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Float your way to diversification
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Portfolio Managers John Kerschner, Nick Childs, and Jessica Shill discuss how adding floating-rate CLOs to traditional fixed-rate bond portfolios may improve risk-adjusted returns.
Fixed Income Insights
Global Perspectives: Mortgage-Backed Securities – Has the Baby Gone Out with the Bathwater?
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In the latest episode of our Global Perspectives podcast series, Portfolio Manager Nick Childs and Securitized Products Analyst Tom Polus discuss the reasons why they believe mortgage-backed securities have been sold off disproportionately, and if that might be a good thing going forward.
Market Outlooks
Taking the Long View on Market Volatility: A Global Equities Conversation
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Structural shifts in the global economy and market dynamics continue to drive volatility in equities: what should smart investors be doing right now?
Market Outlooks
Revisiting U.S. Growth in a Challenging Environment
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Portfolio Managers Doug Rao and Brian Demain discuss the changing market environment for growth equities ‒ from the Russia/Ukraine conflict to repercussions developing from the COVID policy response.
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THE ARITHMETIC OF ASYMMETRY
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Anyone who has played a casual game of darts, say, at a bar or in the basement, knows an overarching rule of the game: it gets harder as it progresses. While rule systems vary, most games start with a wide-open board full of possibilities. But then, by the end, you’re aiming for the Double 18 and only the Double 18 to win. In short, it’s a game of precision that seems easy at first but becomes very, very hard by the end.