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Fixed Income Insights
The Federated Approach to Managing Fixed-Income Investments
Federated believes that optimum results in fixed-income products are best achieved through a traditional value-based approach, using fundamental analysis with teams focused by sector to extract value from each step.
Investing Ideas
3 things to know about IPOs
Client Portfolio Manager Jordan Stuart discusses how the naturally volatile nature of the initial public offering (IPO) process represents part of a healthy movement of capital into new, more productive growth channels that drive economic opportunity for individuals, companies and countries.
Market Outlooks
Is Social Security a ticking time bomb?
Solutions for avoiding insolvency involve shared sacrifice and political compromise.
Market Outlooks
Revisit immigration reform
Major changes must be made to address the decreasing birth and fertility rate in the U.S.
Investing Ideas
Strategas Insight: Handicapping the Outlook for US-Sino Trade Negotiations
Market pundits have doubted this bull market every step of the way. Each pullback put into evidence that the cycle had reached its endgame; each recovery off the lows furthered the disequilibrium caused by monetary malfeasance. And yet, not more than two weeks ago the market stood as high as it ever has.
Market Outlooks
Strategas Insight: The "Earnings Recession" that Wasn't
Although nothing new, questions do persist about the long cycle’s durability. A cursory look at recent headlines from the financial press might leave one believing that the worst is upon (and even ahead), as opposed to behind us. However, these headlines diverge from the strength of the underlying economic data which suggest a slowing, but still growing economy.
Market Outlooks
Strategas Insight: Here’s to Ten More Years
Throughout the second half of last year, we highlighted a growing concern over the double-barreled risk of potential policy errors on both monetary and trade fronts. Indeed, data in 1Q2019 has softened.
Market Outlooks
Strategas Insight: Is the Long Cycle at a Crossroads?
Read the newest Strategas Insights for insight on earnings, data, macro, and other key factors affecting the US economy in the near term.
Alternative Investments
The Case for Liquid Alternatives, Especially Now
This piece is approved to use with clients.
While we have long advocated that alternatives should be a core allocation within any diversified portfolio, we believe that in this environment they will be even more helpful to investors.
Investing Ideas
Strategas Insight: Give a little, get a little
Read the full commentary for insight on earnings, data, macro, and other key factors affecting the US economy in the near term.