In rural Maine at Camp Kotok, I sat with Barry Ritholtz, CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, on the deck of Leen’s Lodge discussing the launch of the WisdomTree 90/60 U.S. Balanced Fund and how investors should think about using this new 90/60 strategy within their portfolios.
Following the launch of the WisdomTree 90/60 U.S. Balanced Fund (NTSX), Cliff Asness, co-founder of AQR Capital Management, commented on Twitter that although he had a “22-year head start” from a research perspective, WisdomTree managed to “beat him” in launching this type of levered 60/40 idea in an ETF.
In our research, we have found that overlay strategies can provide meaningful enhancements to traditional 60/40 portfolios both in terms of exposure as well as tax efficiency in the current environment. We believe that NTSX can be a powerful tool for potentially boosting the efficiency of core portfolios.
For many investors, a balanced portfolio (60% equities, 40% bonds) serves as the bedrock for their asset allocation decisions. WisdomTree has developed a more capital-efficient vehicle for providing exposure to the traditional 60/40 asset allocation vehicles, the WisdomTree 90/60 U.S. Balanced Fund (NTSX).
Jeremy J Siegel
Senior Investment Strategy Advisor
Jonathan Steinberg
CEO of WisdomTree
Jesper Koll
WisdomTree's Head of Japan
Jeremy Schwartz, CFA
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Research
Christopher Gannatti, CFA
Head of Research, Europe
Christopher Gannatti began at WisdomTree as a Research Analyst in December 2010, working directly with Jeremy Schwartz, CFA®, Director of Research. In January of 2014, he was promoted to Associate Director of Research where he was responsible to lead different groups of analysts and strategists within the broader Research team at WisdomTree. In February of 2018, Christopher was promoted to Head of Research, Europe, where he will be based out of WisdomTree’s London office and will be responsible for the full WisdomTree research effort within the European market, as well as supporting the UCITs platform globally. Christopher came to WisdomTree from Lord Abbett, where he worked for four and a half years as a Regional Consultant. He received his MBA in Quantitative Finance, Accounting, and Economics from NYU’s Stern School of Business in 2010, and he received his bachelor’s degree from Colgate University in Economics in 2006. Christopher is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Kevin Flanagan
Senior Fixed Income Strategist
Bradley Krom
Associate Director of Research
Tripp Zimmerman, CFA
Associate Director of Research
Rick Harper
Head of Fixed Income & Currency
Gaurav Sinha
Asset Allocation Strategist
Anita Rausch
Head of Capital Markets
Michael Barrer
Associate Director of Capital Markets
David Abner
Head of Europe
Joseph Tenaglia, CFA
Asset Allocation Strategist
Jeff Weniger, CFA
Asset Allocation Strategist
Matt Wagner
Research Analyst
Alejandro Saltiel, CFA
Quantitative Research Analyst
Alejandro Saltiel joined WisdomTree as a Quantitative Research Analyst in May 2017. He is responsible for quantitative research on WisdomTree’s products and global equity markets. Prior to joining WisdomTree, Alejandro worked at HSBC Asset Management’s Mexico City office as Portfolio Manager for multi-asset mutual funds. He started his career working at a boutique hedge fund that specialized on trading options on sector-levered ETFs. Alejandro received his Master’s in Financial Engineering degree from Columbia University in 2017 and a Bachelor’s in Engineering degree from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in 2010. He is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.