Commentaries
May: Look for progress, not perfection – May 1, 2013
Market Roundup – By 
Brian Jacobsen, Ph.D., CFA, CFP®, Chief Portfolio Strategist, John Manley, CFA, Chief Equity Strategist, and James Kochan, Chief Fixed-Income Strategist
April: Lack of pullback doesn’t mean lack of concern – April 2, 2013
Market Roundup – By Brian Jacobsen, Ph.D., CFA, CFP®, Chief Portfolio Strategist, John Manley, CFA, Chief Equity Strategist, and James Kochan, Chief Fixed-Income Strategist
Market Roundup – By
Brian Jacobsen, Ph.D., CFA, CFP®, Chief Portfolio Strategist, John Manley, CFA, Chief Equity Strategist, and James Kochan, Chief Fixed-Income Strategist
February: A month of minor milestones – February 5, 2013
Market Roundup – By Brian Jacobsen, Ph.D., CFA, CFP®, Chief Portfolio Strategist, John Manley, CFA, Chief Equity Strategist, and James Kochan, Chief Fixed-Income Strategist
2013 outlook: Love risk by managing it – January 2013
Market Perspectives – By Brian Jacobsen, Ph.D., CFA, CFP®, Chief Portfolio Strategist, John Manley, CFA, Chief Equity Strategist, and James Kochan, Chief Fixed-Income Strategist
December: Will U.S. politicians agree to agree? – December 4, 2012
Market Roundup – By Brian Jacobsen, Ph.D., CFA, CFP®, Chief Portfolio Strategist, John Manley, CFA, Chief Equity Strategist, and James Kochan, Chief Fixed-Income Strategist
U.S. elections: Domino effect – November 7, 2012
Market Roundup – By Brian Jacobsen, Ph.D., CFA, CFP®, Chief Portfolio Strategist, John Manley, CFA, Chief Equity Strategist, and James Kochan, Chief Fixed-Income Strategist
October: A trick or a treat? – October 2, 2012
Market Roundup – By Brian Jacobsen, Ph.D., CFA, CFP®, Chief Portfolio Strategist, John Manley, CFA, Chief Equity Strategist, and James Kochan, Chief Fixed-Income Strategist
By Brian Jacobsen, Ph.D., CFA, CFP®, Chief Portfolio Strategist
A new dawn for the Bank of Japan? – April 4, 2013
Cyprus—the last straw? – March 18, 2013
Payrolls, profits, and the Fed – March 8, 2013
Is it too soon to choose floating over fixed rates? – February 26, 2013
The sequester and the continuing resolution – February 25, 2013
Home sales: Strong and getting stronger – January 25, 2013
Political battles on the horizon – January 8, 2013
Fiscal cliff: A 13th-hour deal – January 2, 2013
Deposit guarantee sunset may put money in motion – December 31, 2012
Fiscal cliff or fiscal staircase? – December 21, 2012
Japan’s election: Back to the future? – December 17, 2012
GDP: Growth isn’t inevitable – November 29, 2012
Just when you thought it was over: More elections – November 26, 2012
Lessons from the week that was – November 9, 2012
QE-ad infinitum or QE-ad nauseam? – October 24, 2012
Too early to exit high yield – October 16, 2012
This cycle remains unique – September 25, 2012
The power of money – September 14, 2012
FOMC: New guidance and open-ended QE – September 13, 2012
German Constitutional Court steps out of the way of ESM – September 12, 2012
European Central Bank bond-buying program – September 6, 2012
- Christian Chan Christian Chan
Head of Investments
Christian Chan oversees the Investments Group at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. He and his team are responsible for researching and developing capital markets strategies and for managing the multi-boutique investment approach of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. Mr. Chan has over 15 years of manager research and asset allocation experience and has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation. He joined Wells Fargo in 2001. Previously, Mr. Chan worked at mPower Advisors as director of investments and at Asset Strategy Consulting as a senior analyst.
Back to the commentaries - Brian Jacobsen, Ph.D., CFA, CFP® Brian Jacobsen, Ph.D., CFA, CFP®
Chief Portfolio Strategist
Brian Jacobsen is chief portfolio strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management Group. He has a Ph.D. in economics. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation and is a Certified Financial PlannerTM certificate-holder. In addition to his role at Wells Fargo conducting research and giving presentations on the markets and the economy, Mr. Jacobsen is an associate professor at Wisconsin Lutheran College. His research and teaching center around economics, finance, and investing.
Back to the commentaries - John Manley John Manley is chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Mr. Manley has more than three decades of investment experience, almost all of which were with Smith Barney and its successor firms, where he held a variety of roles, including chairman of the Investment Policy Committee, chief U.S. portfolio strategist, and quantitative investment strategist. He is a seven-time member of the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team and was voted "Most Popular Analyst" in the Smith Barney Financial Advisor poll for several years running. Mr. Manley has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation. Additionally, he earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a law degree from Boston College.
Back to the commentaries - James Kochan James Kochan is chief fixed-income strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Distributor. He has 35 years of investment industry experience. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, he was director of Fixed Income Asset Management and bond market strategist at Robert W. Baird & Co. Prior to joining Baird, he spent ten years at Merrill Lynch as fixed income strategist and manager of Fixed Income Research. Mr. Kochan has also held research positions with Chase Manhattan Bank and The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. While at Merrill Lynch, he was named to the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team for bond market strategy. His research reports are frequently quoted in the financial press. Mr. Kochan has graduate and undergraduate degrees in economics from the University of Wisconsin. He currently serves as an adjunct faculty member in the School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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