What are the biggest financial game changers of this decade? The unprecedented cycle of global central bank easing and low interest rates? The dramatic decline in oil prices? Fort Washington Advisors’ Nick Sargen discusses the economic and market moving shifts in energy, inflation and central bank policy – and what they mean for investors
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WILBY & SARGEN: GLOBAL DANGERS
How vulnerable are the markets? Despite rising geopolitical conflicts and uncertainty surrounding the Federal Reserve’s exit plan from its unprecedented monetary expansion, U.S. stock and bond markets are trading near record highs. Two veteran global investors, private investor William Wilby, formerly of number one ranked Oppenheimer Global Fund and Fort Washington Investment Advisors’ Chief Economist and Senior Investment Advisor Nicholas Sargen share their perspective and strategies.
CONSIDER BUYING A HOME SOONER RATHER THAN LATER IF PLANNING TO BE IN THE MARKET FOR ONE
Until recently waiting to buy a home paid off: Prices going down Mortgage rates were declining Exact opposite happening now: Home prices and mortgage rates are going up Watch this Episode
SARGEN & KIM: THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR FINANCIAL SECURITY
Two Chief Financial Officers of two top-rated insurance companies, New York Life’s John Kim and Western & Southern’s Nick Sargen share their portfolio strategies.
CONSIDER HIGH QUALITY EUROPEAN STOCKS
Morningstar recommends: Mutual European Z (MEURX) Find the latest stats here. Run by past WEALTHTRACK guest Philippe Brugere-Trelat since 2004 and has an outstanding track record Watch this Episode
SARGEN & LIPSKY: THE DECLINE OF U.S. FINANCIAL DOMINANCE
It has been four years since the start of the worst financial crisis in the post war era. It feels like a lifetime to me. Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, tipping the world into a systemic financial meltdown which we have been recovering from ever since. It’s helpful to step back every once and while and see how far we have come since the market lows of March 2009, when the S&P closed under 700. It has more than doubled since then, but oh what a ride it has been!
