Leveraged loans combined with treasuries create a solid strategy for navigating today’s fixed income market. These two asset classes work like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, balancing each other out—leveraged loans shine when interest rates rise, while treasuries thrive when rates drop. In our chat today with David Giroux, portfolio manager at T. Rowe Price, we dive into how this mix helps manage risk and enhance returns in uncertain market conditions. Giroux shares his insights on the current investment landscape, emphasizing the importance of evaluating management quality and capital allocation strategies. Join us as we unpack these ideas and explore what they mean for the future of investing.
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Episode TimeStamps:
02:20 - Introduction to David Giroux and T. Rowe Price
09:00 - Are mostly sectors overvalued?
11:43 - What has driven the change in valuations?
13:48 - How Giroux determines how much risk to allocate in markets
18:19 - The outlook for equity returns and Giroux stance on AI
21:42 - The relationship between market meltdowns and interest rates
23:29 - Giroux's outlook for inflation
28:32 - How Giroux uses his past experience to predict markets
31:37 - How Giroux constructs stock portfolios
35:35 - Giroux's view on today's capital allocation
37:26 - Key advice for how to think about valuations
40:47 - What kind of investors are T. Rowe Price
44:50 - How the microstructure of the markets has changed over time and how it has impacted their investment strategy
50:03 - The cyclicality of markets the implications of it
53:34 - Do geographical funds even make sense?
54:40 - How AI impacts the investing world
57:56 - How would Giroux run a longer term portfolio?
58:56 - Advice for other investors
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