The Callan Botcast

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The Callan Botcast is an experimental feature using an AI tool from Google called NotebookLM to generate automated podcasts about our research. While each Botcast is carefully reviewed, as with all AI tools there are nuance and minor accuracy issues that may occur. We hope you enjoy the feature, which we will continue to refine as the AI tools improve.

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The result of new and material tax burdens on certain institutions could upend some of the modern endowment investment tropes and shift their calculus across asset allocation, manager selection, liquidity, and spending.
September 4, 2025
The Callan Botcast: How New Endowment Tax May Shape Portfolios
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This Botcast explores how the $36.2 trillion in federal debt (and counting) may shape our projections for the capital markets.
September 3, 2025
The Callan Botcast: Federal Debt and Our CMAs
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This Botcast explores how a change in market dynamics has led to an improved opportunity set for hedge fund managers.
August 21, 2025
The Callan Botcast: The Five Trends Driving Hedge Funds This Year
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This Botcast features an interactive dialogue about the key distinctions between these two important inflation measures.
August 19, 2025
The Callan Botcast: PCE vs. CPI
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This Botcast explores whether there is role for digital assets in institutional portfolios.
August 19, 2025
The Callan Botcast: Time for Digital Assets?
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This Botcast explores the methodology behind Russell's changes to the way in which its indices are constructed.
August 18, 2025
The Callan Botcast: All About the Russell Capping Changes
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This Botcast features a discussion of our blog post, "Sometimes It Pays to Be Humble," on how we model equity returns.
August 18, 2025
The Callan Botcast: Equity Valuations Debate
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This Botcast explores Callan's philosophy about defining market-based bogeys.
August 15, 2025
The Callan Botcast: The Market Cap Weight Debate
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