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Sandy Liang: The Credit Risk Thesis for Investors Seeking Yield in a Rising Rate Market

Our chat with Sandy Liang, President, Purpose Investments Partners, and high yield fixed income portfolio manager. We discuss his thesis on credit risk vs. interest rate risk for investors seeking yield in a rising rates environment.

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Sandy Liang: A Leading High Yield Fund Manager's Front Row Seat at the Financial Crisis

This is the first part of our chat with Sandy Liang, President, Purpose Investments Partners, and high-yield fixed income portfolio manager. Sandy’s exemplary career on both the buy-side and sell-side in equities, and more notably in high yield, on Wall Street. have earned him a reputation as a shrewd, no-nonsense high yield and corporate bond portfolio manager.

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Tom O'Gorman: Are China's Large Forex Bond Purchases the Fed's Unwinding White Knight?

In this segment of our conversation with Tom O’Gorman, CFA, SVP, Director of Fixed Income as Franklin Bissett Investment Management, we discuss the possibility that China’s Forex reserve bond buying, which has resumed very strongly in the second half of 2017, may be the White Knight of the Fed’s unwinding of QE as it turns down the volume on it’s bond purchase program.

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Tom O'Gorman: Are central banks caught between a pillar and a post?

In this segment of in depth discussion about the bond market, Tom O’Gorman points out that while there is definitely inflation within financial market prices, its not clear whether there is clear pricing and consumer inflation.

Are central banks caught between a pillar and post of conflicting views on inflation? What lies ahead? Our conversation continues.

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Tom O'Gorman: Is the bond market right about the economy?

We recently chatted with Tom O’Gorman, Senior Vice President, Director of Franklin Bissett Fixed Income, at Franklin Bissett Investment Management. Via the flattening of the yield curve the bond market has been expressing doubts about the economy, so we asked Tom O’Gorman to share his outlook, his perspectives on the market, and his thoughts on perception versus reality. Is the bond market right about the economy?