Investor appetite for equities is subsiding after a 20% rally this year.
A slew of interest rate-sensitive investing strategies are taking a beating this August.
The rush for hedges shows enduring skepticism over the health of heavily indebted companies in an uncertain economy.
THe firm projects real-money portfolios will tilt back in favor of bonds to meet allocation targets.
In the options market, hedges against a volatility breakout are seeing the most demand in five years.
Trend lines on charts and volatility targets are forcing quants into a concerted buying spree.
After a worrisome CPI report, bond investors amped up expectations that interest rates will move past 5%.
Routs in stocks and bonds can be a blessing of sorts to some benefit plans.
The model is a big reversal from October, when a contraction was effectively seen as a done deal across markets.
Don't blame bad liquidity for every ill in a year of central bank-spurred market fireworks.
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