Throughout history, investing has been a lot more “Art” than “Science.” But today, data is widely available and it’s a key tool you can use to enhance your portfolio returns. In this episode, Barry Ritholtz speaks to Jim O'Shaughnessy, former chairman and founder of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management (now part of Franklin Templeton) and author of the New York Times bestselling book, “What Works on Wall Street” -- the first quantitative investing book available to the general public.

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks to Mark Wiedman, senior managing director, head of the global client business and member of the global executive committee of BlackRock. He joined the firm in 2004 to help start the Financial Markets Advisory business. Mark led BlackRock's 2008 creation of PennyMac, now the No. 2 US mortgage bank, and served on its public board from 2013 to 2019. He previously served as senior adviser to the undersecretary for domestic finance at the US Treasury and a consultant at McKinsey & Co. He serves on the boards of the National Committee for US-China Relations and Focusing Capital on the Long Term.

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Markets have been waiting for the Federal Reserve to begin cutting rates for over a year. What data should investors be following for insight into when they will begin? Jim Bianco, President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, L.L.C., speaks with Barry Ritholtz about using initial unemployment claims data and wage gain to identify when the Fed will lower rates. 

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks to Sean Dobson, chairman, CEO and CIO of Amherst Holdings LLC, which manages $16.8 billion and focuses on single-family rentals, mortgage-backed securities and commercial real estate. Dobson and Amherst advised the White House, senators, congressmen, the Federal Reserve Board and investors during the global financial crisis. He currently serves as a governing trustee for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and is a co-founder of CapCityKids.

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Investors hate inflation. How can they evaluate what inflation means to the Federal Reserve and possibly future rate cutes? Former Federal Reserve economist Claudia Sahm, best known for the rule bearing her name, speaks with Barry Ritholtz about using CPI data to anticipate future Fed action and changes in interest rates. 

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks to David Snyderman, global head of Magnetar Capital LLC’s alternative credit and fixed income business. He also serves as chairman of Magnetar's investment committee and as a member of its management committee. Snyderman, who joined Magnetar in 2005 shortly after its launch, was previously the head of global credit and a senior managing director at Citadel Investment Group, and he served as a member of the management, portfolio management and investment/risk committees. Prior to joining Citadel, David focused on convertible securities, merger arbitrage and special situations portfolios at Koch Industries Inc. Snyderman is a founding board member of the Magnetar Capital Foundation,

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The Deal, hosted by Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly, features intimate conversations with business titans, sports champions and game-changing entrepreneurs who reveal their investment philosophies, pivotal career moves and the ones that got away. From Bloomberg Podcasts and Bloomberg Originals, The Deal is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, Bloomberg Carplay, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also watch The Deal on Bloomberg Television, and Bloomberg Originals on YouTube.

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 There's been criticism of what some call “Woke Investing.” But “Value-based investing” is more politically agnostic than its critics realize. Used by Pro-life investors like the Catholic Church, it aligns capital with deeply held beliefs – be they left or right.  In this episode, Barry Ritholtz speaks to Meir Statman, Professor of Finance at Santa Clara University.  Statman is an award-winning expert on investor behavior and financial decision-making.  His book “What Investors Really Want” has become a classic that explains what drives investors.

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks to Andrew Slimmon, managing director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. He is also the lead senior portfolio manager on all long equity strategies for the applied equity advisors team, as well as a member of the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Global Investment Committee. He began his career at Morgan Stanley in 1991 as an adviser in private wealth management, and later served as chief investment officer of the Morgan Stanley Trust Co. Previously, he was an analyst and portfolio manager for Brown Brothers Harriman and a buy-side equity research analyst with ARCO Investment Management. 

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How well do you understand yourself? For investors, it is an important question. We're co-conspirators in self-deception and this prevents us from having accurate self-knowledge. This does not lead to good results in the markets.  To explain, Barry Ritholtz welcomes David Dunning to the podcast. Dunning is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan. Dunning’s research focuses on decision-making in various settings. In work on economic games, he explores how choices commonly presumed to be economic in nature actually hinge more on psychological factors, such as social norms and emotion.

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