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MiB: Armen Panossian, Oaktree Capital Management

The Big Picture

This week, we speak with Armen Panossian , managing director and head of performing credit at Oaktree Capital Management , which has $179 billion in assets under management. He previously worked for Pequot Capital Management, where he worked on distressed debt strategy. Currently, he is Vice Chairman of IBM.

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#FA Success Ep 345: Differentiating With Institutions And Ultra-High-Net-Worth Investors As A Serious Investment Firm, With Lori Van Dusen

Nerd's Eye View

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how Lori built her in-depth investment knowledge while working with large institutions and endowments at wirehouse firms like Shearson Lehman Brothers and Citigroup Smith Barney, how Lori approaches portfolio management with an approach of "don't fix what isn't broken" and assumes most large portfolios she manages (..)

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At the Money: How To Know When The Fed Will Cut

The Big Picture

To help us unpack all of this and what it means for your portfolio, let’s bring in Jim Bianco, Chief Strategist at Bianco Research, and His firm has been providing objective and unconventional research and commentary to portfolio managers since 1990, and it is top rated amongst institutional traders. We did it!

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Market Extra: Government bonds held at banks may be so-called ‘toxic asset’ of next financial crisis, fund manager says

MarketWatch

Under a best-case scenario, investors’ fears would be calmed as California’s Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in New York are reorganized “in an orderly fashion,” according to Chris Crawford, the Boston-based portfolio manager of the firm’s Strategic Long Short Fund. The flip-side scenario is that the U.S. All three major U.S.

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Why You Should Buy Junk Bonds Now

Validea

The article lays out 5 reasons why investors should consider adding junk bonds to their portfolios: Junk bonds have been battered this year, and the only other instance in recent history when they were down more than 2022 was in 2008, when they plummeted 26%. But they shot back up 55% in 2009.

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Market Commentary: Carson Investment Research Looks at the Year Ahead

Carson Wealth

DOWNLOAD OUR 2024 MARKET OUTLOOK The Macroeconomic Backdrop As we look to the year ahead, our proprietary Leading Economic Index (LEI) indicates even lower odds of a recession than 2023. Our Market Views This economic environment should support solid earnings growth and improved margins, leading to a good year for markets.

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Transcript: Michael Rockefeller

The Big Picture

There are about 13 different portfolio managers each focused on a different sub-sector. 00:07:24 [Speaker Changed] So in early 2008, millennium was looking for an analyst at one of their funds out in San Francisco, and I jumped at the opportunity. And then the fall of 2008 came and I learned the power of that type of investing.