Central banks around the world are responding aggressively with rate cuts and intervention. What can individuals do to protect themselves and position their portfolios for future profits? Two veteran value investors – legendary portfolio manager Marty Whitman, founder of the Third Avenue Funds and Hersh Cohen, chief investment officer of Clearbridge Advisors will guide us. Plus long-time friend and colleague of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, NYU Economics Professor Mark Gertler, will explain the immediate and long term impact of the global financial rescue efforts.
Surviving the World’s Financial Crisis
SHILLER – ANTONELLI – ZWEIG
The steep decline in U.S. home prices and sales is at the heart of the financial crisis. When will the housing markets stabilize? We’ll ask Yale Professor of Economics Robert Shiller, the man who predicted the bursting of the housing bubble and co-created the widely followed Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Plus, we’ll take the pulse of opportunities in foreign markets with global portfolio manager David Antonelli of MFS International, and discuss what to do and not to do during this market stress with The Wall Street Journal’s “The Intelligent Investor” columnist Jason Zweig.
BURTON MALKIEL, TOM PETRIE AND DAVID LAIBSON
This week on WealthTrack, it’s back to school with three experienced investment mentors- Random Down Wall Street’s Burton Malkiel, Harvard behavioral economist David Laibson, and energy market veteran Tom Petrie. They all have pointers for tough market tests.
SHILLER – BYRNE – ELLIS
Yale Professor Robert Shiller, the man who predicted both the tech and housing bubbles will return to WealthTrack. We’ll ask him what to expect next. He’ll be joined by legendary investment strategy consultant Charles Ellis who will talk about protecting your portfolio from market risk, plus dynamic fund manager Susan Byrne.
ED HYMAN, CHRIS DAVIS AND TOM PETRIE
WealthTrack focuses on the economy, energy and value investing with three guests exclusive to us. ISI Group’s Ed Hyman, Wall Street’s number one ranked economist for 27 years running, star value investor Chris Davis of the Davis Funds, and veteran energy hand Tom Petrie, Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch.