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Fixed Income Insights
Return of the Bond Market: Better Income Opportunities?
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Most investors incorporate bonds into a portfolio to provide diversification. Unfortunately, a smoother return path has not held true in recent years. But now the market has recalibrated, and yields have reset higher. Higher yields mean higher future returns. And for the first time in a while, you can make the argument that bonds provide true competition to stocks.
Fixed Income Insights
Global Bond Market Update: Reaching the Peak
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Bond performance turned positive to end 2022 while inflation moderated and the pace of rate hikes slowed. But interest rate volatility likely will persist in 2023, as monetary policy and recession fears may dictate returns.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
Helping Clients Act on 2023’s Opportunities – At Any Age
While the principles of good investing haven’t changed, clients’ perceptions and their outlook for 2023 likely have. We believe in preparation, not prediction, when helping investors navigate the wide range of possible outcomes ahead. In the 2023 market outlook from Morningstar Investment Management, you’ll gain perspective on the current financial environment and positive steps to help address financial planning opportunities.
Fixed Income Insights
Municipal Bonds: 2023 U.S. States Outlook
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Revenue above expectations, pandemic federal aid and reserves have strengthened states' financial outlook. But states will need to prepare as pandemic aid winds down and the economy slows.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
The Investors of the Future Are Coming—and Maybe Sooner Than You Think
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Technology is enabling the investor experience to be personalized—and it's becoming available faster than you think it is. The next generation's financial goals may resemble those of their parents, but the path to getting there may be very different.
Fixed Income Insights
Tax Reform Impacts Call Into Question Coastal Muni Values
Over a year has passed since the implementation of federal tax reform and high tax states are just beginning to feel the implications. As tax returns are beginning to be filed, residents in the high tax coastal jurisdictions may face some unpleasant surprises, resulting in a realization that the municipal bond tax-exemption is still an efficient way to shield taxable income.
Fixed Income Insights
Fixed Income Underdogs are the Champs of 2018
As equity investors slowly put their Dow 25,000 hats in their bottom desk drawer, let’s take a second to talk about the biggest underdogs of 2018…bonds. But can the champs repeat in 2019?