Good Returns With Less Risk? High Priest Of Dividends Shows How!

Bill Priest is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer at Epoch Investment Partners. He is also a portfolio manager for Epoch’s global equity investment strategies and leads the Investment Policy Group, a forum for analyzing broader secular and cyclical trends that Epoch believes will influence investment opportunities. Recently, I sat down with Priest to talk about his “9% solution” and why he thinks free cash flow is the best measure of a company’s investment prospects. Video and a transcript of the first half of our conversation follows.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2012/12/05/good-returns-with-less-risk-high-priest-of-dividends-shows-how/