The re-emergence of European risks and domestic fiscal policy uncertainty helped Treasuries post their strongest weekly performance since last November...
Increasing merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, the threat of leveraged buy-outs (LBOs), and the risk they pose of removing cash safety nets while imposing more debt on corporate balance sheets has...
We continue to favor corporate bond sectors in fixed income portfolios and their greater yields as defense against rising interest rates.
High-yield bonds may be "high-yield" in name only now. Robust demand for corporate bonds pushed the average yield on high-yield bonds further into record-low territory, closing at 5.75% last week.
We do not believe the recent bond market sell-off is the start of a sustained move higher in interest rates...