Lord Abbett investment experts offer timely insights on crucial topics in the equity and fixed-income markets, along with analysis of key economic trends.
The Investment Conversation: Key Themes for 2024
Lord Abbett investment leaders discuss the economic and market outlook and provide insight on investment opportunities and risks across key asset classes as 2024 begins.
1/23/2024 • 49 minutes, 39 seconds
The Active Investor: Insights on Investment-Grade Credit
Lord Abbett Portfolio Manager Andrew O’Brien discusses the current fixed-income environment—and the market sectors where his team is finding opportunities.
12/18/2023 • 22 minutes, 32 seconds
The Active Investor: Earnings, AI, Weight-Loss Drugs, and Other Big Equity Topics
11/27/2023 • 26 minutes, 15 seconds
The Active Investor: Sizing Up Special Situations in Credit
Lord Abbett Portfolio Manager Todd Solomon discusses how he and his team identify opportunities in credit of companies that have complex capital structures or have experienced dislocations in their industry or in the market.
10/17/2023 • 25 minutes, 6 seconds
The Active Investor: The Prognosis for Innovative Healthcare Stocks
In this podcast, Lord Abbett Portfolio Manager Matthew DeCicco discusses how he and his team identify the most promising innovative healthcare stocks—and where they’re seeing opportunities now.
9/12/2023 • 22 minutes, 4 seconds
The Active Investor: The Quest for High-Quality Stocks
In this podcast, Darnell Azeez discusses the importance of high-quality, dividend growth stocks in today’s market environment.
6/27/2023 • 25 minutes, 38 seconds
The Active Investor: In Credit, Volatility Can Bring Opportunity
In this podcast, Lord Abbett Portfolio Manager Eric Kang looks at the backdrop for opportunistic credit strategies--and the approaches that may uncover areas of value in the market.
4/10/2023 • 15 minutes, 37 seconds
The Investment Conversation: The New Dynamics of the Labor Market
In this podcast, Lord Abbett Portfolio Manager Jeff Herzog examines the factors behind the sustained tightness in the U.S. labore market—and their implications for investors.
2/23/2023 • 25 minutes, 42 seconds
The Active Investor: What Earnings Data May Be Signaling for Stocks in 2023
In this podcast, Lord Abbett experts discuss recent trends in corporate earnings and how they may impact equity market performance
1/3/2023 • 29 minutes, 5 seconds
The Active Investor: The Hows and Whys of Momentum Investing
In this podcast, Lord Abbett Portfolio Manager Vernon Bice explores the different forms of momentum investing, and how they might be used in constructing equity portfolios.
10/27/2022 • 31 minutes, 23 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Revisiting the “Humpty Dumpty” Economy
In this podcast, Lord Abbett Portfolio Manager Giulio Martini discusses the ongoing dislocations in the U.S. economy from the pandemic—and how investors might respond.
10/3/2022 • 31 minutes, 34 seconds
The Active Investor: Earnings Trends and Equity Opportunities
In this podcast, Lord Abbett experts go under the hood of recent corporate earnings and their implications for key areas of the equity market.
9/14/2022 • 30 minutes, 28 seconds
Green Shoots: The Current ESG Landscape
In Season Two of the Green Shoots podcast, we reintroduce the podcast and discuss the current state of ESG in mid-2022.
8/3/2022 • 12 minutes, 14 seconds
The Active Investor: Innovation Investing and Inflation
In this podcast, Lord Abbett Portfolio Manager Jeffrey Herzog discusses the recent rise in inflation – and its implications for innovation equites.
7/18/2022 • 33 minutes, 52 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Implications of the June CPI Report
In this podcast, Lord Abbett Portfolio Manager Jeffrey Herzog breaks down the widely anticipated report on consumer-level inflation, including its implications for Fed policy and key asset classes.
7/14/2022 • 14 minutes, 23 seconds
The Active Investor: How Inflation, Correlation, and Duration Affect Fixed Income
In this podcast, Lord Abbett Investment Strategist Joseph Graham talks about how shifting relationships among equity and bond returns may prompt investors to rethink portfolio allocations.
6/22/2022 • 19 minutes, 17 seconds
The Active Investor: R&D Intensity and the Innovation Premium
In this podcast, Lord Abbett Portfolio Manager Ben Ebel discusses the firm’s approach to investing in technology and other key areas of innovation.
5/24/2022 • 32 minutes, 40 seconds
Retirement Spotlight: Tax Season 2022
It’s that time of year again. The deadline for submitting taxes is fast approacing. What changes should tax filers expect this year? Listen to our latest podcast to find out.
4/5/2022 • 16 minutes, 25 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Gauging the Impact of Rising Inflation and a More Aggressive Fed
With U.S. inflation accelerating, the Federal Reserve is likely to mount a stronger policy response. In this podcast, our experts discuss what it may mean for key asset classes.
2/22/2022 • 19 minutes, 36 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Our Experts’ Top Themes for 2022
In this podcast, a panel of Lord Abbett investment leaders discuss potential opportunities in their asset classes for the coming year.
2/15/2022 • 18 minutes, 9 seconds
The Investment Conversation: For Innovation Growth, a Focus on the Longer Term
In this podcast, Lord Abbett Director of Equities Matt DeCicco discusses the process behind the Firm’s Innovation Growth strategies—and offers an update on how the investment team is responding to the current market.
2/7/2022 • 27 minutes, 10 seconds
Smart Year-End Moves to Make in Your Tax Qualified Accounts Right Now
In this podcast, Lord Abbett Director of Retirement Solutions Brian Dobbis offers his top year-end tips to help investors potentially maximize tax-qualified accounts and reduce taxes
12/16/2021 • 18 minutes, 59 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Fed Rate Hike Worries? Let’s Do Some Quick Bond Math
In this podcast, Lord Abbett Investment Strategist Timothy Paulson addresses investor concerns about the effect of potential U.S. Federal Reserve rate hikes on short-term bonds.
11/22/2021 • 16 minutes, 10 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Strategic Thinking on Inflation
In this podcast, Lord Abbett experts examine the current inflationary environment, and look to history for potential portfolio responses
11/12/2021 • 23 minutes, 36 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Addressing a Core Issue for Fixed-Income Investors
In this podcast, investment strategist Joseph Graham discusses why investors may wish to rethink their current allocations to core bonds.
10/26/2021 • 18 minutes, 5 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Reconsidering Covid's Implications for the Global Economy
The emergence of the Delta variant upended expectations of a smooth “return to normal” for the global economy.
10/19/2021 • 19 minutes, 2 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Can We Put the “Humpty Dumpty” U.S. Economy Together Again?
In this podcast, Lord Abbett portfolio manager Giulio Martini discusses the challenges in restoring the U.S. economy to its pre-COVID state after its great fall in 2020.
9/21/2021 • 20 minutes, 36 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Working Out the Impact of Labor Costs on U.S. Inflation
What are the job-market trends that could influence the pace of U.S. inflation? Find out in this podcast featuring Giulio Martini.
8/2/2021 • 22 minutes, 23 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Investing amid Inflation Uncertainty
So far, inflation has not accelerated after massive U.S. fiscal stimulus—but it’s still early in the game. In this podcast, Giulio Martini shares his insights on the implications for investors.
5/19/2021 • 21 minutes, 13 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Investing amid Inflation Uncertainty
So far, inflation has not accelerated after massive U.S. fiscal stimulus—but it’s still early in the game. In this podcast, Giulio Martini shares his insights on the implications for investors.
5/17/2021 • 21 minutes, 20 seconds
The Investment Conversation: How Short Credit Passed Its “Stress Test”
In this podcast, investment strategist Joseph Graham offers an update on how short credit would have fared as part of a cash management strategy in the market tumult of 2020.
4/5/2021 • 17 minutes, 45 seconds
The Investment Conversation: How Short Credit Passed Its “Stress Test”
In this podcast, investment strategist Joseph Graham offers an update on how short credit would have fared as part of a cash management strategy in the market tumult of 2020.
4/5/2021 • 17 minutes, 55 seconds
Retirement Spotlight: Tax Season 2021
3/22/2021 • 25 minutes, 42 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Bringing 2021 into Focus
A panel of Lord Abbett portfolio managers answers questions about the year ahead, including prospects for the U.S. economy, interest rates, and various investment sectors.
