Portfolio Managers Brian Angerame and Jeffrey Russell, CFA join Investment Strategist Jeffrey Schulze, CFA to discuss the characteristics they seek in SMID growth stocks, how disruption is driving market share gains across sectors and where they are finding attractive opportunities in a highly valued market.

Portfolio Manager Evan Bauman joins Investment Strategist Jeffrey Schulze, CFA to discuss shifting performance trends in the market and how they could be supported by greater M&A activity and a rotation into undervalued areas like energy, health care and media. See more at https://www.clearbridge.com

Co-Chief Investment Officer Scott Glasser, Director of Research Charles Harris and Investment Strategist Jeffrey Schulze, CFA discuss the potential benefits of corporate tax reform as well as other key opportunities and risks for U.S. equity markets and the economy heading into the new year.

Portfolio Analysts Benedict Buckley and Nikita Singhal explore the sustainable investing landscape with Investment Strategist Jeffrey Schulze, CFA. During the discussion, Ben and Nikita explain the distinguishing features of ClearBridge's integrated approach to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing, ways investors can make an impact through ownership of public equities and how the consideration of ESG factors contributes to portfolio performance.

Portfolio Managers Albert Grosman and Brian Lund, CFA take the temperature of the small cap market with Investment Strategist Jeffrey Schulze, CFA. The PMs describe the factors that have the caused the small cap universe to decline, how they seek to overcome the common challenges faced by active small cap managers and their unique process for evaluating the variant expectations priced into stocks.

Portfolio Managers Sean Bogda, CFA and Paul Ehrlichman join Investment Strategist Jeffrey Schulze, CFA to discuss how the recovery of European banks serves as catalyst for better stock performance on the Continent, where they are participating in improving emerging market demand and the benefits of an active approach as international equity market leadership begins to shift.

In our June episode, Investment Strategist Jeffrey Schulze, CFA, talks with two of the portfolio managers from our International Growth team, Elisa Mazen and Michael Testorf, CFA, about the relative valuation gaps between Europe and the U.S., China’s economic situation, and how they seek to exploit disruption in their investment portfolio.

Portfolio Manager Michael Kagan joins Investment Strategist Jeffrey Schulze, CFA to discuss low volatility strategies and active management in the context of the current market environment. Kagan describes his view on the market cycle, what will be needed to generate stronger equity returns going forward, and how an active, low volatility approach seeks to generate consistent results while preserving capital and limiting downside risks.

Portfolio Managers Margaret Vitrano and Evan Bauman join Investment Strategist Jeffrey Schulze, CFA to discuss their differentiated approaches to capturing growth through varying market conditions, and the sectors and stocks where they see opportunities in the current environment.

Investment Strategist Jeffrey Schulze, CFA and Head of Global Value Paul Ehrlichman discuss the state of the international value equity market, including the regions and sectors where opportunities to invest at attractive valuations can still be found.