Our guest this week is our colleague, Eric Jacobson. Eric is a senior principal for fixed-income strategies on Morningstar’s Manager Research team. He focuses on a variety of taxable, tax-exempt, and nontraditional managed strategies. He covers some of the key asset managers, he publishes thought leadership, and he is a member of the Morningstar Medalist Ratings Committee. Eric joined Morningstar in 1995 as a closed-end fund analyst and also had a stint on Morningstar Indexes, where he helped launch our original Bond Benchmark Suite. Before Morningstar, Eric worked at Kemper Financial Services. He is also a proud graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Show Notes

Background

Bio

Bond Market and Semiliquid Funds

“Why the Bond Market Is Fertile Ground for Active Management,” by Eric Jacobson, Morningstar.com, Aug. 28, 2025.

“6 Critical Lessons for Bond Investors,” by Eric Jacobson, Morningstar.com, Dec. 26, 2023.

“How to Measure Your Fund’s Liquidity Risk,” by Brian Moriarty, Morningstar.com, Oct. 21, 2025.

“New Ratings Reveal Challenges for Semiliquid Funds,” by Bryan Armour, Morningstar.com, Nov. 12, 2025.

Other

“Eurozone Debt Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions (2008-2012),” by Daniel Liberto, Investopedia.com, Sept. 29, 2025.

“Automotive Industry Crisis of the 2000s,” by Kerry Skemp, ebsco.com.

“When It Comes to Bonds, Don’t Be a Hero,” by Christine Benz, morningstar.com, Oct. 6, 2025.

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