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Episode 17 - Navigating 23 downturns in 35 years of investing
Matt Reynolds
Investment Director
Steve Watson
Equity Portfolio Manager

In this interview with equity investment director Matt Reynolds, Capital Group portfolio manager Steve Watson discusses how he learned early in his career to get comfortable with market downturns, and the importance of avoiding emotional overreactions to stock markets.



Matt Reynolds is an investment director at Capital Group. He has 31 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for five years. Prior to joining Capital, Matt worked as head of Australian equities at Colonial First State Global Asset Management. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from The University of Sydney. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Matt is based in Sydney.

Steve Watson is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 35 years of investment experience and has been with Capital Group for 33 years. He holds an MBA in finance from New York University Graduate School of Business Administration, a master’s degree in French studies from New York University Institute of French Studies and a bachelor’s degree in French from the University of Massachusetts graduating cum laude. He also studied Mandarin Chinese at Wuhan University and the Shanghai Foreign Language Institute in China. Steven is based in Hong Kong.


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