Art Of Boring

Lead Portfolio Manager, Crista Caughlin, on what’s happening in bond markets, a look at inflation and interest rates, and the key scenarios we’re monitoring.

Opportunities and risks we’re seeing in energy, rail, and financials; why we exited Shopify; and a few team learnings.

What DevOps is and why it’s a theme with investment potential.

On building a “global investment franchise” and balancing the trade-offs between creativity, efficiency, and process to build a consistent environment for better investment decisions.

Russia, the potential parallels to Taiwan and China, and macro to micro portfolio considerations in an inflationary environment.

iTunes: CIO Paul Moroz shares his take on what’s happening in the markets, some of the underlying factors behind recent performance, and a reminder that the wheels of capitalism will continue to turn.

Portfolio Managers Grayson Witcher and Colin Wong share market observations, industries where fundamentals are shifting, and a few recent additions to the portfolio.

Jim Hall (chair, head of our risk management process, and portfolio manager) shares his overall observations on prevailing macroeconomic risks—and the effects on our process and the EAFE large cap portfolio.

How we achieve balance in the portfolio, manage hubris, and have accounted for inflation risk in our investment process.

Chief Investment Officer, Paul Moroz, reflects on notable learnings from 2021 and how time and experience still clarify the most in investing—and life.

Our systematic assessment framework to narrow the probabilities in analysing fast-growing technology companies in an effort to improve our odds of identifying those elusive “holy compounders.”

The major themes of Q4 and a look ahead to 2022.

Inflation cycles throughout history, Keynes vs. monetarists, and why the enemy is…still us.

Global debt, China’s credit cycle, shifting monetary and fiscal policy objectives, and the three scenarios we are thinking about this year

Impacts of higher inflation and interest rates and the benefits of an integrated research team.

Inflation risk, slowing global growth, and the un-globalization trend—a review of Q3.

Why we launched—our interest and history in U.S. mid cap stocks—potential benefits of the asset class, and a few holding examples.

John Kay’s “simplicity, modularity, redundancy” risk framework elements and our ongoing risk management process improvements.

Mispricing patterns we’re seeing in the market; where we’re finding an edge; improving our management team assessment techniques.

A real time risk management discussion addressing the increasing regulatory pressures currently impacting a wide range of businesses in China.