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Sep 2020
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Lessons learned from a half-century of i...

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As portfolio manager Claudia Huntington prepares to turn the page on a storied 47-year career at Capital Group, we couldn’t help but request one final interview. Here she shares her top three lessons for young investors, why she loves small-cap growth companies and more.

Claudia Huntington is an equity portfolio manager with 47 years of investment experience. She holds an MBA from Harvard and a bachelor's in economics from Stanford.

Your host Matt Miller is the policy and communications advisor for Capital Group. An author and former Washington Post columnist, Matt was co-host of the public radio program Left, Right & Center.

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