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You're listening to Mesters in Business with Barry Rittholz on Bloomberg Radio.

This week on the podcast, I have a special guest, and his name is Chris Brightman.

He is the Chief Investment Officer of Research Affiliates, better known as Raffy, the firm

which is one of the prime drivers behind the trend towards smart data or fundamental

indexing, as it is more accurately called.

We go off into the weeds about portfolio construction, what drives returns, what are the best

ways to approach constructing a portfolio.

Research affiliates, their models, run about $200 billion worth of offerings.

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