Capital Ideas Podcast

Capital Ideas Podcast

Want to learn how professional investors do it? The Capital Ideas podcast brings you the latest investment thinking from Capital Group, one of the world’s largest investment management organizations. Each week we’ll get inside the minds of portfolio managers, analysts and economists to break down market trends, macroeconomic forces, investing approaches and lessons learned from personal experience. Take 30 minutes and tap into the intellectual capital of Capital Group. Capital Client Group, Inc. All Capital Group trademarks mentioned are owned by The Capital Group Companies, Inc., an affiliated company or fund. All other company and product names mentioned are the property of their respective companies. For full disclosures go to capitalgroup.com/global-disclosures.

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August 7, 2025 40 mins

What does a balanced portfolio look like when the economic outlook is uncertain and markets are near all-time highs? Capital Group portfolio managers Paul Benjamin and Hilda Applbaum share allocation strategies for today’s complex world. They cover stocks and bonds and advantages of ...

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“When the thesis changes, you have to change with it,” says portfolio manager Julian Abdey. From earning the nickname Dr. Doom as a bank analyst in the leadup to the global financial crisis to scena...

The U.S.-led trade war may change globalization in a profound way, but it won’t kill it, says Capital Group portfolio manager Steve Watson, a global equity investo...

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Invest in what you know, or in what could be? Equity portfolio manager Noriko Chen has done both over he...

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July 10, 2025 45 mins

Capital Group portfolio managers Martin Jacobs and Read more

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In the first part of our look at Latin America, equity investment analyst Ana Reynal looks at the current outlook for Mexico. Ana, who grew up in Mexico, explains the benefits of local knowledge when investing in this part of the world. #CapGroupGlobal

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Samir Parekh has seen a lot in his 24 years of investing, most prominently India’s shift towards wealth creation and zeal for entrepreneurship. Samir sits down with Mike Gitlin to talk about what that shift looks like on the ground, and how political changes and demographi...

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Capital Group economist Bobby Esnard shares his perspective on the potential benefits and challenges of bringing manufacturing back to the United States. 

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In the second part of our look at African bonds, fixed income investment analyst Holger Siebrecht looks at the impact of commodities and focuses on the large South African market. #CapGroupGlobal

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Noted equity portfolio manager Hilda Applbaum talks with Mike Gitlin about the core principles that shape her dividend investing style, honed through decades of navigating market volatility. She brings insights like “red flags” of company management teams, how she divides her investment portfolio into t...

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Capital Group portfolio manager Lisa Thompson, a veteran investor in international markets, shares her perspective on ongoing tariff disp...

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Fixed income investment analyst Holger Siebrecht looks at African bonds and their role in the wider emerging market debt (EMD) universe. He discusses how the region is faring amid tariff-related volatility and what these bonds can bring to an EMD portfolio.
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June 5, 2025 28 mins

“Being an analyst is the best job in the world,” says Greg Wendt, who happens to be the longest-serving analyst in Capital Group history. Wendt, who is about to wrap up a 37-year career, shares tales from his time venturing into the wild world of small-cap stocks, lever...

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The United States lost its triple-A credit rating last month from Moody’s, the last of the major rating agencies to give U.S. sovereign debt its highest assessment...

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Recent stock market volatility underscores the importance of diversification. Equity portfolio manager Diana Wagner shares with Mike Gitlin that such volatility can also unearth investment opportunities. She seeks du...

May 15, 2025 21 mins

After a decade of dominance, the U.S. dollar has fallen sharply in the first few months of 2025. As tariffs and geopolitical disputes upend the global economic outlook, could this be the end of one of the longest dollar rallies in U.S. history? Capital Group currency analyst Jens Sondergaard offers his view. #CapGroupGlobal 

 

 



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May 1, 2025 34 mins

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