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Transcript: Ted Seides

Barry Ritholtz

The challenge is unlike the S&P 500, hedge funds sit in a box that has underlying credit risk from prime brokers. So the credit markets froze. So you go back a couple of years and you could say, “Well, what return is available buying a treasury?” SEIDES: No, you’re right about the securities.

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Transcript: Rick Rieder

Barry Ritholtz

ADVERTISEMENT) RITHOLTZ: So you’ve been with BlackRock since the financial crisis. But there are so many tools at your disposal, and let alone how much duration you’re taking, how much interest, how much credit risk you’re taking, illiquidity, et cetera. There are so many tools to try and outperform.