Simple, but Not Easy

Daniel Needham and Andrew Lill share their views on markets, the economy, and how we're dealing with the crisis brought on by the novel coronavirus. Also, Ryan Murphy on how to keep clients calm amid market declines. Needham is president and global CIO, Lill is Americas CIO, and Murphy is head of decision sciences, all at Morningstar Investment Management. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company....

Should retirees buy annuities to insure a steady stream of income? Few products are as polarizing among financial advisors than annuities, but certainly they have a place in the retirement picture for some individuals. In this episode, we look at new research by David Blanchett that may help advisors decide when a client should annuitize or not. Blanchett is head of retirement research at Mornings...

In "The Tipping Point," author Malcolm Gladwell looks at how ideas can spread like viruses. Citing psychological studies and using many examples, Gladwell shows how people, environments, and changes in an idea itself can lead to explosive growth in popularity. In this episode, Jarred Watts considers how the ideas in this book, which turned 20 years old in February, apply to investing. Watts is a c...

Market losses like the recent coronavirus-induced decline can be upsetting. We're rebroadcasting this episode in which Andrew Lill and Ryan Murphy discuss what investors can do to prepare for market declines and how to respond once losses happen. Lill is the chief investment officer, and Murphy the head of decision science, both at Morningstar Investment Management LLC. Hosted by Simplecast, an Ad...

We conclude our two-part conversation on our Outlook for 2020 and beyond with views on asset classes we view as being attractively priced. Philip Straehl, head of capital markets & asset allocation, Americas, and Tanguy de Lauzon, head of capital markets & asset allocation for EMEA, return to share their views. Important Disclosure: Returns for U.S. stocks are indicated by the Morningstar US Marke...

We begin our two-part conversation on our Outlook for 2020 and beyond with a look at the aggregate risk/reward landscape around the world. Host Drew Carter welcomes Philip Straehl, head of capital markets & asset allocation, Americas, and Tanguy de Lauzon, head of capital markets & asset allocation for EMEA. Important Disclosure: Returns for U.S. stocks are indicated by the Morningstar US Market I...

Terry Hawkins, sales manager at Morningstar Investment Management and Paul Kaplan, research director for Morningstar Canada, discuss dollar-cost averaging, or the practice of investing slowly over time instead of in one lump sum. Research by Kaplan and others show that dollar-cost averaging might be expected to underperform a lump-sum approach. But what if it's what gets an investor into the marke...

Peter Dugery, head of sales at Morningstar Investment Management, leads a discussion on the environment advisors face today. His guests are Matt Unger, the founder and managing director at Focus Asset Management, an independent RIA in Dallas, and Jason Baker, co-founder and president of Baker Wealth Management in North Carolina. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com...

Four portfolio managers describe how they evaluate and select stocks for their concentrated portfolios. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Why might contrarian investing outperform, and how might an investor know when it's time to head in the opposite direction from the crowd? Daniel Needham, president and global chief investment officer, explores why markets are frequently efficient and what makes them become inefficient; explains how contrarians can act like a thermostat for markets; and explains how bees can be better decision-mak...

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In part two of our giving-thanks episode, more members of our investment team share what they're thankful for, and what they'd be thankful for if it were to happen. John Owens talks IPOs, Marta Norton is doubly thankful, Paul Arnold looks forward to greater wealth equality, and Shannon Steiner--new to the podcast--is thankful for her internship with Investment Management and discusses the findings...

Ryan Murphy talks about why it's good to give thanks, and how it can make us better investors. Then Brian Huckstep, Dan McNeela, Cindy Galiano, and Mike Stathakis share what investment developments they're thankful for, as well some things they would be thankful for if they came to pass. Drew Carter hosts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about...

Market losses can be upsetting. Aside from the pain of losing money, there’s something about it that just doesn’t feel right. Yet, we know that market dips, declines, and disasters are all a part of investing. So, what can investors do about them? Host Drew Carter is joined by Andrew Lill, chief investment officer, and Ryan Murphy, head of decision science, both at Morningstar Investment Managemen...

On September 14, 2019, Saudi Arabian oil fields were attacked, leading to a spike in oil prices. But the spike quickly subsided, with prices falling back—and even below—their pre-spike prices about two weeks later. But the phenomenon of lower oil prices is of course not new. And that’s reflected in the returns of U.S. stocks in the energy sector, which lost an average of about 5% a year over the f...

Getting more women into portfolio management might seem like a no-brainer. But Marta Norton, portfolio manager at Morningstar Investment Management, says "it’s a knotty problem because you don’t want people to have women or diversity on their team … just for the sake of having that kind of diversity. As a woman, I find it kind of insulting when people say, 'We need to have a woman here,' because t...

Getting more women into portfolio management might seem like a no-brainer. But Marta Norton, portfolio manager at Morningstar Investment Management, says "it’s a knotty problem because you don’t want people to have women or diversity on their team … just for the sake of having that kind of diversity. As a woman, I find it kind of insulting when people say, 'We need to have a woman here,' because t...

Too often value investing is confused with the value style, and value investors are mistakenly thought to buy only value stocks. Daniel Needham, president and chief investment officer at Morningstar Investment Management, shares his views on value investing and on the way his team uses a valuation-driven approach to multi-asset investing. After all, as Charlie Munger has famously said, “All intell...

Is "outsourcing" a dirty word? Are managed money offerings all the same? Matt Radgowski and Peter Dugery share insights on the challenges and rewards for financial advisors when choosing a money manager to handle client portfolios. Drew Carter hosts. Matt is managing director, Americas, at Morningstar Investment Management, and Peter is head of sales at the same firm. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsW...

In this episode, John Owens and Ryan Murphy talk about why price-weighted indexes like the Dow Jones Industrial Average can be distracting to investors. John, who's a senior equity portfolio manager at Morningstar Investment Management, explains why investors should disregard single-day Dow point drops, and also any short-term performance. Ryan, who's head of decision science at Morningstar Invest...

In today's episode, host Drew Carter gets up close and personal--into investing, that is. Getting personal might elicit nervousness, but why does it seem so antithetical to investing? We explore personalization and customization in financial practices: If you’re an investor, how well does your financial advisor know you? And advisors, how much time have you taken to get to know your clients? Joine...

While host Drew Carter is on sabbatical, producer Sammie Spector guest hosts a two-part series on top reading recommendations from Morningstar employees. Guests include everyone from our portfolio managers to our sales directors, as well as a glimpse into our Investment Management Book Club and an interview the Morningstar HQ librarian. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.ads...

While host Drew Carter is on sabbatical, producer Sammie Spector guest hosts a two-part series on top reading recommendations from Morningstar employees. Guests include Christine Benz as well as portfolio managers, sales directors, and behavioral scientists, to provide a variety of reading material ranging from investment self-service books, to environmental sustainability, as well as one 'picture...

When you save and invest, most likely your biggest financial goal is retirement, a topic that can be daunting or even frightening on both a personal level and on a macro level. Host Drew Carter discusses the state of retirement with David Blanchett, head of retirement research at Morningstar Investment Management, who has called retirement the "largest purchase most Americans will ever make." Toda...