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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

 This week, we speak with Andrew Slimmon , managing director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management , where he leads the Applied Equity Advisors team. 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.

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MARCH 22, 2024

This week, we speak with Liz Ann Sonders , managing director and chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab & Co , with $8.5 ” A list of her favorite books is here ; A transcript of our conversation is available here Tuesday. His latest book is “ Economics in America: an immigrant economist explores the land of inequality.”

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APRIL 8, 2023

He has also written several books on corporate finance and equity valuation and has published widely in journals. His next book, “The Corporate Lifecycle: Business, Investment, and Management Implications,” will be published in December. He received his MBA and Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

peterlazaroff.com) Dan Kemp and Ollie Smith talk with Joe Wiggins author of the new book "The Intelligent Fund Investor." (morningstar.com) Peter Lazaroff talks with Ben Carlson about questions that spreadsheets can't necessarily answer. radreads.co) Rest is doing something that will not move your goals forward.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Spirit of Investment hovered over the trading floor. The post The Book of Genesis: Wall Street Edition appeared first on The Big Picture. This is one of them: Chapter 1: The Creation of the Market In the beginning, the Trader created the Market and the Economy.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

This week, we speak with Steve Case , co-founder of America On-Line (AOL), founder of investment firm Revolution , Chair of the Smithsonian, and author of The Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American Dream. ” Steve Case’s authored books. Steve Case’s current reading.

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Abnormal Returns

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Podcasts Peter Lazaroff talks with Rubin Miller about the complexities of investing. talkingbillions.co) How to Retire A review of Christine Benz's new book “How to Retire: 20 Lessons for a Happy, Successful and Wealthy Retirement.” (crr.bc.edu) Personal finance Tony Isola, "Compound interest is apolitical."

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OCTOBER 29, 2022

A list of his favorite books is here; A transcript of our conversation is available here this week. His new book “ The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest ” is a nominee for FT’s 2022 Business Book of the Year. Favorite Books of Jeremy Siegel + Jeremy Schwartz. Favorite Books of Jeremy Siegel + Jeremy Schwartz.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

His book “ Behavioral Game Theory: Experiments in Strategic Interaction ” is credited with creating a new field of study within BeFi. A list of his favorite books is here ; A transcript of our conversation is available here Tuesday. He is also the host of the popular quantitative investing podcast Flirting with Models.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

At The Money: Contrarian Investing. January 3, 2024) Is contrarian investing a solid strategy, or a fool’s errand? Head of Consilient Research at Counterpoint Global, Morgan Stanley Investment Management We discuss why it is so difficult to fight the crowd, and identify when the crowd is right and when they have gone mad.

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OCTOBER 15, 2022

The division provides investments, services, education and research to more than 1,000 financial advisory firms representing more than $3 trillion in assets. A list of his favorite books is here ; A transcript of our conversation is available here later this week. Tom Rampulla’s favorite books. Books Barry mentioned.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

This week, we speak with Jon McAuliffe , who is co-founder and chief investment officer at the Voleon Group , heading the firm’s investment strategy, research, and development. Voleon, which manages $10 billion in client assets, has achieved great success applying these technologies to investing.

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OCTOBER 8, 2022

? ?. Michael Levy is CEO of Crow Holding , a 75-year old real estate investment and development firm. Previously, he worked in real estate finance and investment management at Morgan Stanley. The firm both developed and invests in commercial real estate. Michael Levy’s favorite books.

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Abnormal Returns

MARCH 7, 2024

Books An excerpt from "The Trading Game: A Confession" by Gary Stevenson. nymag.com) Hannah Rosin talks with Kara Swisher about her new book "Burn Book." construction-physics.com) Longreads Norges Bank Investment Management wants the ability to invest in private equity. on.ft.com) Air travel is cheap.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2024

abnormalreturns.com) There is no holy grail in investing. abnormalreturns.com) Top clicks this week A look at five new finance books including "The Trading Game" by Gary Stevenson. economist.com) Alternative investments are generally sold, not bought. Also on the site At a certain age it's time to just say no to more stuff.

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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

integratinginvestor.com) Strategy ESG or not, people are going to invest according to their values. axios.com) Finance Wherever you look PE firms are struggling to exit investments. newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media The 10 best books of 2023 including ‘The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths,’ by Brad Fox.

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DECEMBER 17, 2022

This week, we speak with Robert Koenigsberger , the managing partner and chief investment officer of Gramercy Funds Management. A dedicated emerging markets investment manager, Gramercy Funds Management — which Koenigsberger founded in 1998 — now has more than $5 billion dollars in assets under management.

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JUNE 17, 2023

Morgenson explains how PE was originally an institutional type of product aimed at Pensions, Foundations, Endowments and other perpetual investment capital, but has recently moved into high-net-worth retail customers. A list of her favorite books is here ; A transcript of our conversation is available here Tuesday.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Books An excerpt from Anne Applebaum's book "Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World." theconversation.com) AI How AI will change startup investing. theconversation.com) AI How AI will change startup investing. numlock.com) Insights from “Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History,” by William Taylor.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

safalniveshak.com) The 10 best books of 2023 including 'The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths,’ by Brad Fox. awealthofcommonsense.com) You can't know how well your investments are doing without proper measurement. (awealthofcommonsense.com) THIS is the most important decision you will make in life.

