Frank Caruso, CFA

Chief Investment Officer—US Growth Equities

29 Years at AB

41 Years of experience

Frank Caruso is a Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of US Growth Equities, a position he has held since 2012. He has led investment teams since 2004 and was a portfolio manager from 1995 to 2004. Caruso joined the firm in 1993, when it acquired Shields Asset Management, where he had been director of Equities. Previously, he was a managing director at Shearson Lehman Advisors, as well as CIO for Shearson Lehman Asset Management’s Directions and Capital Management businesses. Caruso was also formerly the lead portfolio manager for Shearson’s family of growth and income mutual funds and a senior member of Shearson Lehman Advisors’ Investment Policy Committee. He holds a BA in business economics from the State University of New York, Oneonta, and is a member of the CFA Society New York and the CFA Institute. He is a CFA charterholder. Location: New York

April 05, 2017

When Everything’s Uncertain, Stick to Your Strategy

by Frank Caruso

There’s a lot of pressure on investors to generate returns, to be on the “right side” of short-term momentum. But we think that responding to that pressure, chasing performance, is a dangerous game today.

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February 23, 2017

Earnings Mislead Investors in Quest for Growth

by Frank Caruso

As earnings season rumbles on, analysts remain fixated on the bottom line of company reports. But earnings tell only a partial story. There’s a better way to identify businesses that can generate long-term growth.

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August 08, 2016

Avoiding the Traffic Jam in High-Dividend Stocks

by James T. Tierney, Jr., Dan Roarty, Frank Caruso

Many investors are seeking safety in higher-yielding dividend stocks. But what if they all change their minds at once? We think there are better ways to invest in US equities without getting stuck in a traffic jam.

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June 20, 2016

Follow the Productivity Trail to Earnings Growth

by Frank Caruso, Christopher Kotowicz

Productivity never really goes out of style. In a world of scarce earnings growth, companies purveying productivity can be especially important in helping investors blaze new trails to profitable pockets of equity markets.

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April 26, 2016

Find Businesses that Control Their Destinies

by Frank Caruso, James T. Tierney, Jr.

In a volatile world, it often feels like companies are subject to forces beyond their control. Finding companies that can steer their own course is a good way to capture resilient growth through changing market conditions.

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April 06, 2016

Be on the Right Side of Change

by Frank Caruso, Dan Roarty

Companies are having a much harder time producing earnings growth. Those that are positioned on the right side of change should be better placed to increase profits—and deliver investment returns—in a growth-constrained world.

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March 29, 2016

Finding Silver Linings in Cloudy US Equity Markets

by Frank Caruso, Kurt Feuerman, Dan Roarty, James T. Tierney, Jr.

Investors in US equities are facing tricky market conditions. To help stay focused in today’s environment, we’ve outlined five “plays,” or investing principles, for identifying the long-term drivers of a company’s business, which should foster sustainable growth.

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September 11, 2015

Earnings Surprises...Are You Kidding Me?

by Frank Caruso, Vincent Dupont, Adam Yee

In the game called the quarterly earnings season, positive surprises have become so commonplace among US large-cap stocks that they’ve nearly lost all meaning. We wonder why investors keep playing along.

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April 24, 2015

Growth Is Becoming More Valuable

by Frank Caruso, Christopher Kotowicz

Precious gems, Old Masters artwork and certain brands of scotch: scarcity makes them more desirable and adds to their value. The same can be said of organic growth. As the economic cycle matures, we expect the stocks of companies that have it—and can maintain it—to become increasingly prized.

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March 11, 2014

Thirsty for Income? Try Dividend Growth

by Frank Caruso

Chasing yield has become a challenging mission for investors in recent years. As yields collapsed in fixed income, investors flocked to bond-like substitutes such as high dividend-yielding stocks. Now that these stocks have become a bit pricey, we think companies with strong dividend-growth potential offer a better way to source equity income.

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October 24, 2012

Do the US Elections Matter for Investors?

by Frank Caruso, Robert Brown

Pundits across the political spectrum say the health of the US economy and stock market hangs in the balance of this year’s presidential election. We found that when it comes to driving the stock market, politics actually takes a back seat.

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