T. Rowe Price High Yield Plans for the Future
Overall positive qualities counter concerns over looming manager departure.
Kenneth Oshodi
Ken Oshodi is a manager research analyst for Morningstar Research Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. He covers fixed-income strategies.
Before joining Morningstar in 2016, Oshodi was a senior financial associate for Oppenheimer & Co. for three years, where he performed investment research and portfolio construction. He has also held positions at First Bank & Trust and JPMorgan Chase.
Oshodi holds a bachelor’s degree in jazz studies from The Juilliard School. He is a Level II candidate in the Chartered Financial Analyst® program.
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