Authentically Active: The ClearBridge Podcast

Technology analysts Hilary Frisch and Anuj Parikh provide perspective on the surge of interest in generative AI and the likely paths forward for its application.

ClearBridge Analyst Rob Buesing explains the defensive characteristics of consumer staples companies and where he sees stock opportunities across the beauty and food and beverage industries as China reopens but a U.S. recession looms.

Dimitry Dayen and Hannah Whang break down recent decarbonization commitments from the aviation industry, the nascent technologies such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) those commitments will need to rely on, the role of the Inflation Reduction Act in spurring innovation and how industrial software companies are enabling emissions optimizations as new products and infrastructure are built.

The Anatomy of a Recession team of Jeff Schulze and Josh Jamner discuss the resilience of a weakening U.S. economy, focusing on whether 2023 will yield a long awaited recession or escape with a soft landing, the potential timing of a Fed pivot and implications of these various scenarios on equities.

Sector Analysts Hilary Frisch and Naveen Jayasundaram discuss the headwinds that have impacted mega cap and other long duration growth stocks in 2022 and how they are sifting through the rubble to identify compelling opportunities in derisked or overlooked companies in technology, internet and related areas.

Investment Strategist Jeff Schulze joins Consuelo Mack to discuss rising recession risks as measured by a yellow signal for the ClearBridge Recession Risk Dashboard and analyzes how a resilient labor market and peaking inflation could still allow the Federal Reserve to engineer a soft landing for the U.S. economy.

ClearBridge Portfolio Manager Chris Eades and Commodities Analyst Adam Meyers discuss how an increased focus on cash flow generation and financial discipline by energy companies as well as new energy legislation will impact domestic oil and natural gas production.

Portfolio Manager Charles Hamieh breaks down how infrastructure acts as a pass-through for inflation and rising rates, what separates it from commodities and real estate in its ability to provide inflation protection, and where he sees opportunities in infrastructure asset class.

ClearBridge Senior Health Care Analyst Marshall Gordon and Portfolio Manager Jean Yu discuss investment risks and opportunities in the health care sector.

Portfolio Analyst Steve Rigo joins Investment Strategist Jeff Schulze to trace the spike in inflation, analyze how the Federal Reserve is seeking to tame it and what signals would indicate success. They also discuss where to invest in a period of sharply rising interest rates and higher recession risks and the medium term outlook for equities.