Basis Points

Basis Points

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Basis Points episodes

  • What Does the U.S. Manufacturing Recovery Mean for Commodities?
    Given the unfortunate second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s easy to focus solely on what the negative impact could potentially mean for the U.S. economy. However, on this week’s podcast, Kevin Flanagan discusses one sector of the U.S. economy that has been able to outperform expectations: manufacturing.
    5 min
  • Fed Watch: Taking a Backseat, Kinda, Sort of…
    With monetary policy seemingly on autopilot, fixed income investors have instead placed their focus on fiscal policy. On this week’s podcast, Kevin Flanagan discusses how the Fed has now taken a backseat in bond-land from an official policy perspective.
    4 min
  • Sooner Rather than Later Happened
    Following last week’s movements of the U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield, the ‘Reflation Trade’ theme has taken center stage in bond-land. Against this backdrop, Kevin Flanagan provides potential solutions for investors to consider for their fixed income portfolios.
    6 min
  • "1" Is the Loneliest Number
    Is there potential for the UST 10-Year yield to move higher? On this week’s podcast, Kevin Flanagan discusses this possibility along with the possible return of the reflation trade.
    5 min
  • It’s “On the Line”
    With the second wave of COVID-19 dominating headlines again, it’s natural to wonder what the economic impact may be this time around as compared to Q2. On this week’s podcast, Kevin Flanagan takes a step back to see where the economy stands as we enter the final month of 2020.
    5 min
  • Divided Highway Ahead?
    While we believe there is potential for the 10-year Treasury yields to move higher, it will still remain low from a historical perspective. Against this backdrop, Kevin Flanagan provides bond investors with a solution to seek for income without incurring too much risk.
    4 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.