Apr 22, 2024
Tony Zhang PhD, CFA joins Rich Excell CFA, CMT to discuss the latest events in the market. We are in earnings season, a time when investors should be focused on the micro issues, the idiosyncratic news. Why is everyone focusing on the macro all of a sudden? Join Tony and Rich to find out why this macro matters
Apr 1, 2024
March marked the 25th anniversary for the QQQ ETF, one of the granddaddies of them all. This ETF set the table for thousands more to follow. In this episode, Rich Excell CFA, CMT speaks with Paul Schroeder CMT, the QQQ Equity Product Strategist at Invesco, to talk about the history of QQQ, how the ETF landscape has...
Mar 18, 2024
Tony Zhang PhD, CFA and Rich Excell CFA, CMT are together for another episode of Macro Matters. In this episode before the March FOMC meeting, Tony and Rich discuss the recent moves in commodities, what this means for inflation, how the bond market is reacting to this news on inflation, what we can expect from the FOMC,...
Mar 12, 2024
In this episode, Rich Excell CFA, CMT sits down with Louay Mikdashi, the Head of Multi-sector Private Credit at Neuberger Berman. They discuss the pros & cons of the private credit market and explore the findings in Louay's recent paper "Private Credit is gaining steam – where do we go from...
Mar 4, 2024
Tony Zhang PhD, CFA and Rich Excell CFA, CMT follow up their conversation from two weeks ago. They discuss the continuing changes to market expectations for the FOMC, what this means for the yield curve, the risk appetite present in stocks, crypto and credit, and the fundamental drivers of earnings and factors. It is an...