Show notes
Today’s guest is Cliff Asness, co-founder, managing principal and Chief Investment Officer at AQR Capital Management. In today’s episode, Cliff & I start by talking about some quotes he may or may not have said in the past. Then we kick around a bunch of topics. We talk about diversifying by both asset class and geography, the challenge of managing short-term expectations while keeping a long-term perspective, and how AQR is implementing AI and machine learning in their investment process. (1:20) - Welcome to our guest, Cliff Asness(1:45) - Cliff’s article in the Financial Times(2:30) - Parsing Cliff’s real quotes from fake ones(8:56) - Thoughts on bonds as a diversifier(13:37) - Moving away from market-cap weighting(19:27) - Managing client expectations(29:30) - AQR Data Sets(29:56) - Alternative trend-following(43:48) - Position resizing for alternative strategies(48:06) - AQR implementing AI in their investment process(51:46) - Cliff’s most controversial opinion(57:39) - Cliff’s most memorable investmentLearn more about Cliff: AQR; Twitter-----Follow Meb on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTubeFor detailed show notes, click hereTo learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com-----Sponsor: Today’s episode is sponsored by The Idea Farm. The Idea Farm gives you access to over $100,000 worth of investing research, the kind usually read by only the world’s largest institutions, funds, and money managers. Subscribe for free here.Follow The Idea Farm: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Tik Tok-----Interested in sponsoring the show? Email us at Feedback@TheMebFaberShow.com-----Past guests include Ed Thorp, Richard Thaler, Jeremy Grantham, Joel Greenblatt, Campbell Harvey, Ivy Zelman, Kathryn Kaminski, Jason Calacanis, Whitney Baker, Aswath Damodaran, Howard Marks, Tom Barton, and many more. -----Meb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices