Associate Director, Research Content
Lonnie S. Jacobs joined WisdomTree in August 2006 as Senior Index Analyst overseeing creation, maintenance and reconstitution of the firm’s passive indexes and actively managed ETFs. In her current role as Associate Director, Research Content, she is focused on supporting the research pipeline and analyzing the impact of global markets on WisdomTree strategies. Lonnie has B.A. in Economics and M.S. in Information Systems.
Timing growth vs. value cycles is tough, and missing either can cost returns. Lonnie S. Jacobs analyzes how a 50/50 blend of QGRW and WTV offers performance resilience across shifting macro environments.
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Gold has once again proven its value as a strategic hedge, surging over 25% year-to-date through June 2025, while equities lagged. Lonnie Jacobs explores how gold, and capital-efficient strategies like GDE and GDMN, can enhance portfolio resilience amid a weakening dollar and rising market uncertainty.
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While European equity market performance has been top of mind this year for many investors as a result of dollar weakness, we think they would be remiss in not taking a closer look at some of the positive catalysts that we believe may just be getting started in Japan. Our thought leaders wrap up the four-part series on international equities with a discussion on using currency-hedged exposures and quality dividend growth strategies to invest in Japanese equities.
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Is the cycle of doggedly low levels of inflation and disinflation coming to an end for Japanese companies? In part three of the four-part series, our thought leaders continue the discussion on international equities with an analysis of the current state of Japanese equities.
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Despite a multi-year period of U.S. equity outperformance, we believe there is value in investing internationally. In part two of this four-part series, our thought leaders outline another key reason why investors should consider increasing exposure to developed international: managing risk.
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Despite wide-spread concern about the underlying fundamentals of emerging markets and China, small-cap companies are currently outperforming large caps. Lonnie Jacobs and Bradley Krom explain why investors should consider the WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund.
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