T. Rowe Price: Conversations

Steve Huber, fixed income portfolio manager, discusses how U.S. interest rates are likely to rise further early this year, but credit sectors tend to perform relatively well in a period of gradually rising rates.

Judith Ward, a senior financial planner, discusses strategies on how investors need to maintain a long-term perspective to cope with stock market volatility. A well-diversified portfolio can help weather market downturns.

Timothy Murray, a global allocation specialist, discusses the equity market environment and asset allocation strategy. Although the U.S. equity markets have staged a strong rally since bottoming in mid-February, investors face stiff challenges ahead.

Chief U.S. Economist Alan Levenson discusses the probability of a U.S. recession this year and that it remains low. The economy is not overextended in terms of the unemployment rate, and corporate profit margins remain firm.

Nick Beecroft, a portfolio specialist for Asia ex-Japan equities, discusses how global markets have been ambushed by recent events in China but says this does not change the firm’s positive, longer-term view for investing in China or Asia more broadly.

Nick Beecroft, a portfolio specialist for Asia ex-Japan equities, sees several positive trends on the horizon, and the recent sell-off has created many attractive investment opportunities.

Nick Beecroft, a portfolio specialist for Asia ex-Japan equities, sees several positive trends on the horizon, and the recent sell-off has created many attractive investment opportunities.

Mike Conelius, manager of the Emerging Markets Bond Fund, discusses why improving fundamentals and higher yields should support an emerging market bonds performance rebound in 2016.

Hugh McGuirk, head of T. Rowe Price's Municipal Bond Department, does not expect the pace or magnitude of Fed rate hikes to pose a significant threat to municipal bond prices.

Steve Huber, manager of the Global Multi-Sector Bond Fund, does not expect long-term rates to change significantly and sees opportunities globally with central banks in different phases of monetary policy.