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Detailed analysis from our leading portfolio management teams. Learn what strategies our teams are using and why.

Ivy Global Natural Resources Fund - Recovery in Review: Finding Opportunity in a New Bull Market - October 2009
Fred Sturm, Portfolio Manager Ivy Global Natural Resources Fund
Ivy Global Natural Resources Fund Portfolio Manager Fred Sturm, CFA, shares his perspective on global economic recovery, burgeoning growth in emerging markets and investor sentiment at the start of a new bull market.

WRA/Ivy Asset Strategy Fund - Global equity markets continue to climb a wall of worry - September 2009
Michael L. Avery, Chief Investment Officer; Portfolio Manager WRA/Ivy Asset Strategy Fund
Ryan F. Caldwell, Portfolio Manager WRA/Ivy Asset Strategy Fund

While the equity markets trend upward, the WRA Asset Strategy portfolio management team considers investor psychology, the threat of inflation, continued growth prospects in Chhina, and the status of the "balanace sheet recession" as we enter the final quarter of 2009.

Ivy High Income Fund - Why moving up in quality may make sense given this year's credit rally - September 2009
Bryan C. Krug, Portfolio Manager Ivy High Income Fund
Ivy High Income Fund portfolio manager Bryan Krug looks at the tightening of credit spreads in recent months, and how the Fund's flexibility may allow it to capture opportunities in different areas of the credit spectrum as the market environment changes.

Ivy Pacific Opportunities Fund - Asia's economic rebound: sustainable and deepening - August 2009
Frederick Jiang, Portfolio Manager Ivy Pacific Opportunities Fund
Ivy Pacific Opportunities Fund's portfolio manager, Frederick Jiang, CFA, offers insight on the changing shape of growth in China, as well as a broad economic recovery in Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea.

WRA/Ivy Science and Technology Fund - Amid recession, a search for technology solutions across sectors - June 2009
Zachary H. Shafran, Portfolio Manager, WRA/Ivy Science and Technology Fund
Portfolio Manager Zachary Shafran discusses the Fund's current positioning and the technology sector dynamics relative to the rest of the stock market.

WRA/Ivy Global Bond Fund - What's in your portfolio? April 2009
Mark Beischel, Portfolio Manager WRA/Ivy Global Bond Fund
Dan Vrabac, Portfolio Manager WRA/Ivy Global Bond Fund

Learn how WRA/Ivy Global Bond Fund's investment team picks bonds that reflect global themes in agriculture, infrastructure, natural resources and other sectors.

 
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