Investment analysis for yield and duration-focused investors
Barclays recently compared year-to-date debt issuance through the first week of June with the prior year’s total issuance across several U.S. dollar fixed income asset classes tied to the AI invest...
Higher rates, weaker underwriting, and software concentration are exposing vulnerabilities in direct lending and leveraged loans, while high yield bonds appear better positioned.
Record ETF inflows topped $1 trillion in H1 2026 as investors favored active ETFs, bonds, technology, and emerging markets amid evolving macro risks.
Discover why gold remains a strong long-term investment despite short-term volatility. Learn how Fed policy, real yields, and central bank demand drive gold prices.
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Markets continued to be volatile in June but both equity and bond markets ended the month modestly higher.
Explore monthly insights on key developments across India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand government bond markets. Read the report.
Investors have long assumed that green bonds carry a “greenium,” requiring lower yields than comparable conventional bonds. While this was often true in the market’s early years, growing market dep...
This year, fixed income markets have exhibited elevated levels of interest rate volatility, whereas credit spread volatility has been more contained.
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