Masters in Business

Investigative reporter Zeke Faux discusses crypto's wild rise and staggering fall, including topics such as crypto price movements, NFTs and their challenges, the story of a crypto game gone wrong funding North Korea, skepticism towards Tether, notable players in crypto and the dark side of scams and corruption. They also explore motivations for CFTC regulation, the portrayal of crypto in Michael Lewis's book, streaming preferences, mentors, and nonfiction adventure books.

Barry Ritholtz speaks with Ari Rosenbaum, Principal at O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, about aligning investments with personal values. They discuss tailoring investments to ideological preferences, utilizing direct indexing, and setting custom screens. Topics also include gender diversity, environmental investing, and creating animal-friendly portfolios. Overall, it explores different ways to create a values-based portfolio and the expressive benefits of these portfolios.

Michael Carmen, Co-head of private investments at Wellington Management Co. LLP, discusses late-stage venture capital, IPOs, predicting the future of companies, investing across different areas, and considerations in late-stage venture capital and IPO investments. He also talks about private team management, CEO journey, diversity progress, entertainment recommendations, TV series, mentors, and reflections on the past and future implications.

Dave Nadig, Financial Futurist for ETF Trends and ETF Database, shares insights on investing, including the importance of individual circumstances, the simplicity and effectiveness of a diversified portfolio, intelligence versus investing success, and accepting uncertainty as well as a simple investment solution.

Bethany McLean, writer for Vanity Fair and coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room, discusses the pandemic's failures including unforced errors, lack of preparedness, disparities in per capita deaths, failures of leadership, mishandling of policies, early predictions and warnings, contrasting policies by Cuomo and DeSantis, leadership void and controversies, disparities in COVID-19 outcomes, performance of CDC, NIH, and WHO, role of the Federal Reserve, and the influence of mentors and storytelling.

Brian Portnoy, author of 'The Geometry of Wealth' and 'The Investors Paradox,' explains why investing is difficult due to our evolutionary instincts. The podcast explores the challenges of investing, the power of stories and herding, and the role of emotions in decision-making. It emphasizes reframing investing and being aware of emotions for financial success.

Graeme Forster of Orbis Holdings discusses their unique investment approach, mathematical epidemiology, comparing winning in capitalism and the lottery, investor longevity, investing in commodities, differentiated thinking, analyzing Japan's corporate governance change, factors driving change in the Japanese business landscape, mentors and favorite books, and reflections on investing in the early 90s.

Michael Lewis, author of 'Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon', discusses the mind of Sam Bankman-Fried, high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies, philanthropy, bankruptcy, and the justice system in a fascinating podcast with Barry Ritholtz.

This new podcast discusses various topics such as Amazon Business, Brex, and personal financial success. It also covers the current state of the investment market, the rise of low-cost investment options, and the advantages of investing in stocks.

Gary D. Cohn, former director of the National Economic Council and current vice chairman of IBM, shares his insights on the Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions and their economic impacts. He discusses the rising unemployment rates amid a recovering job market and reflects on his journey from trading to top executive roles, emphasizing adaptability. Cohn also addresses the importance of continuous learning in investing and delves into the role of technology in monitoring employee behavior, particularly during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic.