Our guest is taking on the Wall Street consensus. The overwhelming sentiment from economists, analysts and strategists is that the great bond bull market, particularly in U.S. Treasuries, is over. Treasury bonds have been described as extremely overvalued, risky and undesirable. Not so says global bond manager Robert Kessler. He is sticking with his decade long, bullish view on Treasuries and says the Federal Reserve is in “no position to raise interest rates.”
KESSLER: TREASURY BOND CONTRARIAN
Kessler: Treasury Bond Contrarian
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LOOK FOR INDEPENDENT-MINDED MANAGERS WHO THINK LIKE OWNERS
LOOK FOR INDEPENDENT-MINDED MANAGERS WHO THINK LIKE OWNERS “PATIENT CAPITAL” OUTPERFORMS High “Active Share” Portfolios + Trade Infrequently = 2%+ average annual outperformance Source: “Patient Capital Outperformance” by Martijn Cremers & Ankur Pareek Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.
WINTERS: MARKET MANIA?
As investors’ move in droves to passive, low cost index funds, one veteran money manager is sounding the alarm. Wintergreen Fund’s David Winters says index funds are a dangerous market mania, akin to other market bubbles.
WINTERS: MARKET MANIA?
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HOUGAN & PERON: LOW-COST ALTERNATIVE
Investors are abandoning traditional, actively managed mutual funds in favor of “passive” index funds, particularly exchanged traded funds, or ETFs. Wall Street has taken note and is offering a wide variety of ETFs to attract investment money. How do you tell the difference between a good ETF and a bad one? When is it better to invest in an ETF? When is a traditional mutual fund the wiser choice? ETF experts Matt Hougan, CEO of ETF.com, a leading ETF research firm and Matthew Peron, head of Global Equity at giant wealth management firm, Northern Trust provide the answers you need to make the best investment decisions on this tenth season premiere.