Fixed Income

Investment analysis for yield and duration-focused investors

The changing makeup of the Global Market Portfolio
  • 20 Jul 2026

As GMP swelled to record highs, asset weights shifted: equity weights fell, bonds grew, and alternatives surged, signaling changing investor priorities.

Mastering the world’s leading bond index
  • 20 Jul 2026

The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index is one of the world’s most widely used benchmarks for global fixed income. With more than 30,000 securities from more than 3,100 issuers, it reflects the b...

Beyond the Sun Belt: self-storage investment in the midwest
  • 20 Jul 2026

While Sun Belt markets face oversupply, the Midwest offers stable fundamentals, durable demand, and attractive cap rates for self-...

The Credit Market Lens: Rich Spreads, Cheap Treasuries, and an Incomplete Explanation
  • 20 Jul 2026

The evolution of credit spreads remains driven primarily by credit fundamentals, investor risk appetite, flows, and broader market technicals rather than relative value between Treasuries and swaps.

Seeking higher income: BBB CLOs vs. high yield vs. leveraged loans
  • 20 Jul 2026

Exploring the similarities and key differences between BBB CLOs, high yield, and leveraged loans.

Soft data, strong earnings lift bonds
  • 20 Jul 2026

Get weekly fixed income commentary from our CIO of Global Fixed Income and Head of Municipals. Soft data, strong earnings lift bon...

Old-Fashioned Bond Math for a New-Fashioned Fed
  • 20 Jul 2026

In the Warsh Fed's new era of two-way risk, bonds offer something rare: potential downside risk mitigation that investors get paid to hold.

US-Iran Update—The Map Is Expanding
  • 20 Jul 2026

As US-Iran tensions expand across the region, drawing in additional countries and threatening key strategic waterways, geopolitical uncertainty is widening the range of possible outcomes for fixed-...

Ahead of the Curve: Monthly Bond Market Recap and Outlook – June 2026
  • 17 Jul 2026

Canadian bond markets extended their rally in June as oil prices declined amid perceived easing of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and growing expectations that shipping activity through t...