Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 29, 2022

And this is part of the story I was so fascinated with was why would someone set-up a company where they deliberately turn over all the future profits to the — to the people? BALCHUNAS: … because if you look at any study, the lowest cost active funds beat their benchmarks way more. I run it at a loss. It’s unique.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 17, 2023

And they also have a unique approach to feeds when they’re generating alpha, when they’re outperforming their benchmark, they take a performance fee. Some people look at a casino as entertainment and hey, we’re gonna spend X dollars, pick a number, 500, 2000, whatever it is. For 50 years. This is a step change.

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The next question that you alluded to, which is really interesting about revenue and profits, how solid in inflation hedge are equities? Revenues seem to be unaffected, profits have been pretty strong, and companies have shown a pretty solid ability to pass along input cost to the — to ultimately to the consumer. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 24, 2023

In 2015, Bill Gurley at Benchmark was saying Silicon Valley is in a bubble. You’ve seen job losses in goods producing sectors, manufacturing, auto, construction. The AI boom is coming at the right time where you could see wages, profits rising simultaneously where inflation is relatively contained. Let me explain.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

He has absolutely crushed his benchmark over that period. He’s crushed the Russell 2000, whatever benchmark you want to talk about. They announced a $640 million loss and ouch. So it leads to the question, what’s the secret to this longstanding outperformance against all benchmarks and, and all passive measures?

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 16, 2022

And so, you know, it was relatively, I wouldn’t say straightforward because I don’t think generating consistent profits has ever been something that’s so straightforward or so easy. And it’s always going to expect to lose some of those profits when the trend reverses, but still end up capturing the meat of the trend.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

And, and since then, you, you’ve gone on to do some work reforming L-I-B-O-R as the benchmark for rates. And so you had a situation where you could take big positions in the euro dollar market, affect the price and the cash market and actually make a profit. Starting with what’s keeping you entertained these days?

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