Summary
- At this year’s Milken Institute Global Conference, Principal Asset Management’s CEO, Kamal Bhatia, joined a panel of global leaders to explore where markets are headed — and what investors should watch most closely.
- There’s a growing disconnect right now between what investors hope for and what decision-makers are actually doing.
- Private markets have become a dominant force in investing — but the average retirement investor is stuck watching from the sidelines.
By Kamal Bhatia, CFA, Chief Executive Officer
Q: You were asked to rate the health of the U.S. economy on a scale of 1 to 5. You gave it a 2. Why?
There’s a growing
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