November 2, 2023· 51 min

Dimensional Co-CEO Gerard O'Reilly on the Future of Fund Management

Orality
Model
86%
Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,721 words)
M:29%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,258 words)
M:29%
GuestGerard O'Reilly(0 words)
M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic23%
extremely, incredible, obviously
Engagement69%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, so, now
Repetition100%
what (71x), about (62x), market (54x)
Parallelism89%
So why would I pay for stuff I..., And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So I sort of ascribe to the ge...
Sound Patterns78%
77 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases4%
you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging9%
fairly, probably, maybe
Passive Voice7%
are priced, is used, been associated
Abstract Nouns21%
investment, business, verizon.com/business
Subordination7%
because, since, though
Sentence Length43%
Avg: 15.7 words/sentence
Word Complexity49%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers3%
according to
Impersonal Style31%
684 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style83%
exactly, apply, monthly

Description

Dimensional Fund Advisors is one of the fastest growing providers of mutual funds and ETFs. It was founded in the early 1980s, built upon University of Chicago research on efficient markets, passive investing, and other ideas that have since become extremely widespread. After having built up a huge following among financial advisors for their mutual funds, the company has been racing up the list of ETF providers. On this episode, we speak with Dimensional's co-CEO and chief investment officer Gerard O'Reilly on the firm's history, its approach to investing, and where he sees the fund management industry going. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.