Flight to safety: What are the prospects for traditional ‘safe havens’?
Following equity and bond market volatility in April, what are the prospects for traditional ‘safe haven’ assets?
US Treasuries
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Safe haven no more? ‘US Treasuries are behaving like distressed assets’
Investors react to President Trump’s war on global trade by turning their backs on US assets… as well as equities and cryptocurrencies
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Nuveen: Are US Treasuries still a safe haven?
Trump’s trade war and uncertainty around the Fed’s future independence has put the stability of US Treasuries into question
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Fixed income: Look before you leap
Should fixed income investors shun a ‘buy the market’ approach in favour of selective and targeted regional and credit selection?
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Treasury hunt: MGIM’s Owen on the storm brewing in bond markets
10 year treasury hit highest level since the GFC last week
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Rising bond yields: A one-off adjustment, or a warning light for investors?
Bond markets are preparing for ‘higher for longer’ interest rates despite falling inflation
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Payden & Rygel’s Jenkins: ‘Significant economic slowdown’ to hit ‘sooner or later’
Global interest rate rises of this magnitude have never been seen before, according to the Payden & Rygel managing director
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Invesco’s Aujla on US growth stocks, bright spots in small caps and why passive investing isn’t passive
Fund manager David Aujla, who runs Invesco’s Summit Growth multi-asset portfolios, explains where he is seeing opportunities
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Yoram Lustig: ‘In Israel in the 1980s, we had inflation of 400%’
T Rowe Price head of multi-asset solutions believes inflation will soon peak and the correlation between bonds and equities will drop
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Darius McDermott: Is it too early to get back into bonds?
‘We think building a position in 10-year US treasuries is now a serious consideration’ says one portfolio manager
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Bond managers fear ‘self-fuelling bear market’ amid yield curve hysteria
Spread between the two-year and 10-year treasury now 0.09%
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Morningstar boosts cash to 30% in multi-asset fund
Morningstar Investment Management has substantially raised the cash levels in its Real Return multi-asset range as it braces for interest rate normalisation and higher volatility.