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B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The fixed income market looks to be in bearish territory at the moment, what with rising inflation, higher wages and economic activity, and quantitative easing programmes easing off. But opportunities are in short duration and floaters on U.S. Treasuries, according to Lyxor Cross Asset Resarch's October investment strategy report, which also sees opportunity in European and U.S. high yield bonds and carefully chosen EM sovereigns.
Gemma Wright-Casparius, Vanguard fixed income senior portfolio manager, also recommends investing in shorter duration bonds.
Ultra-short-term bond funds are "currently offering more yield than they have since before the financial crisis, and given how flat the yield curve is, investors aren't getting paid much more to invest further out the maturity spectrum," Miriam Sjoblom, a director of fixed-income manager research at Morningstar told Barron's.
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