Monthly Archives: November 2020

Ep 5: High Yield Marketplace- Evaluating The Risks — With Ellen Chenoweth



There’s still a lot of uncertainty regarding the future of the marketplace, and investors are scrambling to generate income while some may feel high yield is too risky.  

In this episode Ellen Chenoweth, associate investment strategist for FlexShares exchange traded funds, explores some of the implications and market drivers, portfolio diversification, and contemporary ways to assess the high yield market. 

In this episode you will learn:

  • How high yield can be used in a portfolio
  • The market risks affecting high yield- what you should pay attention to
  •  If defaults follow a similar similar pattern
  • Why investors should consider the asset class
  • How investors can implement contemporary quantitative tools in their portfolios

Listen in as Ellen discusses the everchanging high yield marketplace and how investors are adapting!

Resources: FlexShares | Ellen Chenoweth on LinkedIn | FlexShares Case for High Yield White Paper |  Risk-Free Rate of Return | Embedded option


Ep 4: Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) – The Remake No Investor Really Wanted to See — With Mark Carlson



Some Investors have seen this movie before and therefore they may possess a better understanding of the needed investment actions in response to ZIRP the remake.

In this episode Mark Carlson, Senior  Investment Strategist for Northern Trust FlexShares ETFs review of the remake edition of ZIRP and discussions of ideas investors can pursue to address their liquidity investing objectives during a ZIRP environment

In this episode, you will learn:

  • What is different this time with ZIRP 2020
  • What happened in 2020 to disrupt the sector 
  • What FlexShares has done in an effort to try and address the issues within fixed income strategy to help investors through these challenging periods of managing  short-term liquidity assets 
  • How you may want to consider utilizing the investment strategy behind RAVI in today’s volatile and uncertain markets 

Listen in to hear how Mark believes that today’s ZIRP is a remake that most investors never wanted to see made

Resources:FlexShares | Mark Carlson on LinkedIn |

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