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MiB: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

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This week, we speak 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.

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MiB: Jon McAuliffe, the Voleon Group

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We discuss his career in machine learning, from Amazon’s recommendation engine to using AI to manage portfolios. The firm applies machine learning to a four step process of data assembly, Prediction Engine, Portfolio Construction, and Execution. You can find all of our earlier podcasts on your favorite platforms here.

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Passive vs. Active

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What’s obvious is that cheaper is better than more expensive; that there are inherent costs in managing an active portfolio that include more than just trading and taxes but research, analysis, PMs, etc. But that is not the same as becoming one of the most dominant asset managers in the world. Concentrated portfolio risk.

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Transcript: Mike Green, Simplify Asset Management

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The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Mike Greene, Simplify Asset Management , is below. We have to pay attention to this, and we have to understand why this is potentially a risky asset. Initially I joined to help them manage their equity portfolio. With no further ado, my discussion with simplifies Mike Green.

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10 Weekend Reads

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The Atlantic ) • Light and gravitational waves don’t arrive simultaneously : In 2017, a kilonova sent light and gravitational waves across the Universe. He manages a diversified portfolio of late-stage growth equity in technology, consumer, health care, and financial services sectors. trillion in client assets.

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MiB: Michael Rockefeller, Woodline Partners

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The firm launched in 2019 with around $2 billion in initial assets, and became one of the fastest-growing emerging funds over the past few years. They now manage $7 billion in assets. Previously, he worked as a Portfolio Manager at Citadel Global Equities and as an Analyst at Millennium Management.

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The “Art” of Market Timing

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Low Stakes : The most successful market timers are often those people who do not have actual assets at risk. Catching the exact right moment when the crowd is mostly wrong goes against all of your instincts as a social primate.3 It’s utterly laughable. The less it matters, the easier it is to be bold and outside of the mainstream.4

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