Basis Points

Basis Points

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Basis Points episodes

  • What’s Next? 2022 Mid-Year Outlook with Morgan Stanley
    As market uncertainty persists, investors and advisors are left to wonder what’s next? This week on the Basis Points podcast, Kevin Flanagan leads a discussion with Morgan Stanley’s Global Head of Macro Strategy, Matthew Hornbach to discuss their key takeaways from the first half of 2022 and the many forces set to impact the road ahead.
    Basis Points: 1/100th of 1 percent.
    15 min
  • Unsure About Duration? Try our Barbell Tool
    With the mix of high inflation and rising interest rates, should investors and advisors consider repositioning their bond portfolios? This week on the Basis Points podcast, Kevin Flanagan delivers timely and actionable ideas to help investors and advisors navigate ever-changing market conditions including the use of WisdomTree’s Barbell strategy as a helpful tool that aims to provide investors with a core strategic solution.
    Basis Points: 1/100th of 1 percent.
    6 min
  • How to Find Higher Yield
    With rates up and bond prices down, is there room for potential opportunity in the alternative credit sector? This week on the Basis Points podcast, Kevin Flanagan speaks with Chris Acito, Chief Executive Officer of Gapstow to discuss the impact of rising rates on traditional fixed income investments, alternative credit and more.
    To learn more about the standardized performance of the WisdomTree Alternative Income Fund (HYIN) please visit: https://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/alternative/hyin
    Basis Points: 1/100th of 1 percent.
    13 min
  • Interview with Founder and CEO Peter Luo, Adagene
    On this week’s episode of China of Tomorrow, Liqian Ren is joined by Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Peter Luo, PhD at Adagene, a biotech company that is applying its AI powered technology platform to develop new antibody treatments for cancer. During the episode, Liqian and Dr. Luo cover the latest developments in the pharmaceutical industry affecting productivity rates in research and development, and their established practices when conducting business globally specifically, in China and more.
    44 min
  • Float Like a Butterfly, Don't Get Stung by a Bee
    Has the sell-off in bond markets taken its course? This week on the Basis Points podcast, Kevin Flanagan covers the Fed potentially raising rates two if not three more times between now and year-end and what that means for fixed income investors.
    Basis Points: 1/100th of 1 percent.
    7 min
  • Fed Watch: Nifty-Fifty
    At today’s Fed meeting, for the first time since May 2000, the Fed announced a 50 point rate hike. This week on the Basis Points podcast, Kevin Flanagan discusses the impact of the meeting results on the fixed income markets going forward.
    Basis Points: 1/100th of 1 percent.
    6 min
  • Interview with Jeff Weniger and Jeff Collett
    On this week’s episode of China of Tomorrow, Liqian Ren is joined by WisdomTree’s Head of Equity Strategy Jeff Weniger and Jeff Collett, Partner at Yuki Co LLC, a firm that advises on Japanese and global equity strategies, to discuss the rules of the road in Japanese equity and currency markets including the Yen, regulatory challenges and recent developments and more.
    41 min
  • The Defining Moment for the Bond Market?
    This week on the Basis Points podcast, Kevin Flanagan is joined by George Goncalves, Head of U.S. Macro Strategy at MUFG Securities. They discuss global interest rates, possible outcomes for the next Fed meeting, and the impact of Quantitative Tightening.
    Basis Points: 1/100th of 1 percent.
    16 min
  • On the QT
    This week on the Basis Points podcast, Kevin Flanagan is joined by Roberto Perli, Head of Global Policy at Piper Sandler and former senior staff member at the Fed to provide insights on what might be on the policymakers’ minds when it comes to rate hikes as inflation continues to run hot.
    Basis Points: 1/100th of 1 percent.
    14 min

About Basis Points

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As part of WisdomTree’s Investment Strategy group, Kevin serves as Head of Fixed Income Strategy. In this role, he contributes to the asset allocation team, writes fixed income-related content and travels with the sales team, conducting client-facing meetings and providing expertise on WisdomTree’s existing and future bond ETFs. In addition, Kevin works closely with the fixed income team. Prior to joining WisdomTree, Kevin spent 30 years at Morgan Stanley, where he was most recently a Managing Director. He was responsible for tactical and strategic recommendations and created asset allocation models for fixed income securities. He was a contributor to the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Global Investment Committee, primary author of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s monthly and weekly fixed income publications, and collaborated with the firm’s Research and Consulting Group Divisions to build ETF and fund manager asset allocation models. Kevin has an MBA from Pace University’s Lubin Graduate School of Business, and a B.S in Finance from Fairfield University.