It is now accepted wisdom on Wall Street that the great bond rally of the past 30 years is over and that we have entered a new era of higher interest rates. Not so fast says this week’s Great Investor guest, Robert Kessler. He points out we have had many false alarms about economic growth and central bank tightening over the last 6 years only to see interest rates retreat again.
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Wealthtrack Episodes
OVERLOOKED OPPORTUNITIES IN GLOBAL REAL ESTATE
Demand for commercial and residential real estate in the developing world is exploding as an estimated one billion people move to cities over the next decade. This new “consuming class” could contribute $20 trillion a year to the global economy, according to McKinsey. A major beneficiary is expected to be the real estate industry. This week’s guests say global real estate is a huge investment opportunity overlooked by the vast majority of individual investors.
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GLOBAL INVESTMENT TRENDS AND STRATEGIES
In recent years, having a home bias has paid off for investors- American stock markets have outperformed other developed markets and trounced the losses in many emerging markets- but will it continue to do so? Two global investment pros, David Darst of Morgan Stanley and Peter Langerman of the Mutual Global Discovery Fund, will discuss where you can find the highest quality businesses at bargain basement prices.
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A DISCUSSION WITH A WALL STREET JOURNAL COLUMNIST, JASON ZWEIG
JASON ZWEIG
Personal Finance Columnist, “The Intelligent Investor”
The Wall Street Journal
“There’s no doubt that the pursuit of yield is bordering on a mania” says Jason Zweig, The Wall Street Journal‘s Personal Finance Columnist. Don’t miss Consuelo’s discussion when she asks Zweig about dangerous investor behavior and why he is concerned as investors are abandoning bonds and flocking to dividend-paying stocks.
THE NEW RETIREMENT CONVERSATION
What’s the “new” conversation we should be having about retirement income? Mary Beth Franklin of InvestmentNews and Kimberly Lankford of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance tell us how the typical approach changed and the new tools we should use for guaranteed income that lasts a lifetime.
DAVID WINTERS: FIRST CLASS MERCHANDISE AT BARGAIN PRICES!
Emerging markets have substantially underperformed the U.S. stock market over the last two years. There is one area however where emerging markets, particularly those in Asia, South America and China continue to shine: demand for luxury goods. Bain & Company reports that the so called “HENRYs” (High Earnings, Not Rich Yet) consumers in those markets are becoming a “new baby boom sized generation” for luxury goods. That is the sweet spot for this week’s Great Investor guest, David Winters. Winters is the Portfolio Manager of the value-oriented Wintergreen Fund which he founded in 2005. Since inception this go anywhere, invest in anything fund has outperformed the market and its mutual fund category.
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