Hosted by Bloomberg Opinion senior executive editor Tim O'Brien, Crash Course will bring listeners directly into the arenas where epic business and social upheavals occur. Every week, Crash Course will explore the lessons to be learned when creativity and ambition collide with competition and power -- on Wall Street and Main Street, and in Hollywood and Washington.

Hosted by Bloomberg Opinion senior executive editor Tim O'Brien, Crash Course will bring listeners directly into the arenas where epic business and social upheavals occur. Every week, Crash Course will explore the lessons to be learned when creativity and ambition collide with competition and power -- on Wall Street and Main Street, and in Hollywood and Washington.

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz looks at the people and ideas that shape markets, investing and business.

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz looks at the people and ideas that shape markets, investing and business.

Bloomberg's Barry Ritholtz looks at the people and ideas that shape markets, investing and business.

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Introducing: Crash Course

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Cliff Asness, who cofounded AQR Capital Management — which has $100 billion in assets under management — and serves as its chief investment officer. Also an active researcher, Asness has contributed to publications such as The Journal of Portfolio Management, The Journal of Finance and The Journal of Financial Economics, and has received a variety of accolades, including the James R. Vertin Award from CFA Institute in recognition of his lifetime contribution to research. Asness earned his master's in business administration as well as his Ph.D. in finance from the University of Chicago. 

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Cliff Asness, who cofounded AQR Capital Management — which has $100 billion in assets under management — and serves as its chief investment officer. Also an active researcher, Asness has contributed to publications such as The Journal of Portfolio Management, The Journal of Finance and The Journal of Financial Economics, and has received a variety of accolades, including the James R. Vertin Award from CFA Institute in recognition of his lifetime contribution to research. Asness earned his master's in business administration as well as his Ph.D. in finance from the University of Chicago.

Cliff Asness on Quant Value Investing

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Richard Bernstein, the chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC, which manages $14.6 billion in assets. Bernstein, who was previously chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch, has been named to the Institutional Investor’s “All-America Research Team” 18 times and has been inducted into the Institutional Investor Hall of Fame. He is also the author of “Style Investing: Unique Insight into Equity Management,” which is widely viewed as the seminal book on style-oriented investment strategies, as well as “Navigate the Noise: Investing in the New Age of Media and Hype.”

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Richard Bernstein, the chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC, which manages $14.6 billion in assets. Bernstein, who was previously chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch, has been named to the Institutional Investor’s “All-America Research Team” 18 times and has been inducted into the Institutional Investor Hall of Fame. He is also the author of “Style Investing: Unique Insight into Equity Management,” which is widely viewed as the seminal book on style-oriented investment strategies, as well as “Navigate the Noise: Investing in the New Age of Media and Hype.”

Richard Bernstein on Quantitative Analysis

 Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Dr. Maria Vassalou, who is co-chief investment officer of multi-asset solutions at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Prior to her career in asset management, Dr. Vassalou was an associate professor of finance at Columbia Business School, which she joined in 1995 and where she established many of the investment principles she employs today. She earned her Ph.D. in financial economics from London Business School.  

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Dr. Maria Vassalou, who is co-chief investment officer of multi-asset solutions at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Prior to her career in asset management, Dr. Vassalou was an associate professor of finance at Columbia Business School, which she joined in 1995 and where she established many of the investment principles she employs today. She earned her Ph.D. in financial economics from London Business School.

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