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Premium bonds may offer better relative value
Investors often favor par bonds over premium bonds, believing that a lower dollar price will translate into higher returns. While par bonds may have a lower dollar price, premium bonds may offer a higher actual rate of return in various market scenarios. The two types of bonds are priced and perform differently, as we discuss in this paper.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Market Snapshot: November 29, 2019
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Read the Weekly Market Snapshot to stay up-to-date with stock markets and sectors, bond market returns and financial news for the week.
Market Outlooks
Global Markets Weekly Update: November 29, 2019
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Review the performance of global stock and bond markets over the past week, along with relevant insights from T. Rowe Price economists and investment professionals.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Market Compass: Amid a host of central bank developments, one constant remains: global market pressure
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Four central banks revisit policy, plus two new reports point to a continued global slowdown
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: Headwinds in Global Growth Outlook, but a Smooth Landing Expected
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Global growth outlooks are the weakest since the recession and the U.S.-China trade deal may be delayed through the new year. Meanwhile the FOMC is likely to remain on hold in December.
Market Outlooks
Slower Growth Ahead
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What can investors expect in 2020? CIO Deborah Cunningham explains her economic outlook.
Fixed Income Insights
Streaming Income - CLOs: Triple C's and Market Unease
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Taryn Leonard and Melissa Ricco, Co-Heads of Barings’ Structured Credit Investment Team, discuss the recent loan market weakness, and how technical pressures are creating value opportunities in the CLO market.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Whistleblowing: a Foundation of the Republic
Despite President Donald Trump’s pleas for the whistleblower’s identity to be revealed – and his demand that he be given the opportunity to “interview” them – it should come as little surprise that it has largely remained under wraps. As PBS Newshour recently reported, while there is “nothing that can block Trump from revealing who” the whistleblower is, federal law is meant to prevent “intimidation of witnesses and reprisals against whistleblowers.” The president, of course, is tasked with enforcing these, and all, laws as the leader of the executive branch.
Market Outlooks
Patience Is A Virtue
In light of several recent economic events, this piece addresses the question of “where do we go from here?”.
Fixed Income Insights
ABS: Uncovering Opportunities Beyond the (IG) Index
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Amid an ongoing search for yield and with a number of potential risks on the horizon, there may be benefits to exploring opportunities outside of traditional corporate and government bonds—such as certain parts of the asset-backed securities (ABS) universe.