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Feb 2024
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32 years of investing in a complicated j...

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As he prepares for retirement, Capital Group portfolio manager Jonathan Knowles reflects on 32 years in the investment business. The global equity markets and the macroeconomic environment are a "massively complicated jigsaw puzzle" that continues to humble and perplex him, even as he plans the next chapter of his life.

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