Two top-ranked global value investors, both admirers of Warren Buffett, will join us this week on WEALTHTRACK. Both invest in quality companies selling below their intrinsic value and in doing so frequently buy companies that are out of favor. Ariel International Fund’s Rupal Bhansali and BBH Core Select fund’s Timothy Hartch share their contrarian strategies and ideas.
Guests
MCMAHON: BUILDING INCOME
Finding investment income is not getting any easier. The Federal Reserve’s most recent decision to keep short term interest rates at record lows means there is no relief yet. Many professional and individual investors have turned their attention to dividend paying stocks for current income and future growth. This week’s guest is among them, but with a twist. He is looking overseas, where dividend yields are generally higher and dividend paying cultures are stronger. Thornburg Investment Management’s Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager Brian McMahon discusses how he finds growing sources of income around the world in his Thornburg Investment Income Builder Fund.
MCMAHON: DUAL DISCIPLINES
Thornburg Investment Management’s Chief Investment Officer Brian McMahon invests in both stocks and bonds in his Thornburg Investment Income Builder Fund, as he has throughout his career. I asked him about the relationship between stock and bond investing. Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.
MCLENNAN: CRISIS INVESTING
First Eagle Funds’ Great Investor Matthew McLennan predicts that we are entering an era of episodic global crises. McLennan is Head of the Global Value Team and Co-Portfolio Manager of several funds at First Eagle. He’ll explain how he is building an all-weather portfolio to withstand future market storms.
MCLENNAN: EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT
EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT First Eagle Funds’ Matt McLennan has an incredibly packed schedule heading up the firm’s Global Value team and co-managing four mutual funds for the firm including its flagship First Eagle Global Fund, but he has made a point of devoting much of his free time to educational institutions. We asked him why. Watch […]
HARTNETT: INEQUALITY RESPONSE
INEQUALITY RESPONSE Michael Hartnett and his team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research have identified several investment themes that are transforming the world. Some, such as the unprecedented aging of populations around the world and disruptive technologies such as the internet are well known. But there is one, not yet widely covered, that […]