This week’s WEALTHTRACK guest has made a name for himself with his annual predictions and with his proven investment skill. Bob Doll, Chief Equity Strategist and Senior Portfolio Manager at Nuveen Asset Management, has run several large cap stock mutual funds for three decades. We’ll get a personal take on his mid-year predictions for investment opportunities, and traps to avoid.
Guests
HOW YOUR FINANCIAL PLAN CAN GO OFF COURSE
That old line about how women are from Venus and men are from Mars seems especially true when it comes to a woman’s approach to investing. For women money is part of life’s complex mosaic. They want advisors who are good listeners, even confidants.
STEVEN LEUTHOLD: MUTUAL FUND EXIT
A couple of years ago Great Investor Steven Leuthold had $5 billion dollars under management and was overseeing 7 mutual funds at his old firm, The Leuthold Group, plus publishing a lengthy newsletter, View From the North Country every month. Then he decided to call it quits from the mutual fund business and launch a […]
STEVEN LEUTHOLD: THE CONTRARIAN’S CONTRARIAN
Contrarian money manager Steven Leuthold called it quits from the tightly regulated mutual fund business a couple of years ago. He wanted to escape from the rules, the pressures of managing billions and grueling publishing deadlines. Last year he launched Leuthold Strategies, a small private investment partnership. He’s investing in businesses that many investors consider to be toxic, including uranium mining and Chinese water and pharmaceutical companies. He’ll explain his unusual choices.
KESSLER: A SIMPLE CHOICE
Great Investor Robert Kessler, CEO of Kessler Investment Advisors has managed portfolios of global government debt for decades. In recent years however he has narrowed his focus to U.S. Treasury debt. He explains why. Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.
ROBERT KESSLER: BULLISH ON TREASURIES
For years Great Investor Robert Kessler has correctly predicted that interest rates would decline to record lows and remain subdued because of subpar economic growth. The founder and CEO of Kessler Investment Advisors is sticking to his guns and maintains that U.S. Treasury bonds will continue to be a major beneficiary. He’ll explain why he thinks Treasuries, one of the most vilified investments on Wall Street should be a core holding in everyone’s portfolio.
