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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Eye of the Storm

Fixed income markets were calm this week following the Fed’s domination of the narrative last week, but investors are seeing this summer window as simply the ‘eye of the storm’.
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Every Breath You Take

The Fed meeting dominates fixed income investors’ attention this week as they feel the pressure of figuring out how rates will behave in the 2H of 2021.
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Whites of Their Eyes

“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes” is how economists are approaching the raising of U.S. rates and inflation.
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Flow State

As the globe continues to recover from the pandemic, investors need to contend with elevated economic expectations and the uneven recovery we may experience.
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Walking on Sunshine

Rates remained relatively stable this week as fixed income investors stay focused on future Fed activity.
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

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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Market CommentaryBond Markets

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.
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

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.
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

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.