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At the Money: Managing a Portfolio in a Higher Rate Environment

The Big Picture

Investors should be considering capturing some of that yield in their portfolios. We’re going to discuss how these changes are likely to affect your portfolios and what you should do about it. When they took yields as low as they did, they sent bond managers looking for higher and riskier yields. They felt better.

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The Holy Grail of Portfolio Management

A Wealth of Common Sense

Diversification is one of the first building block portfolio management concepts I ever learned in my first job in the investment industry. Our firm would create a Harry Markowitz efficient frontier chart for every client portfolio. The interesting thing to me about producing these chart.

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MiB: Andrew Slimmon, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

The Big Picture

 This week, we speak with Andrew Slimmon , managing director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management , where he leads the Applied Equity Advisors team. He began his career at Morgan Stanley in 1991 as an adviser in private wealth management, and later served as chief investment officer of the Morgan Stanley Trust Co.

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The 60/40 Portfolio is Back! *after not going away

The Big Picture

Check out these recent headlines about the classic 60/40 investment strategy 1 : The 60-40 Investment Strategy Is Back After Tanking Last Year BlackRock Ditches 60/40 Portfolio in New Regime of High Inflation Why a 60/40 Portfolio Is No Longer Good Enough The 60-40 portfolio is back Sorry, but all of these headlines utterly miss the point.

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MiB: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

The Big Picture

This week, we speak with Elizabeth Burton , managing director and client investment strategist at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. She advises institutional clients on investment strategies and portfolio objectives, working alongside global client advisers and product strategists across public and private markets.

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Politics and Your Portfolio

The Big Picture

David is a card-carrying conservative; we are on the opposite sides of many issues, but we always manage to enjoy a respectful debate about broad issues and theory. I think you will enjoy our conversation… Source : Episode 145: Politics and Your Portfolio DAVID L.

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MiB: Antti Ilmanen, Co-Head, Portfolio Solutions, AQR

The Big Picture

This week, we speak with Antti Ilmanen, who is the principal and global co-head of the portfolio solutions group at AQR Capital Management. He started Alpine in his dorm room at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, where he now is a lecturer, teaching courses on both management and entrepreneurship.

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