2/11/2021 • 17 minutes, 21 seconds
The Investment Conversation: For Equities, a Focus on Durability in a Time of Rapid Change
In this podcast, Lord Abbett experts tell why the concept of durable growth is relevant in today’s equity environment—and how it continues to present potential opportunities.
2/10/2021 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
Year-End Retirement Planning: CARES Act, Qualified Charitable Distributions, and More
In our podcast, Brian Dobbis explains a few important strategies that you can take to optimize retirement savings and tax planning before year-end.
12/3/2020 • 21 minutes, 55 seconds
“Work from Home” Stocks: A Performance Review
Lord Abbett Portfolio Manager Thomas O’Halloran explores the pluses and minuses of the “WFH” phenomenon and sums up the long-term investment prospects of related equities. Second of two parts.
11/11/2020 • 21 minutes, 28 seconds
2020 U.S. Election: Market and Economic Implications
Lord Abbett Director of Strategic Asset Allocation Giulio Martini discusses the dynamics that could shape the investing environment after the 2020 U.S. vote.
11/4/2020 • 20 minutes, 53 seconds
Innovation: Employing “Work from Home” Stocks in a Growth Portfolio
Lord Abbett Portfolio Manager Thomas O’Halloran discusses the trends that have enabled large-scale remote collaboration and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. First of two parts.
10/28/2020 • 29 minutes, 22 seconds
How the SECURE Act Affects Retirement Account Beneficiaries
In our latest podcast, we discuss strategies for naming a beneficiary to preserve inherited retirement assets
10/12/2020 • 17 minutes, 8 seconds
COVID, Technology, and Transformation
Lord Abbett investment experts assess key areas of technology in the post-COVID world.
9/25/2020 • 30 minutes, 31 seconds
In-service Distributions: How to Tap your 401(k) while Still Employed
In our latest podcast, we explain the rules for withdrawing funds from a retirement account when a person is still working.
8/3/2020 • 14 minutes, 25 seconds
2020 Midyear Outlook Podcast: Investing in a Changed World
As the world wrestles with the disruptive effects of a pandemic, Lord Abbett Investment experts assess the prospects for global economies, markets, and asset classes.
7/1/2020 • 43 minutes, 25 seconds
A Global Pandemic and the US Health Care Sector
As the world begins to re-open businesses for the first time since the first quarter, Lord Abbett Investment experts assess the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the health care sector.
6/26/2020 • 28 minutes, 30 seconds
Silver Linings in Retirement Planning
In our latest podcast, Steve Dopp and Brian Dobbis discuss the latest trends in defined contribution plans and individual retirement accounts during the market volatility.
6/1/2020 • 21 minutes, 8 seconds
Three Provisions for IRAs in the SECURE Act
In this podcast, Brian Dobbis explains a few of the new rules that can help investors boost savings in individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
4/23/2020 • 14 minutes, 56 seconds
Innovation Growth: A Strategy for Today—and Tomorrow
4/2/2020 • 21 minutes, 44 seconds
Municipal Bonds: What to Watch in 2020
In this podcast, Lord Abbett’s Dan Solender looks at some of the key trends that could influence the tax-free bond market in the coming year.
12/10/2019 • 10 minutes, 56 seconds
Equity and Fixed Income Insights for a New Decade
In this podcast, Kewjin Yuoh and Tom O’Halloran have a wide-ranging discussion on the landscape for growth equities and taxable fixed income in 2020.
12/10/2019 • 13 minutes, 31 seconds
Gauging Global Growth in 2020
In this podcast, Leah Traub and Giulio Martini explore key trends for global economies and currencies in 2020.
12/10/2019 • 13 minutes, 6 seconds
Rewriting the U.S. Recession Narrative
In this podcast, Lord Abbett’s Giulio Martini offers some surprising insights on how the U.S. economy might fare in the current period of global uncertainty.
11/21/2019 • 18 minutes, 32 seconds
Mobile Strategy Brief: Short Duration
In this podcast, portfolio manager Andrew O’Brien discusses the design of Lord Abbett’s Short Duration Credit strategy.
