemini and Facebook

Michael Lewis Discusses the Culture of Finance (Podcast)

Joshua Miller Discusses the Hot Hand Phenomenon (Podcast)

Roger Ibbotson Discusses the History of Finance (Podcast)

Alan Krueger Remembered on Masters in Business (Podcast)

Matthew Granade Discusses Quantitative Investment (Podcast)

Acadian’s John Chisholm Discusses Investments

Howard Marks LIVE (Replay) with Barry Ritholtz (Podcast)

Neil Dwane Discusses Global Investment (Podcast)

Vanguard's Joe Davis Discusses Global Economics (Podcast)

Fern Mallis Discusses the Fashion Industry (Podcast)

Matt Hougan Discusses Cryptocurrency and ETF Indexes (Podcast)

Cameron Mitchell Discusses the Restaurant Business (Podcast)

Jack Bogle Remembered on Masters in Business (Podcast)

Len Kiefer Discusses the Housing and Mortgage Markets (Podcast)

Jason Schwarz Discusses Asset Management (Podcast)

Francis Greenburger Discusses Real-Estate Development (Podcast)

David Hall Discusses the State of Venture Capital (Podcast)

Bethany McLean Discusses the Fracking Industry (Podcast)

Jeremy Grantham Discusses Sustainable Investment (Podcast)

Rick Wilson Discusses the Business of Politics (Podcast)

Ray Dalio Live (Replay) with Barry Ritholtz (Podcast)

Ralph Scamardella on the High-End Food Business (Podcast)

Scott Adams Discusses Syndication and the Media (Podcast)

Ray Dalio Discusses Major Financial Crises (Podcast)

Robert Cialdini on the Psychology of Persuasion (Podcast)

Jim Millstein on the Fed and AIG’s Restructuring (Podcast)

Barbara Kahn Discusses the Retail Revolution (Podcast)

Rex Sorgatz Discusses the Mechanics of Misinformation (Podcast)

Howard Marks Discusses the Interest-Rates Machine

Peter Conti-Brown Discusses U.S. Financial History (Podcast)

David Hunt Discusses Rates after the Financial Crisis (Podcast)

David Nadig Discusses the Future of ETFs (Podcast)

Al Guido Discusses the Sports Industry Business Model (Podcast)

Eldon Scott of UrbanSpace on Modernizing the Communal Food Hall

William Janeway on What's Needed for the Innovation Economy

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