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Weekly Macro Update: Why it’s so Hard to go Bankrupt… And Why That Will Change
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Massive policy response has firms awash in liquidity, but 2021 will bring solvency challenges that investors need to watch closely.
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Weekly Macro Update: Europe Pivots from Brexit to Biden
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The President-elect says "America's back," but Europeans (and global investors) ask "how long?"
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: Investor’s Guide to the Second-Most Important Economic Challenge
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After the pandemic recovery, the U.S.-China relationship will move into ever-more complicated and uncharted territory.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: Don’t Forget the Winners & Losers that Weren’t on the Ballot
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Beyond all the victorious and defeated candidates, the U.S. election marked some fresh directions that investors need to watch.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: Don’t Just Follow The Ball
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Careful investors know to look where no one else is looking. This week is no exception.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioural Advisor: Does the Election Matter?
The presidential election has generated especially strong emotions this go-around. Both sides fear the other candidate will win and many believe that as a result the economy will go into a death spiral. This fear is driving many investors out of the market, waiting on the sidelines for the outcome. A look at past elections and market returns suggests they’ll be missing out.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: Choosing Trump or Biden
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Investors will benefit from supportive policy under either outcome, but the impact on specific industries is much harder to predict.
Fixed Income Insights
CLOs: A Bias Toward Quality
CLOs continued their rebound in the third quarter, but the potential for volatility going forward is high. In this environment, there may be benefits to moving up in quality.
Fixed Income Insights
High Yield: Halfway There?
The shock was the story in the first quarter, the stimulus was the story in the second—but we’re decidedly not yet in the post-COVID era, and the path to economic recovery remains unclear. What does that mean for high yield?
Fixed Income Insights
EMD: A Strong Tailwind, But Risks on the Horizon
Segments of the EM debt market have been bright spots in fixed income this year. Will EMs outperform DMs in the months ahead—or are the risks too great? It may come down to country and credit selection.
Fixed Income Insights
High Yield: Bridging the Gap to a Post-COVID World
What lies ahead for high yield markets? Head of Global Public Fixed Income, Martin Horne weighs in on what the bifurcated asset price recovery, record issuance levels and falling default expectations imply for high yield markets in the months ahead.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: The Pandemic Productivity Shock
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Lockdowns will trigger cost cutting and speed technological innovation, but brace for the political tremors.