11/19/2019 • 13 minutes, 41 seconds
Mobile Strategy Brief: Innovation Growth
In this podcast, portfolio manager Matthew DeCicco discusses the principles behind Lord Abbett’s Innovation Growth strategy.
11/12/2019 • 18 minutes, 10 seconds
Health Savings Accounts: The Ultimate Tax-Advantaged Accounts
In this podcast, Brian Dobbis explains how HSAs work and why they could be a good option for employees.
11/11/2019 • 19 minutes, 33 seconds
Mobile Strategy Brief: High Yield
Portfolio manager Steve Rocco discusses Lord Abbett's high yield strategy.
10/11/2019 • 20 minutes, 34 seconds
The Recipe for Recession Isn’t What You Think
In this podcast, Lord Abbett’s Giulio Martini looks at whether current economic conditions—including an inverted U.S. yield curve—fit the typical pattern that leads to downturns.
9/13/2019 • 24 minutes, 49 seconds
Equities: After 10 Years, How Durable Is the Bull Market?
Bearish market observers are once again expressing doubts about the health of the secular bull market. In this podcast, investment strategist Brian Foerster addresses those concerns, and identifies areas of growth that could be well-positioned for the next decade.
8/26/2019 • 19 minutes, 36 seconds
Retirement Spotlight: Roth Accounts
In this podcast, Brian Dobbis explains why Roth accounts are more appealing now and how they can be used in estate planning.
7/25/2019 • 15 minutes, 46 seconds
Tracking the Investment Opportunity in China
China remains a key driver of global growth. In this podcast, John Morton explores long-term investment opportunities in the world’s second-largest economy.
7/23/2019 • 10 minutes, 38 seconds
The Investment Conversation: Sizing Up Key Muni Bond Sectors
In this podcast, Lord Abbett municipal bond credit analysts examine the investment landscape for state and local government, airport, and non-profit hospital bonds.
6/19/2019 • 22 minutes, 4 seconds
Passport Portfolios- The Growth Investing Playbook
In this podcast, investment strategist Brian Foerster discusses key considerations for growth equity investors—and Lord Abbett’s distinctive approach to the asset class.
6/4/2019 • 16 minutes, 45 seconds
Investment Considerations for Today’s Low Inflation Environment
In this podcast, Giulio Martini takes a closer look at wage growth, inflation, and the potential implications for investors.
6/4/2019 • 14 minutes, 19 seconds
Where Active Management Makes a Difference
In the second of a two-part podcast, investment strategist Tim Paulson tells how—and where—active management can add value in investment portfolios.
5/22/2019 • 18 minutes, 5 seconds
The Investment Conversation: The Growth Investing Playbook
Investment strategist Brian Foerster discusses key considerations for growth equity investors—and Lord Abbett’s distinctive approach to the asset class.
5/16/2019 • 17 minutes, 27 seconds
Beyond the Active-Passive Debate
In the first of a two-part podcast, investment strategist Tim Paulson discusses some common misunderstandings about active management of fixed income portfolios.
4/10/2019 • 18 minutes, 9 seconds
What Unemployment and Wage Growth Signal about Inflation
In this podcast, Giulio Martini discusses the unemployment rate, wage growth and whether inflation is just around the corner.
4/5/2019 • 12 minutes, 45 seconds
Four Questions on China
In this podcast, Giulio Martini discusses China’s impact on the global economy—and offers key takeaways for investors.
3/7/2019 • 11 minutes, 24 seconds
A Short Guide to Short Credit
In this podcast, investment strategist Joseph Graham discusses the key attributes of the asset class and its potential role in investment portfolios.
2/26/2019 • 23 minutes, 58 seconds
Investing in Uncertain Times
In this podcast, director of strategic asset allocation Giulio Martini talks about the investing lessons from another turbulent political year—1968.
11/2/2018 • 13 minutes, 15 seconds
Will the Midterms Lead to More Volatility?
In this podcast, portfolio manager Kewjin Yuoh talks about the investment implications of various possible outcomes of the U.S. midterm elections.
10/23/2018 • 8 minutes, 49 seconds
Growth Stocks and the Tech Boom
In this podcast, equity portfolio manager Tom O’Halloran talks about powerful trends that could influence growth stocks in the coming years.