PACTIVE MANAGEMENT Merrill Lynch’s longtime top-ranked investment strategist Richard Bernstein launched his own investment advisory firm, Richard Bernstein Advisors(RBA) in 2009 to apply his “top-down” macro strategy and quantitative analytical skills to real portfolios. He decided to combine his active asset allocation approach with passive investment instruments such as ETFs in what he trademarked as […]
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TESTORF: MIND CLEARING ACTIVITY
Running international portfolios is an intense, high-pressure job requiring extensive research about multiple topics. How does ClearBridge International Growth Funds’ Michael Testorf de-stress? Windsurfing. Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.
STANEK: WOMEN BOND MANAGER OUTPERFORMANCE
All women bond fund teams have outperformed all men managed ones by a significant margin over the past 15 years. Surprising? Five-star fund manager Mary Ellen Stanek responds. Download “Fund Managers by Gender – Through the Performance Lens” Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.
DOLL: GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Longtime portfolio manager and strategist Bob Doll has always inspired me with his work ethic, ability to successfully execute many jobs simultaneously and being cheerful and energetic while doing so. He and his wife have been deeply and actively involved in supporting and protecting Christians all over the world, including some of the world’s most […]
DREIFUS: PRINCIPLED ACCOUNTING
PRINCIPLED ACCOUNTING Royce Special Equity Fund’s legendary value manager Charlie Dreifus is known for his deep dive accounting, going through company finances with a fine tooth comb to identify financial weaknesses and strengths. It’s a skill and passion he learned from his mentor, award-winning accounting professor Abraham “Abe” Briloff, a renowned forensic accountant known for […]
PETRIE: WOMEN IN THE OLD AMERICAN WEST
WOMEN IN THE OLD AMERICAN WEST Charles M. Russell is known for his iconic paintings, drawing, and sculptures of Native American buffalo hunters, warriors, their families and cowboys of the Old American West. Much less well known are his hundreds of depictions of western women. It’s now the subject of a book and accompanying exhibit […]