Head of Investment and Fixed Income Strategy
Kevin serves as the Head of Investment and Fixed Income Strategy. In this role, he writes macro and fixed income-related content and works closely with the sales, research and marketing teams. In addition, Kevin conducts client-facing webinars and meetings, providing expertise on WisdomTree’s existing and future bond ETFs. Prior to joining WisdomTree, Kevin spent 30 years at Morgan Stanley, where he was Managing Director and Chief Fixed Income Strategist for Wealth Management. 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.
Divided government may not deliver the fiscal restraint bond investors expect. Kevin Flanagan examines why spending priorities and existing legislation could keep deficits elevated despite the midterm election results.
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A slower AI buildout could ease financing pressures on technology companies, while reduced trade uncertainty may support equities abroad. Sam Rines, Bradley Krom and Kevin Flanagan assess how the election could affect infrastructure spending, Treasury borrowing and portfolio positioning through 2028.
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Treasury yields have fallen as AI and tech worries revive safe-haven demand, but the forces that pushed yields higher have not disappeared. Kevin Flanagan and Maggie Lucier examine why growth, inflation, Federal Reserve policy uncertainty and debt supply could regain investors’ attention once the flight to quality fades.
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At the October Fed meeting, the FOMC held rates at 3.75% to 4.00%, as expected, while sticky inflation kept a December hike in play. Kevin Flanagan examines the Fed’s wait-and-see approach and why recent Treasury yield declines may not signal that upward pressure has passed.
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Growth, sticky inflation, policy uncertainty and Treasury supply have pushed long-term yields to multi-decade highs. Kevin Flanagan outlines a barbell approach for investing in a “5% bond world.”
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The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield reached 5.36%, its highest level in 20 years, amid a mix of growth, inflation, policy uncertainty and supply pressures. Kevin Flanagan and Maggie Lucier review the case for zero-duration strategies and how they could fit into bond portfolios as investors consider taking on longer-duration exposure.
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