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About Stephen Duench

Stephen Duench

Stephen Duench, CFA®

Co Head, Highstreet Private Client † & VP and Portfolio Manager, AGF Investments Inc.

AGF Investments Inc.

As Vice-President and Portfolio Manager, Stephen Duench is a key contributor to AGF’s quantitative investment platform. AGF’s Quantitative Investing team is grounded in the belief that investment outcomes can be improved by assessing and targeting the factors that drive market returns. Stephen is the lead Portfolio Manager of the AGF Canadian Dividend Income Fund and AGF North American Dividend Income Fund and is central to the creation and support of AGF’s portfolio management tools, analysis and applications across both Canadian and global mandates.

He began his career with AGF as part of the Highstreet† Investment Management team, involved in the management of both public equity and fixed income institutional and high-net worth portfolios. Stephen now serves as co-head of Highstreet Private Client, leading the firm’s strategy around investment management and allocation across multiple asset classes.

Stephen earned an Honours degree in Financial Mathematics from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a CFA® charterholder.

† Highstreet Asset Management Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AGF Investments Inc. CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are registered trademarks owned by CFA Institute. Pursuant to exemptive relief, Stephen Duench and Mark Stacey are dually registered as advising representatives of Highstreet Asset Management Inc. and AGF Investments Inc., Highstreet's parent company.

Recent Articles from this contributor
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Seeking Balance Following Market Extremes

March 9, 2023

How a “core and contrarian” dividend strategy can help navigate today’s volatility

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  • Investing and Market Views

Revisiting the Threat of an Inverted Yield Curve

April 1, 2022

AGFiQ analysis shows equity investors may not have as much to worry about as they might think.

post image Striking the Right Balance in a Dividend Portfolio

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Striking the Right Balance in a Dividend Portfolio

February 28, 2022

Going “all in” on the market’s highest-yielding stocks may not be the best strategy right now.

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  • Investing and Market Views

Why Dividend Growth Is Back

November 18, 2021

Equity investors don’t have much to complain about these days. Since bottoming in March of 2020, most stock markets around…

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