Are you underperforming our own investments? Did you know that many, maybe even most, investors do worse than the ETFs and Mutual Funds they hold do? The annual Morningstar study “Mind the Gap” has found a substantial difference between returns generated by investment funds and the actual returns investors experience.

Jeffrey Ptak is the managing director at Morningstar. Previously, he was the chief ratings officer.

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Barry Ritholtz speaks with Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro at Fidelity investments. They discuss his career path, key market charts and Timmer's "barbell approach" to investing in both high-flying tech stocks and equities outside of the US.

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Farmland is a real asset that can be accessed through private funds. The asset has seen broad, non-correlated gains, hedged against rising prices. And farming acreage shrinks every year.

Brandon Zick is Chief Investment Officer of Ceres Farmland Fund (now part of Wisdom Tree); the fund owns and manages about $2 billion in agricultural land assets.

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Barry speaks with Jose Minaya, global head of BNY Investments and Wealth. In this episode, Jose and Barry discuss his career buy-side trading, investing in the alternatives space. The also discuss the changes blockchain and AI are bringing to asset management.

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There will be nearly 1,000 new ETFs issued in 2025. Most of these are NOT the usual low-cost passive indices we think of. Instead, these tend to be complex, expensive, active funds in an ETF wrapper. Leveraged directional bets, options, or derivatives-based, and a whole raft of complex strategies.  

Dave Nadig is President and Director of Research at ETF.com, and he shares with us how investors should navigate all of these new products.

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Barry speaks with Dmitry Balyasny, managing partner and chief investment officer at Balyasny Asset Management (BAM), a firm he co-founded in 2001. They discuss his career path, his thoughts on the current market environment for trading, hedge funds and more. 

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Greed was long seen as a selfish vice, undercutting our happiness and our life satisfaction. Yet today, the pursuit of money is a driving factor in all of our lives. How did the love of money go from a vice to a virtue?

Paul Vigna is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and a 25 year veteran journalist, as a reporter, editor, and photographer, covering the cryptocurrency sector, bitcoin, other digital and blockchain-related technologies. He is the author of “The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin.”

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On this episode, Barry speaks with Jaime Magyera. She was recently tapped as head of retirement and US wealth for BlackRock. They discuss her career and unique experience working at one of the world's largest asset managers, trends in retirement and wealth management, the rise of alternative investments and more. 

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How can investors find usable signal amidst all of the outrageous, algorithm-driven, clickbait? Noisy headlines can be a distraction from your long-term goals.  Michael Hiltzik covers business for the Los Angeles Times, is a two-time winner of the Gerald Loeb Award and has authored numerous books on business. 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 Heather Boushey, a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Joe Biden. She is also a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. In this episode, they discuss the economic rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, Biden's economic policy, and economic equality in the US.

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