Kevin Flanagan
As part of WisdomTree’s Investment Strategy group, Kevin serves as Head of Fixed Income Strategy. In this role, he contributes to the asset allocation team, writes fixed income-related content and travels with the sales team, conducting client-facing meetings and providing expertise on WisdomTree’s existing and future bond ETFs. In addition, Kevin works closely with the fixed income team. Prior to joining WisdomTree, Kevin spent 30 years at Morgan Stanley, where he was most recently a Managing Director. He was responsible for tactical and strategic recommendations and created asset allocation models for fixed income securities. He was a contributor to the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Global Investment Committee, primary author of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s monthly and weekly fixed income publications, and collaborated with the firm’s Research and Consulting Group Divisions to build ETF and fund manager asset allocation models. Kevin has an MBA from Pace University’s Lubin Graduate School of Business, and a B.S in Finance from Fairfield University.
The jump in the Treasury 10-Year yield following last week’s FOMC meeting was a not-so-subtle reminder that even though rates, in general, had already risen thus far in 2022, there could be more to come. Kevin Flanagan discusses why investors should consider our Floating Rate Treasury Fund when preparing their portfolio for rising rates.
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At today’s Fed meeting, for the first time since May 2000, the Fed announced a 50 basis point rate hike. Kevin Flanagan outlines the impact of the meeting results on the fixed income markets going forward.
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With U.S. bond market yields rising to levels not seen since 2019, many are debating whether rates have further room to rise, or if the increases represent a renewed buying opportunity to go long duration. To help answer these questions, Kevin Flanagan looks at the factors impacting the bond market yield.
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With just three weeks until the May FOMC meeting, investors might be wondering what may be on the policy maker’s mind. In his latest blog post, Kevin Flanagan recaps a recent discussion about all things Fed with Roberto Perli, head of global policy at Piper Sandler and former senior staff member at the Fed.
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A main story in the money and bond markets of late has been the development of inverted yield curves in the Treasury market. Kevin Flanagan takes a closer look at inverted yield curves and asks: are inverted curves “fake news”?
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The March FOMC meeting confirmed one very important issue for the money and bond markets: rates are going to continue to go up. Kevin Flanagan discusses what this could mean for Treasury and TIPS yields in the future.
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