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Fixed Income Insights
Munis and infrastructure
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Portfolio managers Ann Ferentino and Patrick Strollo discuss policy and the impact on municipal bonds with guest Dan Clifton of Strategas.
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Seeking opportunities in a 'crooked U' recovery
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Dramatic dislocations offer selective potential upside in fixed-income credit.
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For fixed income, it's a tale of two walls
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A wall of worry vs. a wall of liquidity is limiting back-half options.
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Entry points for emerging markets
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Attractive valuations exist across IG and high-yield credit segments.
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Isn't that what you're supposed to do?
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Bond yields have reversed much of the August decline. The reasons are many.
Fixed Income Insights
The Federated Approach to Managing Fixed-Income Investments
Federated believes that optimum results in fixed-income products are best achieved through a traditional value-based approach, using fundamental analysis with teams focused by sector to extract value from each step.
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.
Retirement
5 questions about securities lending in DC
Today, with new regulations and greater transparency since the financial crisis, securities lending activity has reached its highest level in a decade with more than $19 trillion in assets available for lending globally.
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?
Retirement
Retirement saving: Save more or take more risk?
Defined contribution plan sponsors need to help their participants manage two significant challenges: building an appropriate asset allocation and ensuring sufficient savings.
Retirement
Deep Dive: Defined Contribution - Navigating an ever evolving landscape, with Lew Minsky of DCIIA
Join Mark Spina, Kevin Knowles and Lew Minsky as they talk about defined contribution and the challenges advisors face while navigating its ever evolving landscape.