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Cliff Asness - Simple Investing is Hard (EP.385)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

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Influential Figures in Professional Life

Two key figures have had a significant impact on the speaker's professional life: their father and their two dissertation chairs, Fama and French. The speaker's father encouraged them to pursue a path that aligned with their strengths in mathematics, leading to a shift from law to a PhD. Fama and French, although the speaker might not agree with them entirely, provided guidance and support for academic pursuits, even encouraging exploration of topics like price momentum in research.

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