Masters in Business

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 operations.”

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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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 manager placed him in charge of over $15 billion in hedge fund assets. Brian also Serves as a Member of the Yale New Haven Children's Hospital Council.

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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 Barry Ritholtz to learn the best ways to put your money to work.

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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 and on the boards of the Stanford Institution for Economic Policy Research and the Stanford LEAD Council.

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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 iShares US Fixed Income Strategy at BlackRock.

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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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 eight years. Shortly after that win, Toto became Managing Partner of the Mercedes F1 team, where he now holds a 33% stake. In his time with Mercedes, the team has won eight Formula One Constructors' Championships and seven Drivers' Championships.  

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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.

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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 Award team win in the breaking news category and a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2020 for her team's investigation into Amazon. She is the author of the book "The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power." On this episode, Barry and Dana discuss her path into journalism, the current era of antitrust enforcement, and Amazon's growth into the powerhouse it is today.

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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 their costs.

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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. 

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