#54 - Cliff Asness: Quant Investing, Market Inefficiency

Josh is the Founder and CEO of leafplanner and Principal at Josh Kanter Wealth Advisory Services. Drawing on his nearly 25 years of experience managing his family's single-family office, Josh shares insights on legacy building, creating a family "owner's manual," and illuminating common pitfalls wealthy families face when raising children.

Bob serves as Co-CIO of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, where he has helped shape the firm’s investment processes and strategies for nearly four decades. Bob shares insights on how to engineer an efficient portfolio framework and delves into the psychology of investing and how to practically apply these principles in the real-world.

Richard is the founder of Legacy Capitals and author of Legacy and Love Your Clients. He explores the human side of wealth and delves into family dynamics, generational challenges, and strategies for preserving legacies.

Jeff spent nearly three decades at Bridgewater Associates, rising from research roles to Partner and Head of the Portfolio Strategist Group before departing at the end of 2023. He brings deep insights into market dynamics, investor psychology, risk assessment, and investment frameworks drawn from his extensive experience at one of the world's most renowned hedge funds.

Adam is the CIO of Irenic Capital Management, a hedge fund he co-founded after eight years at Elliott Management. In this podcast, he shares his perspective on activist investing, particularly in smaller companies. Drawing from his experiences at Elliott and Irenic, Adam offers insights into risk management, market inefficiencies, and the evolving landscape of activist investing.

Lawrence is the Founder and CEO of Golub Capital, a leading alternative investment manager specializing in private credit and direct lending, that he launched in 1994. In this podcast, Lawrence shares deep insights into private credit markets and his pioneering approach to middle-market lending, offering a nuanced perspective on the industry's challenges and opportunities.

Cliff is a Founder, Managing Principal and CIO at AQR Capital Management. As a pioneering quantitative investor, he provides listeners with a unique blend of academic rigor and practical wisdom about understanding modern investment challenges and explores a counterintuitive thesis that markets are becoming less efficient over time.

Andrew is co-founder of Oberland Capital, a healthcare investment manager with $3.5 billion in assets (as of 11/30/24). In this episode, he shares valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities across the U.S. healthcare industry, with a focus on biotech as a driver of innovation. Tune in to explore the evolving landscape and discover key investment opportunities from this industry expert.

David is the co-founder and co-portfolio manager of Kennedy Lewis, an alternative investment firm specializing in credit strategies with over $17 billion in AUM (as of 11/13/24). David shares valuable insights into non-sponsor backed lending and provides an overview of the private credit landscape.

As we wrap up 2024, I'm excited to highlight the top 10 insights from this year's episodes, ranked from 10 to 1. These insights are presented in two parts: insights 10 through 6 were released last week, and today, we reveal the top 5 insights.