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Fixed Income Insights
A rough year in muni markets, yet reasons for optimism
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While 2022 was a challenging year for the muni-bond market, 2023 is setting up for more positive momentum, according to Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Municipal Bond Director Ben Barber. Read the team’s views on the year ahead.
Market Outlooks
Global Convictions: Latest Asset Class Research
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As we get closer to the end of 2022, it’s clearly become a year that’s tested even the most hardened of investors. Here's a look at our views on asset classes in the current environment.
Investing Ideas
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.