All Fixed Income articles – Page 4
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White papersFour Keys to Tackling the Green Bond Boom
Increased issuance means more buy‐side diligence is needed.
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Quick Thoughts: Sourcing Income In Bonds, Real Estate, And Multi-Asset Solutions
Our Chief Market Strategist, Stephen Dover brought together a panel to discuss and share perspectives on recovery, growth, and current opportunities for income.
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The Case for Global High Yield: Why now? Why Indexing?
The attractive risk/reward characteristics of high yield bonds mean they continue to gain traction with investors. Their combination of higher yield and lower duration is a sought-after feature in the current low-yield environment.
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Market’s view of transitory inflation in the US may be premature
We have seen an interesting paradox in the markets over the last couple of months: 10-year US Treasury yields and break-even rates on 10-year maturity TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities) have moved lower even as inflation has moved meaningfully higher.
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Inflation: Roller-coaster or rocket ship?
The word “inflation” seems to be in the air these days. Prices for lumber, food, used cars, gas—you name it—are all up significantly over the past year. Companies are complaining about sky-high shipping rates, semiconductor shortages, and the difficulty of filling open positions at any wage.
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Post-FOMC Market Moves—Even Bigger In The “Real” World
The Federal Reserve took a somewhat more hawkish tone than expected at its meeting on June 16 against a backdrop of updated economic projections and assessments of the risks to that outlook.
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Macro Views: Manoeuvring Gold in a Changing Macro Economic Landscape
Gold has been an interesting trade over the years, shining at times and disappointing during others. Its diversification properties, store of value and hedge against inflation are reasons why investors like allocating part of their portfolios to the yellow metal.
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Webinar
Webinar: 2021 Midyear Outlook
As we approach the mid-point of the year, and now more than a year from the commencement of the global pandemic, it’s time to look to the future with Capital Group senior investment professionals who will offer their views on how to navigate to economic recovery for the global economy and world markets.
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Anticipating the climate change risks for sovereign bonds (part 2)
Regulators and international institutions require financial risks assessment of climate change, however the practical methodology frameworks available are lacking. This paper provides an innovative and practical methodology that measures the financial impact of climate change risks on sovereign fixed-income assets.
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Investment Insights: Market’s view of transitory inflation in the US may be premature
We have seen an interesting paradox in the markets over the last couple of months: 10-year US Treasury yields and break-even rates on 10-year maturity TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities) have moved lower even as inflation has moved meaningfully higher.
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Emerging Market Debt Opportunities Monthly Review - June 2021
Perspective from Franklin Emerging Market Debt Opportunities team.
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European Fixed Income Finds Central Bank Support
As Europe’s economy continues to recover from COVID-19, it appears the central bank will remain accommodative, but for how long?
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Podcast
EM Debt: How ESG & Economics Are Shaping the Outlook
Ricardo Adrogue and Kawtar Ed-Dahmani see room for positive economic surprises in emerging markets despite concerns from COVID to higher interest rates to inflation.
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Blog | China’s WGBI entry will confirm its arrival as a global market
China’s arrival in global indexes changes the nature of the asset allocation decision for global investors benchmarked against them. Investors may now need reasons to justify not investing strategically in Chinese government bonds, rather than a justification for doing so tactically when they were not included in benchmark indexes.
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Allocation Views: The Great Reopening Continues
With a focus on fixed income, our Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions team explore asset classes that are best positioned for growth as the global economy recovers from the pandemic.
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High Yield Debt Can Boost Income And Return Potential Amid Low Yields
Volatility and low yields are likely to persist over the next few years as the global economy recovers from the shock of the coronavirus.
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Loans May Provide Solid Returns in Multiple Rate Environments
Many investors typically focus on bank loans only when the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates in the short term.
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The inflation moment - Strategies to protect portfolios from inflation risk
As the global economy emerges from its worst slump since the 1930s, we envisage plenty of inflation fertilisers at stake, especially in the United States. Inflationary trends could emerge due to a combination of factors, including the cyclical recovery as countries try to get the pandemic under control and gradually lift mitigation measures
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Market Optics: Visualizing Data to Power Decision-Making
The Federal Reserve (Fed) has revised higher its growth forecast for 2021. So have many on Wall Street. Fiscal and monetary support will likely help speed along the economic recovery as people simply restart living their lives.
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Views from the credit desk: Bullish and Bearish Cases
2021 has seen a wide dispersion in asset price returns, driven by a more inflationary environment. Commodities, stocks and high-yield are up, but investment-grade and government bonds are down.
