Fixed Income

A review of nearly 300 advisor portfolios shows that taking equity risk and staying short on fixed income duration drove top year-to-date portfolio returns.

Who’s buying? Who’s selling? What about the deficit? Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz discusses the dynamics and mechanics roiling the US Treasury market.

US Inflation Tracker highlights key indicators related to personal consumption, supply chain dynamics, housing, wage pressures and inflation expectations.

Liquidity? Diversification? Income? Portfolio consultants discuss a goals-based approach to align the fixed income allocation with investor objectives.

Portfolio consultants discuss inflation, interest rates and current bond yields, with a focus on the drivers that could push yields lower or higher.

Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz examines seasonality patterns and the rise in bond yields, oil, and the dollar that weighed on risk assets in September.

Higher interest rates have changed supply, demand and spread dynamics for investment grade corporate bonds, particularly for longer duration issues.

Robust US growth, strong corporate balance sheets and persistent consumer spending have helped high yield securities and bank loans outperform this year.

Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz explains why extrapolating current market trends into the future based on the bullwhip effect may be misguided.

Portfolio strategists analyze macro storylines in the third quarter including growth, inflation, the strength of the US consumer, and the outlook for rates.

What-if economic scenarios, the yield curve, and fixed income’s role in investor portfolios are part of this extending duration talk with PM Jack Janasiewicz.

Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz discusses the shifting recession narrative, labor and inflation trends, and the Fed’s pathway to a soft landing.

The best performing investment portfolios in the first half of 2023 had the highest exposure to growth stocks and longer-duration bonds.

Recovering institutional investor returns, soaring AI company valuations, and reshuffling real estate sectors due to WFH impact are observed at midyear.

Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz discusses potential market tailwinds, FOMO, a US capital spending boom, and prospects for a strong second half.

Portfolio strategists offer their take on investor misperceptions, inflation and the Fed’s pause, market tailwinds, and tactical allocation opportunities.

While many investors are satisfied with current returns on money market funds and other short-term investments, this may not be the best strategy right now.

Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz offers his take on inflation, the Fed, labor trends, liquidity fears and narrow market breadth.

Framework shows how investors can adjust their bond holdings to align with their outlook for inflation, growth and recession scenarios.

Portfolio Manager Jack Janasiewicz provides his take on the Fed’s May meeting, corporate earnings season, and some underappreciated economic tailwinds.

Stocks and bonds stopped moving in tandem in early December – and that favors duration for bond investors.

Portfolio strategists offer their take on the changing macro narrative in the first quarter, the banking crisis, and prospects for a soft or hard landing.

Which bond category has what it takes to outperform in the current landscape? Check out sector analysis and fixed income investing bracketology.

See which trends influenced financial advisors’ asset allocation decisions in their moderate model portfolios in the second half of 2022.

Foundations and public pensions lost ground in a challenging investment environment. As we enter 2023, indicators suggest elevated return potential.

See how the higher interest rates of the past year have helped investment grade corporates and bank loans more than high yield bonds.

Learn how advisors have adjusted their financial portfolio allocations in response to higher inflation and difficult market conditions.

As rising rates and inflation lead to fears of recession, there are steps investors can take to make fixed income holdings more resilient within their bond portfolios.

As correlations and inflation spiked in the first half of 2022, the best performing investment portfolios held inflation-protection assets, alternatives – and cash.

With yields recently hitting 13-year highs and recession fears growing, are there opportunities in investment grade corporate bonds?

Amid the failed diversification of disappointing returns from both stocks and bonds, there are some bright spots in institutional investing trends.

Investor motivations, perceptions, and knowledge gaps that may influence the state of California’s green bond market.