WealthTrack Portable

Great Investor Richie Freeman has co-managed the ClearBridge Aggressive Growth Fund since its inception 30 years ago. Twice nominated for Morningstar’s Domestic Fund Manager of the Year award, Freeman has been fascinated by the stock market since the age of 13, when he started watching the ticker at a local brokerage firm after school. His admitted obsession with stocks has paid off. ClearBridge Aggressive Growth has delivered market and peer beating results over the decades and is now ranked in the top percentiles for the last one, three and five year periods. In this WEALTHTRACK exclusive, Freeman describes his unusual highly concentrated, low turnover approach to investing. WEALTHTRACK #1015, Broadcast October 4, 2013

Kathleen Gaffney co-managed the legendary Loomis Sayles Bond Fund with bond giant Dan Fuss and branched off this past year to launch the Eaton Vance Bond Fund and serves as the firm’s Co-Director of Investment Grade Income. Gaffney will discuss how she’s positioning the Eaton Vance Bond Fund for the turbulent times ahead! WEALTHTRACK 1013, Broadcast 09-20-13

Even the most hard-core stock pickers on Wall Street watch out for big picture events that can move markets. But which macro events matter most? Fed “tapering”? The slowdown in China? The housing recovery? Two investment research stars will be exclusively on WEALTHTRACK this week: Nancy Lazar and François Trahan both left their previous firms to become founding partners in Cornerstone Macro, devoted solely to macro economics, policy and strategy. What they identify as the next emerging market will surprise you! WEALTHTRACK #1012, September 13, 2013

It is now accepted wisdom on Wall Street that the great bond rally of the past 30 years is over and that we have entered a new era of higher interest rates. Not so fast says this week's Great Investor guest, Robert Kessler. He points out we have had many false alarms about economic growth and central bank tightening over the last 6 years only to see interest rates retreat again. Kessler has correctly defended the value of U.S. Treasuries in particular against Wall Street naysayers for more than a decade. So before you follow the stampede out of bonds you might want to listen to his defense of bonds. WEALTHTRACK #1011 Broadcast Sept. 06, 2013

Demand for commercial and residential real estate in the developing world is exploding as an estimated one billion people move to cities over the next decade. This new “consuming class” could contribute $20 trillion a year to the global economy, according to McKinsey. A major beneficiary is expected to be the real estate industry. This week’s guests say global real estate is a huge investment opportunity overlooked by the vast majority of individual investors. Jason Wolf, who works for deep value investment legend, Marty Whitman, is the Co-Lead Portfolio Manager of the top performing Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund. Gregg Fisher is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Gerstein Fisher, named one of Barron’s Top 100 Financial Advisors. These two have very different approaches to real estate investing, but agree that it should be part of everyone’s long-term, diversified portfolio. WEALTHTRACK 1009. Broadcast 08-23-2013

In recent years, having a home bias has paid off for investors- American stock markets have outperformed other developed markets and trounced the losses in many emerging markets- but will it continue to do so? Two global investment pros, David Darst of Morgan Stanley and Peter Langerman of the Mutual Global Discovery Fund, will discuss where you can find the highest quality businesses at bargain basement prices. WEALTHTRACK 1008. Broadcast 08-16-2013

What is the next big thing in investing? Think baby boomers and their retirement: 71 million Americans born between 1946 and 1954 will switch gears from the accumulation phase of their investing lives to the distribution phase to fund their retirement. What is their biggest need? Income to last a lifetime. With the demise of the defined benefit plan or old fashioned pension fund, where are they going to find that holy grail? WEALTHTRACK #1005, Original Broadcast 07-26-13

What is the next big thing in investing? Think baby boomers and their retirement: 71 million Americans born between 1946 and 1954 will switch gears from the accumulation phase of their investing lives to the distribution phase to fund their retirement. What is their biggest need? Income to last a lifetime. With the demise of the defined benefit plan or old fashioned pension fund, where are they going to find that holy grail? WEALTHTRACK #1005, Original Broadcast 07-26-13

As 30-plus years of falling interest rates wind down, what are the new rules of investing? Loomis Sayles' legendary bond fund manager Dan Fuss and top-ranked strategist, turned portfolio manager, Richard Bernstein provide their contrarian answers. WEALTHTRACK #1003 Originally Broadcast 07-12-13

Whether you are male or female, everyone worries about running out of retirement savings. Women worry about becoming bag ladies in their old age and men focus too much on performance numbers, which isn’t always the best way to plan for the future. Our two guests on WEALTHTRACK this week, Mary Beth Franklin, part of our WEALTHTRACK brain trust and a contributing editor for InvestmentNews, and Erin Botsford, founder and CEO of the Botsford Group, will answer a lot of questions about retirement and why women are so different from men in their approach to planning for the so-called “Golden Years”.

American women control $8 trillion in assets, yet the traditional wealth management approach doesn't necessarily work for women's needs. In the first of our two part series on Women, Investing and Retirement, Consuelo speaks with Morgan Stanley's award-winning financial advisor, Ami Forte, and GenSpring's Senior Strategist, Jewelle Bickford on how women can start taking ownership of their financial power. WEALTHTRACK #1001, Broadcast 06-28-13

Two seasoned investment pros argue the case for and against actively managed funds versus passive index funds. In a surprising twist, Vanguard principal Daniel Wallick presents the active management case while award-winning financial advisor Gregg Fisher defends the passive approach. WEALTHTRACK #952, Broadcast 06-21-13

This week’s Great Investor guest is a maverick bond investor and a WEALTHTRACK exclusive. He is Stephen Smith, long time co-portfolio manager of the five-star rated, Brandywine Global Opportunities Bond Fund which has delivered exceptional returns over the years. WEALTHTRACK 951. Original Broadcast 06-14-13.

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Robert Shearer, lead portfolio manager for BlackRock’s Equity Dividend Fund explains why some dividends are better than others and where he is finding the best in growth and income. WEALTHTRACK Episode #946. Originally Broadcast on May 10, 2013.