After the results of the US election were announced, the Russell 2000 index broke out of its 2024 range and approached all-time highs. On this episode of Inside Active, host David Cohne, mutual fund and active management analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, along with co-host Michael Casper, BI’s sector and small-cap strategist, spoke with David Green, a principal of Hotchkis & Wiley and a portfolio manager on the Small Cap Value (HWSIX) and Value Opportunities (HWAIX) funds. They...

Profitable companies tend to perform well among small caps, as evidenced by the Bloomberg MVP small-cap portfolio, which returned 11.9% annualized in a backtest run from 1999 to September 2024. On this episode of Inside Active, host David Cohne, mutual fund and active management analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, along with co-host Michael Casper, sector and small-cap strategist, spoke with Mitch Zacks, CEO and principal portfolio manager of Zacks Investment Management about the...

Buffer ETFs, which use options to limit losses and offer upside potential, have taken in around $10 billion in new flows this year as their popularity grows. On this episode of Inside Active, host David Cohne, mutual fund and active-management analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, along with co-host James Seyffart, a BI ETF analyst, spoke with Burke Ashenden, director of capital markets at Innovator ETFs, about the rise of defined-outcome ETFs. They examine the unique features that set them...

Financial stocks could see better earnings growth this quarter than analysts’ consensus, according to Bloomberg Intelligence’s macro model. In this episode of the Inside Active podcast, host David Cohne, BI mutual fund and active management analyst, along with co-host Gina Martin Adams, BI’s chief equity strategist, speak with Bill Nygren, chief investment officer, US equity, at Harris Associates and portfolio manager at the firm’s Oakmark Funds. They discuss Nygren’s views on bringing a...

The quality factor is ranked second on the BI Factor Scorecard as higher-quality companies are beating lower-quality ones against a backdrop of a more defensive market. On this episode of Inside Active, host David Cohne, mutual fund and active-management analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, along with co-host and BI US quantitative strategist Christopher Cain, spoke with Tom Hancock, head of Focused Equity at GMO and portfolio manager for the GMO US Quality ETF (QLTY), about how the fund...

Since the US market can be profitable for European companies, any slowdown in the US economy could harm earnings in Europe, but also alleviate high valuations. On this episode of Inside Active, host David Cohne, mutual fund and active management analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, along with co-host Laurent Douillet, senior equity strategist for Bloomberg Intelligence, spoke with Sarah Ketterer, Chief Executive Officer and Fundamental Portfolio Manager at Causeway Capital Management,...

Countries in Asia make up the top echelon of the BI Emerging Markets Scorecard, based on factors such as price performance, breadth and fundamentals. In this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Inside Active podcast, host David Cohne, BI mutual fund and active management analyst, and co-host Marvin Chen, BI senior Asia equity strategist, speak with Sean Taylor, chief investment officer of Matthews Asia and portfolio manager for the Matthews Emerging Markets Equity Active ETF (MEM). They...

Capital deployment has been increasing as companies flush with cash ratchet up share buybacks and dividend payments. On this episode of Inside Active, host David Cohne, mutual fund and active-management analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, along with co-host and BI sector and small-cap strategist Michael Casper, spoke with Integrity Viking Funds CEO Shannon Radke and Chief Investment Officer Michael Morey about the investment process behind the Integrity Dividend Harvest Fund (IDIVX). They...

With equities in a fundamental rotation and being shaken by economic surprises, the market may be searching for new sector leadership. On this episode of the Inside Active podcast, host David Cohne, mutual fund and active analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, along with co-host Gina Martin Adams, BI’s chief equity strategist, spoke with JPMorgan Asset Management’s portfolio manager Felise Agranoff, co-portfolio manager for JPMorgan Active Growth ETF (JGRO) about investing in quality companies...

Wellington’s Andrew J. Shilling and Clark R. Shields, sub-advisers to the Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund, talk about investing in companies with secular growth and competitive advantages in this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Inside Active podcast. Host David Cohne, BI mutual fund analyst, and co-host Gina Martin Adams, BI chief equity strategist, spoke with Shilling and Shields about how they approach valuations through time-frame arbitrage and what they look for in management teams. See...

Since its inception, Vanguard has maintained that active investing — if delivered in a low-cost way — can play a meaningful role in a client’s portfolio, for investors who have the tolerance to take that on, says Dan Reyes, global head of investment product at Vanguard. On this episode of the Inside Active podcast, host David Cohne, mutual fund and active analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, along with co-host Eric Balchunas, BI senior ETF analyst, speak with Reyes about the process of...

Jim Golan, co-manager of the William Blair Large Cap Growth Fund, talks about how he identifies structurally advantaged companies, sectors and themes in this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Inside Active podcast. Host David Cohne, BI’s mutual fund and active analyst, and co-host Gina Martin Adams, BI’s chief equity strategist, ask Golan his views on managing risk with a concentrated portfolio, how to work through periods when growth is out of favor and how the rise of passive investing...

One of the fastest-growing parts of the ETF market are for lower-risk products, including “buffer ETFs” that give a defined outcome, increasingly being favored by baby boomers. In this episode of Inside Active, Calamos Advisors’ Head of ETFs Matt Kaufman and Co-Head of Alternative Strategies David O’Donohue discuss how structured-protection ETFs work with host David Cohne, Bloomberg Intelligence’s mutual fund and active analyst, and co-host James Seyffart, BI ETF analyst. They also discussed...

The Russell 2000 plunged this month amid expectations for significant economic weakness and a credit crunch, Michael Coyne, Voya’s head of small-cap growth, tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of Inside Active, Coyne sits down with host David Cohne, BI’s mutual fund and active analyst, and co-host Michael Casper, BI’s sector and small-cap strategist, to discuss the growth metrics he uses for selecting small-cap stocks and how he determines sustainable valuations. They also talked...

AdvisorShares Chief Operating Officer and Portfolio Manager Dan Ahrens talks vice investing and what it took to get a US cannabis ETF listed with host David Cohne, Bloomberg Intelligence mutual Fund and active analyst and co-host Breanne Doherty, BI’s head of thematic strategy. They also discuss how Dan evaluates companies for the portfolio, why active is better than indexing for cannabis investing, and the potential for cannabis rescheduling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eduardo Repetto, Avantis Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, says he screens for companies that have a good balance sheet and good cash flow and are trading at an implied discount rate. In this episode of the Bloomberg Intelligence Inside Active podcast, host David Cohne, BI mutual fund and active analyst, and co-host, Christopher Cain, BI’s US quantitative strategist, speak to Repetto about how he builds highly diversified, high-performance portfolios, including his use of factor...

Sonu Kalra, manager of the Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund (FBGRX), looks for companies in under-penetrated large addressable markets that have above-average growth potential. Kalra joins the inaugural episode of the Bloomberg Intelligence Inside Active podcast, hosted by David Cohne, BI’s mutual fund analyst, and co-hosted by Gina Martin Adams, BI’s chief equity strategist. Kalra discusses his process of selecting stocks, valuations and how to navigate tough years for growth strategies. See...

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