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Royce & Associates Commentary

Interview with Chuck Royce, CIO and small-cap portfolio manager (PDF)
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The Western View on the Municipal Bond Market
The Western View on Municipal Bond Markets provides an overview on the municipal bond market and highlights of the Western Team's municipal bond strategy. We also explain why municipal bonds are attractive in the … 		Fixed IncomeWestern Asset AUG-22-2008
Legg Mason Special Investment Trust Commentary Q208
The portfolio's current positioning reflects this outlook and my belief that the awful recent period for valuation strategies has planted the seeds for another period of success. 		EquityLegg Mason Capital Management AUG-20-2008
Putting Performance in Perspective - Public use
What do most large-cap fund managers with the best 10-year performance records have in common (other than the fact that they outperformed their peers over the past decade)? Over the same decade, they also underperformed… 		Equity, General EconomicLegg Mason Capital Management AUG-19-2008
Bill Miller 2Q08 Market Commentary
EquityLegg Mason Capital Management AUG-19-2008
Are emerging markets equities still attractive? Ask Legg Mason
Find out why affiliated manager Batterymarch Financial believes that emerging equity markets -- and their significance in the global marketplace -- should continue to see healthy growth through stock appreciation and … 		EquityBatterymarch AUG-18-2008
What are credit spreads and why are they relevant to fixed-income investors? Ask Legg Mason
See how spread sectors like mortgage-backed securities and corporate bonds have outperformed U.S. Treasury securities in periods when financial markets emerge from credit crisis, and learn more about the investment … 		Fixed Income, General EconomicWestern Asset AUG-18-2008
Approaching Volatile Markets with 3D Vision
Apply our '3-Ds' for Investing in Volatile Markets — to be DEFENSIVE, DISCIPLINED AND DIVERSIFIED — to evaluate strategies for investing in volatile financial markets. 		Equity, Fixed Income, General EconomicClearBridge, Legg Mason Global Asset Allocation, U.S. Distribution AUG-14-2008
LMP Dividend Strategy Fund Commentary - Glasser, Hable & Vanderlee
For more than a year, our view has been that the breaking of the housing bubble, with its accompanying credit crisis, would likely spread to the overall economy. That view led us to behave conservatively in the markets. 		EquityClearBridge AUG-14-2008
Legg Mason Partners Large Cap Growth Fund Commentary - Blake
We want to emphasize our view that well capitalized large-cap growth stocks are as cheap as they have been in years and, while we sound like a broken record, that we believe the reversal of fortune is near. So, in our … 		EquityClearBridge AUG-14-2008
Should equity investors be worried by this year's dive in consumer confidence? Ask Legg ...
Consumer confidence may be at a low point, but this is not necessarily a harbinger of poor market performance - as history has shown, low readings of consumer confidence are often followed by periods of strong equity … 		EquityClearBridge AUG-14-2008
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