The Fixed Income Brief: Nickel Ain’t Worth a Dime
The Fed PR campaign around the U.S. CPI data was effective in helping to keep rates relatively unchanged this week, but geopolitical forces helped as well.
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The Fixed Income Brief: May Day Mayday
Job gains stall in April, but investors see the break in the recent positive trend in unemployment as only temporary.
May 9, 2021
What Can Active Fixed Income Investment Managers Learn from SpaceX?
SpaceX transformed the space industry by drastically innovating and rethinking industry norms. The active fixed income management industry can learn some key lessons from Elon Musk's approach.
May 6, 2021
The Fixed Income Brief: Yields Head North
We start to see inflation picking up, though the Fed remains steadfast in their support for economic recovery, which has driven rates steeper.
May 2, 2021
The Fixed Income Brief: Yields At a Crossroad
Rates are being influenced by many factors though one of the main concerns is the pace of global growth and pandemic recovery, particularly as European activity has been slower to rebound.
April 23, 2021
The Fixed Income Brief: Powell and the Fed Continue to Provide Stimulus
Chairman Powell committed, once again, to low rates this year and the J&J vaccine pause led to rate volatility, and ultimately, flattening of the yield curve.
April 18, 2021
The Fixed Income Brief: Spring Break – Yields Behave, Risk Markets Party
Fixed Income Trivia Time: Only one president has been a member of Augusta National and has a pond near #9 named after him. Which president is it and what is the name of the pond? As Q1 2021 ended,…
April 11, 2021
A Conversation with IMTC Insiders: A Portfolio Manager’s Perspective
We sat down to interview two of IMTC's senior managers on their perspective as former fixed income portfolio managers.
March 31, 2021
The Fixed Income Brief: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
The rise in COVID rates has given fixed income investors the jitters; the rise in rates has paused with Treasury yields down WoW.
March 28, 2021