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Weekly Investment Commentary: Bond alchemy: turning duration into a positive
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Unexpecting the expected. Investors aren’t used to seeing dramatic losses in their bond portfolios, particularly when equity markets are also declining sharply.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Wage-price spiral ahead? Not really
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U.S. wages are growing at the fastest clip since the 1980s.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields rise, awaiting another Fed rate hike
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U.S. Treasury yields rose as the market continues to front-load U.S. Federal Reserve rate hike expectations, pressuring fixed income returns.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Earnings seasoned with a grain of salt
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Inflation trends should benefit some areas more than others. So far, higher inflation has had a mixed impact on corporate earnings.
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Global Weekly Commentary: The differentiated appeal of EM debt
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Inflation and hawkish central bank talk have spooked investors and led to bond losses not seen since the 1980s in developed markets (DMs).
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: U.S. inflation miss leaves Treasury yields mixed
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Long-end U.S. Treasury yields rose again, though front-end yields fell on softer-than-expected inflation numbers.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Don’t shrink from the Fed’s balance sheet runoff
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What a difference five years makes. Today’s backdrop for balance sheet reduction bears little resemblance to the last time the Fed initiated QT in September 2017.