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Calculated Risk

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Fed's Beige Book Economic activity rose slightly in most Districts. Sales of farm equipment were a notable headwind to overall investment activity, and several contacts expressed concerns about the future prices of equipment given ongoing weakness in the farm economy. Still, contacts generally reported financing remained available.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Podcasts Christine Benz and Jeff Ptak talk with Tiffany Aliche, author of the new book "Made Whole: The Practical Guide to Reaching Your Financial Goals." cnbc.com) A Q&A with Morgan Housel author of the new book, "Same as Ever: A Guide To What Never Changes." humbledollar.com) Investing When you invest is more important than how.

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

joincolossus.com) Josh Brown Rick Ferri talks with Josh Brown about his new book "You Weren’t Supposed to See That." bogleheads.podbean.com) Julia La Roche talks with Josh Brown about his new book "You Weren’t Supposed to See That." youtube.com) Finance Matt Zeigler sits down with Drew Dickson, founder of Albert Bridge Capital.

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MARCH 14, 2024

Books An excerpt from Abigail Shrier’s new book, “Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up.” gq.com) Investing Fermat Capital Management owns the world's largest portfolio catastrophe bonds. bloomberg.com) Investment factors are a big business. So the models (and data) used matter.

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Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 8, 2023

awealthofcommonsense.com) Why simplicity in investing can help reduce errors. axios.com) Defining what you will invest in, versus what you will not invest in, is important. insights.finominal.com) Skip Michael Lewis' new book and instead read Zeke Faux's "Number Go Up." latimes.com)

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MAY 1, 2023

I’ve included some samples below , but you should go check out the Timeline in its entirety… ~~~ Joseph de la Vega wrote the first ever behavioral finance book in 17th century Holland. The company invited all Dutchmen to invest when shares became available for purchase in August 1602.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2023

He is the author of several books on investing confidence, most recently The Confidence Map: Charting a Path from Chaos to Clarity. ” His books can be seen here ; A transcript of our conversation is available here Tuesday.

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MARCH 18, 2023

He explains how the firm is only “half hedge fund,” as they employ over 40 different quantitative, many of which are specific investments based on their quantitative research. Specifically, when Value doesn’t work, strategies like profitability, fundamental momentum, and low-risk work when Value as an investment style did not.

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JULY 23, 2022

This week, we speak with Graham Weaver, who is the founder and CEO of Alpine Investors, a private equity firm in San Francisco that invests in software and services. We discuss how he launched a PE company in his dorm at Stanford’s GSB, and proceeded to “make every mistake in the book.”

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

He explains how he learned market-neutral sector-specific investing at Millenial and Citadel. he generates idiosyncratic investments in the pharmaceutical and biotech space. A list of his favorite books is here ; A transcript of our conversation is available here Tuesday.

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Abnormal Returns

JANUARY 7, 2024

(awealthofcommonsense.com) An example of how finding a (highly) niche investment strategy works in practice. cnbc.com) 50 books read in 2023 including "Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II" by Evan Thomas. wsj.com) Asset class returns were pretty green in 2023 except for commodities.

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Abnormal Returns

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

ritholtz.com) Rick Ferri talks with Christine Benz about her new book "How to Retire, 20 Lessons for a Happy, Successful, and Wealthy Retirement." marketwatch.com) Investing You're never going to turn stocks into a predictable asset. Podcasts Barry Ritholtz talks with Eric Balchunas about the importance of falling fund fees.

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APRIL 19, 2024

(mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) Books Why you should read Rob Copeland's "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend." advisorperspectives.com) A review of "Enrich Your Future: The Keys to Successful Investing" by Larry Swedroe. sherwood.news) What your phone is doing to you book reading.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

awealthofcommonsense.com) You can only benefit from a stock market recovery if you are invested. time.com) Books The 16 best books of 2023 including "Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World" by John Vaillant. behavioralscientist.org) The 10 best tech books of 2023 including "Numbers Go Up" by Zeke Faux.

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JULY 3, 2024

At The Money: Changing Your Behavior For Better Investing (July 3, 2024) If you could change only one thing that would help your investing, what would it be? When it comes to investing, we are our own worst enemies. As it turns out, when it comes to investing, we are our own worst enemies. Your own behavior. The answer.

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MAY 6, 2024

It’s taken me months to organize all of my research for my next book project; it’s a lot of stuff, some dating back to 2000. Much of it reflects the bad ideas and numbers, and worse advice, that float around Wall Street. A lot of it has not aged well.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Books A Q&A with Kara Swisher author of "Burn Book: A Tech Love Story." wired.com) A Q&A with Margot Susca author of "Hedged: How Private Investment Funds Helped Destroy American Newspapers and Undermine Democracy." thehustle.co) Investing The case for venture capital.

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