In part one of our six-part Pro-to-Pro conversation, we watch and listen in on a discussion between two professional money managers and colleagues with years of experience between them.

John O’Connell and Zachary Curry sat down for what turned out to be a vigorous, insightful, informative and fun 31-minute discussion about the markets in 2020, which we’ve broken into a digestible six segments.

We discover what they were thinking and how they responded to the crisis.

From getting an early inkling that a virus in China could be a major problem, to the market crash, the recovery, surprises, concerns, lessons learned, and what lies ahead.

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