In an era of negative bond yields, it has rarely been more challenging to make money in the world’s fixed income markets. On this week’s WEALTHTRACK, veteran Portfolio Manager, David Rolley of the Loomis Sayles Global Bond fund explains how he and his team are both protecting their portfolios and seeking outsized returns in some out of the way places.
Archives for April 2015
CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT EXCEPTIONAL INVESTORS
CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT EXCEPTIONAL INVESTORS, BOTH INDIVIDUALS & FIRMS Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.
MCCULLEY: PRESCIENT THOUGHT LEADER
Few investors have the prescience of this week’s Financial Thought Leader guest. Long before the 2008/2009 financial crisis he identified the powerful and destructive rise of what he called the “Shadow Banking System”, the unregulated institutions funding the housing and credit bubble. He also coined the phrase “Minsky Moment”, after the economist Hyman Minsky’s theory that financial stability ultimately leads to financial instability, as people and institutions take on more risk. That is exactly what happened.
This week’s WEALTHTRACK guest is legendary bond trader, Federal Reserve watcher and economist, Paul McCulley who spent many years in the top ranks of bond giant PIMCO. What financial forces does he see gathering now?
AHAMED: POWERFUL CENTRAL BANKERS
We discuss the lessons learned and ignored from the powerful central bankers of a century ago. Financial Thought Leader Liaquat Ahamed, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Lords of Finance discusses the differences and similarities between central bank policies today and those leading up to the Great Depression.
EXPECT PERIODS OF HEIGHTENED VOLATILITY IN THE BOND MARKETS
Don’t Panic Focus On Long-Term Goals Invest With A Seasoned Bond Mutual Fund Manager Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.