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8 book recommendations for your summer reading list
Alan Wilson
Equity Portfolio Manager
Rob Lovelace
Equity Portfolio Manager and Chair, Capital International, Inc.
Reagan Anderson
Senior VP, Government Relations
Matt Miller
Political Economist
Martin Jacobs
Equity Portfolio Manager
Chitrang Purani
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager
Chris Buchbinder
Equity Portfolio Manager
Jared Franz
Economist
August 4, 2026

Looking for some great reading material on a hot summer day? We’ve got you covered. Here are eight compelling titles taken straight from the shelves of Capital Group portfolio managers, economists and others.
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Alan Wilson is a portfolio manager with 35 years of investment industry experience (as of 12/31/2025). He holds an MBA from Harvard and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Rob Lovelace is an equity portfolio manager and chair of Capital International, Inc. He has 40 years of investment industry experience (as of 12/31/2025). He holds a bachelor’s degree in mineral economics from Princeton. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Reagan Anderson is a senior vice president of government and regulatory affairs. She has 25 years of investment industry experience (as of 12/31/2025). She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio University.  

Matt Miller is a political economist with 35 years of experience and has been with Capital for 10 years (as of 12/31/2025). He holds a law degree from Columbia and a bachelor's degree in economics from Brown University.

Martin Jacobs is an equity portfolio manager with 38 years of investment industry experience (as of 12/31/2025). He holds an MBA from Wharton and a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.

Chitrang Purani is a fixed income portfolio manager with 22 years of investment industry experience (as of 12/31/2025). He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a bachelor's degree in finance from Northern Illinois University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Christopher Buchbinder is an equity portfolio manager with 30 years of investment industry experience (as of 12/31/2025). He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and international relations from Brown University.

Jared Franz is an economist with 20 years of investment industry experience (as of 12/31/2025). He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Northwestern University.

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