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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields drift higher despite soft consumer data
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U.S. Treasury yields ended last week higher, led by longer maturities. Yields declined early in the week, due to dovish Fed comments and weaker than expected consumer price data. However, Thursday’s soft 30-year Treasury auction reversed the momentum and yields began to climb, more than offsetting declines.
Fixed Income Insights
“No Jules, It’s High-Yield Bonds”
If you think back on Wall Street in the ‘80s, a few things come to mind: the ‘87 Crash (the S&P 500 was up that year), a secular bull market, interest rates in the teens, the movie Wall Street, corporate raiders and junk bonds.
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Risk-on tone steepens the Treasury yield curve
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Longer U.S. Treasury yields rose steadily last week, while shorter maturity yields held steady. 2-year Treasury yields reached an all-time low just as longer yields rose to February 2020 levels. Last week’s pervasive risk-on sentiment helped even higher-risk sectors produce positive total returns.
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Outcome-Based Investing Guide
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When investors focus too closely on investment performance, they can lose sight of their goals and instead focus myopically on beating the benchmark. Enter Outcome-Based strategies, which seek to provide investment outcomes that fit the profile of common investment goals. That way you can match your portfolio’s outcomes with your goals. Here's our overview of how Outcome-Based Investing can fit within your financial planning.
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Risk-off sentiment pushes U.S. Treasury yields slightly lower
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U.S. Treasury yields ended last week a few basis points lower across maturities. Investors were concerned with the slow rate of coronavirus vaccinations, as well as potentially delayed fiscal stimulus. The Federal Reserve (Fed) acknowledged that the pace of economic recovery has slowed, indicating that asset purchases and the policy rate will remain unchanged.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields remain stable in a quiet week
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U.S. Treasury yields were little changed last week, as the Federal Reserve (Fed) was in a pre-meeting communications blackout period and there were few notable economic releases. No significant policy changes are expected at this week’s Fed meeting, but asset purchases are expected to continue for some time.
Fixed Income Insights
Municipal market approaches full recovery
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Nuveen's Head of Municipals, John Miller, comments on the municipal market for the past quarter.