We Study Billionaires - The Investors Podcast

In this rare, in-depth interview, William Green chats with super investor Rick Rieder, who oversees about $2.6 trillion at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager. Rick, who probably manages more money than any other investor on Earth, has an enormous range of responsibilities: he’s BlackRock’s chief investment officer of Global Fixed Income, head of the firm’s Global Allocation Investment Team, and chairman of the firm-wide BlackRock investment council. A true titan of the investing world, he recently won Morningstar’s 2023 award for Outstanding Portfolio Manager. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 05:57 - What Rick Rieder learned from a disastrous early investment. 24:43 - Why he focuses relentlessly on leverage, liquidity, & cashflow. 40:13 - How access to vast amounts of data gives him an edge. 43:27 - How he distinguishes meaningful news from meaningless noise. 49:13 - Why he gets grumpy in bull markets & relishes periods of dislocation. 55:49 - What great investors like Ray Dalio & David