{"podcast":{"title":"Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry","slug":"capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998","podcast_index_feed_id":222998,"rss_url":"https://tedseides.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://capitalallocators.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/b/7/6/fb76e1c8bfb69e8dd959afa2a1bf1c87/CA_Square_logo_light_background_6.26.24.jpg","author":"Ted Seides – Allocator and Asset Management Expert","episode_count":797,"summary":"Allocator and asset management expert, Ted Seides, conducts in-depth interviews with leaders in the institutional investing industry. Guests include Chief Investment Officers from leading allocators, asset managers, strategists, thought leaders, and many more. Our mission is to learn, share, and help implement the process of premier investors. Learn more and join our community at capitalallocators.com.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998"},"episode":{"title":"WTT: When the Benchmark Becomes a Bet","slug":"wtt-when-the-benchmark-becomes-a-bet","published_at":"2026-03-19T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998/wtt-when-the-benchmark-becomes-a-bet","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998","url":"https://tedseides.libsyn.com/wtt-when-the-benchmark-becomes-a-bet","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tedseides/CA_WTT_-_Benchmark_Becomes_a_Bet_-_AUDIO_V1.mp3?dest-id=482814","summary":"Throughout most of my career, the S&P 500 has been an appropriate bogey to assess manager performance. More than that, it's the most widely used benchmark in the capital markets. But today, it doesn't represent the broad-based, diversified exposure to the U.S. economy that most participants take for granted when investing passively or measuring manager skill. This WTT, When the Benchmark Becomes a Bet, considers the evidence, implications, and challenges posed by the current composition of the S&P 500. Read Ted's blog here . Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant ( ⁠ https://thepodcastconsultant.com ⁠ )","meta_description":"Throughout most of my career, the S&P 500 has been an appropriate bogey to assess manager performance. More than that, it's the most widely used bench…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":569,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998/episodes/wtt-when-the-benchmark-becomes-a-bet/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998/wtt-when-the-benchmark-becomes-a-bet.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}